MEET OUR STAFF

Crossing Bridges is staffed by individuals who are knowledgeable about horses, and passionate about the work that we do. In addition to the full & part-time riding instructors, we have an amazing team of volunteers who show up for our students everyday.

Volunteer Application

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JENNIFER CLARK
Executive Director & Head Instructor

Jennifer received her Therapeutic Riding Certification through PATH Intl. during the fall of 2013. She has been providing riding camps through the YMCA and private lessons to student’s ages three and up for 10 years. She fell in love with horses at the age of 10 and grew up competing on the Morgan show circuit and on the North Valley HS Equestrian Team. Jennifer earned her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Development in 2009. Horses and children are her two passions in life; she feels very blessed to have a job where she gets to work with both every day.​

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ANGELIQUE HEALY
Riding Instructor

Angelique found her passion for horses at 13 yrs old when her Uncle, Robert Moore, introduced her to his Tennessee Walkers. She began to ride and loved to take care of them and help out around the barn. As time passed, she knew she wanted to stick around horses and help others out in need. She located Crossing Bridges and began teaching private and group lessons and helping others learn and grow! She loves to see the smiles and teach how big of an impact a horse can make..from their movement, patience and personalities! Angelique is very thankful to have the opportunity to help share and bring happiness to each and every student and family and looks forward to it every day.
 
Angelique lives on site at Crossing Bridges and helps to care for the horses in our Program each day; she is currently pursuing her PATH Riding Instructor Certification. She is a huge part of helping our program at Crossing Bridges run smoothly! 

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LEXI HALL
Riding Instructor

Lexi has been around horses since she was born, but if you ask Lexi today when she fell in love with horses or what her oldest fondest memory with horses was, she would tell you about her first family camping trip with horses. A picture exists of Lexi leaning over the corral at this trip kissing Coco on the nose with her diaper hanging out of the back of her pants. Coco, who was her Grandmas’ horse at the time, was later owned by Lexi and helped her to blossom into the horsewomen she is today. To this day she has horses and a donkey and has built her life around their care and thrives on learning to make sure they are at their best.
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Lexi completed her Pulse (PEMF) certificate in May 2023 and loves the opportunities to work with the horses and students at Crossing Bridges as she continues to learn and grow in this passion. She is very grateful to be able to do what she enjoys along with helping light the lives of students with the joys being a horse lover brings. She loves her time caring for the horses and the “spa-like” treatments they get in between lessons, it soothes the soul to provide this ultimate care for them when they give so much to the students and staff alike.

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RIDING INSTRUCTORS

Crossing Bridges also has  Atarah Brown, Elizabeth Poole-Long, Annalisa Orton, Roxy Baker, Jennifer Koehn, and Sophia Harper as part-time instructors who assist with lessons each week. All of our part-time instructors are very dedicated to our students and go above and beyond to make sure all of their needs are met during their lessons.

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