Bruce is retired after 51 years in the Aerospace Industry. He served in the US Navy for 14 years as an Avionics Technician, Flight Crewman and Avionics Instructor. Bruce has been serving TROT as a volunteer for 17 years with 11 years as Board President
Alfonso is a retired Army Military Officer with 26 years active duty. He holds a BA degree in Business Management and a Masters degree in Business Administration. Alfonso has been with TROT for 7 years.
Margarita is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico with a degree in Accounting. She has also been with TROT for 7 years.
Sandy has 32 years employment with the Social Security Administration as an Administrative Office Assistant and in the Office of Quality Assurance, auditing field offices for 17 years. She has been with the TROT program for 17 years with 16 of those years on the Board of Directors.
Sheila has been the Administrator for the National Association of Church Design Builders (NACDB) for 6 years. She has been a volunteer with TROT for 8 years and has been our public relations contact for the last 7 years in addition to serving on the board. Prior to working at the NACDB she worked in the television industry for 12 years. Sheila's love of horses brought her to TROT the riders won her heart and have kept her involved.
Jim has a BS degree from LSU in industrial Ed. and is a certified teacher in Special Education. He has been serving TROT as scholarship coordinator for 3 years.
Renita is a graduate of Missouri Southern State University with a BA in music. After 20 years of raising a family and assisting in her husband's business it was time for a change. In 2003 she began easing out of the business responsibilities to explore other interests. Renita's love of horses and passion for special needs children has been with her since her early teen years. One of the best gifts she ever received from her husband was an introduction to Therapeutic Riding for those with challenges.
Renita became a TROT volunteer shortly after moving to the Midlothian area in 2006. She served as the Rider Coordinator in 2008 and 2009. "When you are working with the TROT riders and their horses, there are no worries, nothing else matters.... it's all about the kids."
Christina was a TROT volunteer and board member from 1990-2000 and after a stint in Switzerland she’s been back with us since Spring 2008. Christina has extensive riding experience and qualified training since childhood, DVM.
Starting in January 2010, Christina is filling the newly created board position of Community Events Coordinator. In this role, she will be actively looking for community events for TROT to participate in to help bring awareness of our services and our need for volunteers and donations as well as events that will promote TROT to potential riders.
Heather is our youngest board member and works at a law firm in Dallas. She started volunteering at TROT in August of 2008 and was so enthusiastic about being involved she was helping out as a sidekick to the volunteer coordinator by January 2009. She was thrilled to get the chance to become volunteer coordinator in September 2009. She has always had a love for horses and the special needs. In 2003 she finally found a way to work with both spending any chance she had volunteering at local riding facilities. Heather is proud to be part of the TROT team, and hopes that one day every city would have a facility like this one.