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Founders, Nick and Sarah Armentrout
Nick and Sarah Armentrout own and operate Spring Creek Farm and co-founded Equest in 1998. Both are native Mainers and long-time friends since growing up in Kennebunk, Maine. After spending four years in Sun Valley, Idaho instructing students and managing the Sagebrush Equine Training Center for the Handicapped (SETCH), they returned to home to start a program of their own.
Board of Directors
Sarah Chappell Armentrout
President
Nicholas R. Armentrout
Vice President
William Souter, C.P.A., Treasurer
Kristen Story, Secretary
Dan Erickson
Karen Friedlander
Leslie Lindgren
Christine Ohman
Thomas Rhoads, C.F.P.
Julia Burns Riley, Ph.D.
Ronald W.Schneider, Jr.
Congratulations,
Marilyn Danis!
Equest instructor Marilyn Danis
was named NARHA Instructor of the
Year for Region One.
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Founders:
Nick and Sarah Armentrout own and operate Spring Creek Farm and co-founded Equest in 1998. After spending four years in Sun Valley, Idaho instructing students and managing the Sagebrush Equine Training Center for the Handicapped (SETCH), they returned to Maine to start a program of their own.
Sarah Chappell Armentrout is Equest’s Co-founder and full-time Executive Director. She is an Advanced Level NARHA instructor who has taught therapeutic riding since 1994, combining her passion for horses with a desire to serve her community. She trained at The National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy in California, and was a working student for Peggy Cummings with her Connected Riding methods in Idaho. As Equest's director, Sarah is involved with all levels of fundraising, fiscal management, program development and oversight. Prior to Equest, Sarah directed the Corporate Communications Department at Tom’s of Maine, including the company’s corporate giving program, media relations, and brand messaging and identity.
Nick spent five intensive years as a wrangler and ranch hand in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho and has extensive experience teaching riders with disabilities. Beginning in 1993 as a volunteer, and teaching for many years as a certified instructor, he currently acts as Equest's Communications Director. Prior to Equest, Nick was the Director of Business Development for The Saltwater Institute. Together Nick and Sarah bring a balance of professional training and hands-on experience in many areas of therapeutic riding.
"We loved our time in the West, but when we thought about starting our own therapeutic riding program, we knew we wanted to return to Maine and to the community that supported us during our youth. Equest now gives us the chance to combine our two passions: working with horses and people."
Staff:
Sarah Armentrout: Executive Director
Nick Armentrout, Communications Director
Joyce Brown, Development Coordinator
Michele Cheney: Director of Volunteers
Susan Grant, OTR/L: Program Director
Equest’s Therapeutic Riding Instructors:
Sarah Armentrout, NARHA Advanced Instructor
Amanda Boetsch, NARHA Registered Instructor & Physical Therapy
Graduate
Student, University of
New England
Mary Beth Bracy, NARHA Registered Instructor
Joyce Brown NARHA Registered Instructor
Marilyn Danis, NARHA Registered Instructor
Cathy Gill, Occupational Therapist
Kristin Gould, NARHA Registered Instructor
Susan Grant, OTR/L, NARHA Registered Therapeutic Riding & Driving Instructor, AHA Registered Therapist
Sarah Ozyck, OTR/L, NARHA Registered Instructor, AHA Registered Therapist
Megan Porter, NARHA Registered Instructor
Equest’s Horse Handlers:
Muffy Flynn
Lisa King
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