{"id":1469,"date":"2022-04-28T00:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2022-04-28T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T12:49:49","slug":"rohan-sorrell-vt-horse-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/rohan-sorrell-vt-horse-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohan &amp; Sorrell Planning Members for VT Horse Council Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council.jpg?resize=525%2C276\" alt=\"Green Mountain Horse Association sign for the location that hosted the 2022 Annual Equine Industry Summit\" width=\"525\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christina (Chrissy) Rohan and Wendy Sorrell were members of the planning committee for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vthorsecouncil.org\/\">Vermont Horse Council&#8217;s<\/a> (VHC) Annual Equine Industry Summit, held on April 6, 2022 at the Green Mountain Horse Association in South Woodstock. The theme was. &#8220;Energize and Re-Imagine Vermont&#8217;s Equine Community.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 60 equine enthusiasts gathered together for this event. The summit was kicked off by a keynote speaker, the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Denny_Emerson\">Denny Emerson<\/a>, followed up by some local small (equine) business owners, and then small group discussions. After a lunch break, time was taken to wrap up and make plans for the future. Sorrell and Rohan will continue to work with the VHC to help take steps to strengthen the Vermont equine industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1471\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council-summit.jpg?resize=525%2C276\" alt=\"Denny Emerson giving a presentation at the Vermont Horse Council 2022 Annual Summit.\" width=\"525\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council-summit.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council-summit.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/04\/vt-horse-council-summit.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denny Emerson, American equestrian, coach, horse breeder and owner of Tamarack Hill Farm in Strafford, VT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christina (Chrissy) Rohan and Wendy Sorrell were members of the planning committee for the Vermont Horse Council&#8217;s (VHC) Annual Equine Industry Summit, held on April 6, 2022 at the Green Mountain Horse Association in South Woodstock. The theme was. &#8220;Energize and Re-Imagine Vermont&#8217;s Equine Community.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1,13,28,29],"tags":[16,94],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-events","category-ext","category-faculty","category-staff","tag-asci","tag-equine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1424,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/rohan-2022-horse-person\/","url_meta":{"origin":1469,"position":0},"title":"Rohan Awarded 2022 Horse Person of the Year","author":"CALS Communications","date":"April 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Animal and Veterinary Sciences Lecturer Christina Rohan was honored with the 2022 Horse Person of the Year award on April 6th at the Vermont Horse Council's Equine Industry Summit. 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