SpiritHorse Board of Directors

SpiritHorse has the following members serving on its Board of Directors panel:

Charles I. Fletcher, Board President CEO, has over 50 years experience in training and successfully showing horses. He retired as a VP of Rockwell International and during a 42-year career, he built telephone systems around the world. He was the Rockwell International Engineer of the Year for telecommunications in 1980. He also managed the construction of a $225M telephone system which produced $85M in profit. This was the most successful program in Rockwell history, an achievement that still stands today. He was President of AMTEL Corporation, a successful telecommunications business he started after retirement. Read more about Charles.

Virginia Scott, Treasurer, works in administration, clinical research and marketing in many capacities with Anodyne Headache and Pain Care practice located in Dallas. She keeps tracks of outside talks, conferences and many business aspects of the clinic activities. She also directs and participates in marketing for the practice and in helping take Anodyne Headache and PainCare to new directions in terms of providing services. She has been a wonderful advocate and SpiritHorse supporter over the last several years.
 

Kristi Tuinei, Member, has been a part of SpiritHorse since its inception and was one of the first therapeutic riding instructors. Her mother drew the artwork for the original flying Pegasus logo. Kristi raises, green breaks, and trains horses primarily for Barrel racing. She believes in the magical benefits horses have to offer and continues to teach youth to barrel race and mentors their other endeavors. Managing a ranch with her husband and three children, Kristi personally competes one to three times a week at various barrel races and/or with associations such as BBR and WBRA. She also serves on the board for The National Barrel Horse Association, TX-15. She strongly believes the spirit of the horse flows into ones heart and heals from within.

Dr. Cole Sciba, DVM, Member, grew up in south Texas riding horses and participating in college and PRCA rodeos. Staying true to his love for horses, he graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and is now partner at Weems and Stephens Equine Hospital in Aubrey, TX. He has been providing veterinary care for SpiritHorse since their inception in 2002. Cole divides his time between work, SpiritHorse, his wife and three boys.
 

Margaret McKoin, Member, is a previous SpiritHorse volunteer instructor. She has over 18 years of marketing and sales experience in the telecommunications industry specializing in retail. Margaret has held executive positions at five major companies in her career including: CenturyTel, Palmer Wireless, AT&T, Excel Communications USA/Canada, and McCaw Communications. She assists executives in this field with strategic planning, developing marketing and business plans to succeed in competitive markets. Fluent in both French and Japanese, Margaret has been invited to speak at over 20 national and international conferences to share her expertise. She holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and graduate studies in international marketing. Ms. McKoin has served as a member of CTIA Public Relations Executive Committee and as the Vice Chairperson of the Cellular One Group Advisory Council. Margaret is currently the President and Chief Marketing Officer of The Time Group, located in Flower Mound.

Jennifer Rosso, Member, has worn many professional hats over the years, working as a childcare director/provider, pediatric dental assistant, CAN, sales clerk, horse trainer, and child instructor to name a few. She currently works as a business consultant/sales representative for Synergetic Processing Inc. The job is a great fit for Jennifer because, as she says, loves helping people and loves a good challenge. Her many life experiences have given her a great heart for the needs of others and an ability to see beyond the surface. Jennifer stays busy with her husband and three daughters, two of whom ride at SpiritHorse.

George Campbell, Member, began his career in Philadelphia and held various management positions in American Airlines passenger and cargo sales and service, both in the field and at corporate headquarters, before working as Director of Sales for AMR Services (a division of American Airlines). He retired from the transportation industry in DFW and now lives in Copper Canyon with his wife, Karen, and their dog and two horses. George is an active volunteer in his church and a member of the Copper Canyon trail committee and the Copper Canyon Police/Citizen committee. He is also a committee member of the North American Trail Riding Conference.

SpiritHorse Advisory Board

John Claude Krusz, PhD, MD, received his Ph.D. in neuropharmacology from State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in 1975 and his Medical Degree from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1983. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and also the American Board of Forensic Examiners. He’s board certified in Pain Management, EEG and Quantitative Electroencephalography. He is the Vice President of the American Board of Electroencephalography and Neurophysiology. Dr. Krusz currently serves on the Editorial Board of the American Academy of Pain Management. Dr. Krusz has been involved in extensive research in the area of headache and pain disorders. He is in private practice in Neurology/Headache and Pain Disorders in Dallas, and serves as the head of his multi-disciplinary clinic Anodyne Headache and PainCare. He has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Texas Pain Society and, most recently, obtained Subspecialty Certification in Headache Medicine, in the first group to do so.

Dr. Krusz’s primary areas of interest include evaluation and novel treatments of headaches, pain syndromes and neurobehavioral disorders. Neuropsychiatric interests include traumatic brain injury, Tourette’s Syndrome, Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorders and Deaf and Hard of hearing related problems. He helped found the National Deaf People’s Institute in Dallas.

Dr. Krusz is on the Speaker’s Bureau for Acorda, Allergan, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Ortho-McNeil, Sanofi-Aventis, Sepracor, Wyeth-Ayerst, and Valeant. He is also a consultant for Acorda, Allergan, Endo, GlaxoSmithKline and has received grants/research support from Abbott, Elan, Endo, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and Solstice.

Dr. Carolyn Garver, Ph.D has developed an interest in research and is participating in a number of on-going projects currently focusing on Neurofeedback, assistive technology devices for adults, and sensory issues in autism. Dr. Garver was an Adjunct Professor teaching Epidemiology at Texas Woman’s University. She has written several articles and served as a contributing editor for materials published regarding the autism spectrum. Dr. Garver has provided diagnostics, treatment and care for people with autism for the past 30 years serving as the Director of the Autism Treatment Center since 1979. Dr. Garver recently presented at the Indo-US Science & technology Forum in New Delhi India.

Dr. Peter T. Walling, MD, has studied at the Chigwell School in Essex, London and received medical qualifications from the London Hospital Medical College. Dr. Walling is happily married with two children and is currently the Attending Physician in Anesthesia at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He is also senior partner in Physicians Anesthesia Practice, the largest group of private practice Anesthesiologists in Dallas. He is involved in the complex scheduling of cases for the thirteen location in which the group provides coverage. Dr. Walling’s medical research has been concerned mainly with applied pulmonary physiology. Peter has been instrumental in assisting Baylor University Medical Center set up an Obstetric Anaesthesia on an “in house” basis. He also helped Baylor set up the Liver Transplant Program. He is currently a member of the Anaesthetic Research Society and the North East Thames Society of Anaesthetists. Aside from riding and corresponding on numerous published publications, Peter runs a farm alongside his wife in Denton County.

Dr. Janet Kern has been a Principal Investigator (PI) in seven studies in autism, four of which evaluated treatments. All of the studies in which Dr. Kern is the PI are published in peer-reviewed journals, except three that are current. Dr. Kern has also been a Co-PI or research director in several other studies. She has written and published several publications in her field. Dr. Kern was involved with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) for seven years, starting as a Fellow in 1999, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in 2002. She is currently with the Autism Treatment Center of Dallas. Her research in autism and pervasive developmental disorders has three main focuses: (1) sensory processing differences in children with autism, (2) the role of toxicity and oxidative stress in autism, and (3) evaluating various treatments.