Lynn Acton has a diverse equestrian and academic background that helps her understand horses, relationships, and leadership from an interdisciplinary point of view. Her degrees in sociology and systems science have contributed to her understanding of research studies, the social dynamics of horses, their interactions with people, and how the interconnected parts of complex social systems fit together.
After spending time working on a Thoroughbred breeding farm and later retraining off-track Thoroughbreds, Acton became certified by the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) to teach both English and Western riding and started a therapeutic riding program for at-risk youth. She currently competes in Horse Agility and Equagility (ridden agility).
Liza Randall combines her two loves as an equestrian writer and Pilates coach from her case in the Cotswolds. Author of Pilates for Equestrians and former editor of British Eventing Life magazine, she has a passion for eventing, whether watching or competing. Liza is an advocate of classes being available to riders of all abilities, and worked with British Eventing when the BE80 Training series was launched. As an equestrian Pilates coach, Liza trains amateur and professional riders alike, teaching the recruitment of core muscles to develop balance, strength and coordination.
For more than 50 years, Lynn Palm has championed the partnership of horse and rider. An international clinician and competitor, she travels extensively teaching the fundamentals of Palm Equestrian Academy throughout the country and abroad. Lynn is an American Quarter Horse Association judge and holds her USEF R Western Dressage Judge’s License. She continues to compete in both the United States Dressage Federation and the Western Dressage Association of America. Palm’s competition record is second to none, having earned four AQHA Superhorse titles, over 30 AQHA World and Reserve Championships, several AQHA European Championships, more than a dozen WDAA World Championships, 15 USDF All Breed Awards Champions, and most recently the Dressage and Western Dressage Championships at the AQHA World Show. Lynn and her husband, Cyril Pittion-Rossillon, lead annual European Journeys, and she presents Winning Ways with Western Dressage alongside Marie-Frances Davis. Lynn is also an author who frequently contributes articles to leading equine publications along with an active online community. Her extensive educational library of videos and books can be found online (lynnpalm.com).
Ever since her grandmother first taught her to knit when she was six years old, Maja Karlsson’s fascination with the possibilities of knitting has increased. As the knitting work picked up, she has slowly but steadily built up her own business , working with pattern designs, writing, photography, blogging, an online store and as a course leader. She lives with her husband and daughter in Arvika, working in a studio with old creaking floorboards and an incredibly beautiful rose wallpaper.
Linda Tellington-Jones is the internationally recognized equine expert who developed the Tellington Method approach to healing, training, and communicating that can be learned and practiced by horsemen and women of all levels. She was honored as the 1994 Horsewoman of the Year by the North American Horsemen’s Association and presented with the ARICP Lifetime Achievement Award, given annually to a person who profoundly affects the equine world in a positive manner. She is the author of numerous books and video programs, and routinely travels worldwide teaching her methods. When not on the road, she lives in Hawaii. Bobbie Lieberman has an extensive background in equine journalism, writing regularly for EQUUS Magazine and serving as editor of Modern Horse Breeding. She lives in Southern California.
