Jack Easley, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, AVDC, has been installed as the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) treasurer, and Rob Franklin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM; Vivian (Bibi) Freer, DVM; and Katherine Garrett, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, have joined the organization's board of directors. The four veterinarians were installed Dec. 9 during the President’s Luncheon at the AAEP’s 60th Annual Convention, taking place Dec. 6-10 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Each veterinarian will serve a three-year term that will expire in 2017.

Easley is a private practitioner and noted equine dentistry specialist in Shelbyville, Kentucky. He received his veterinary degree from Tuskegee University in 1976. From 1978-80, he served as associate professor of surgery at Kansas State University where he acquired an interest in equine dentistry. He held the same position at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine from 1980-82 before entering private practice with the establishment of Equine Veterinary Practice LLC in Shelbyville. The all-inclusive equine veterinary practice with an emphasis on dentistry serves central Kentucky and southern Indiana.

A founding diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College’s Equine Specialty, Easley is a past president and current board member of the Kentucky Association of Equine Practitioners. He has lectured on the subject of equine dentistry throughout the world and has written numerous articles for publication in professional and lay equine journals, textbooks and periodicals