The Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) has announced the election of new officers to its Board of Directors for 2012, bringing together a team of equine industry experts with a wealth of talent and experience to direct the country’s only national organization dedicated to saving land for horses. These new appointments, which were approved during the ELCR Board of Directors’ Annual Meeting on April 26, in Lexington, Ky., include Susan Harding as President, Dan Rosenberg as Vice President, Patsy Mattingley as Secretary, and Betty Biszantz as Treasurer.

Harding of Bethesda, Md., has more than twenty years experience in the equine publishing industry. She is a publishing consultant with Active Interest Media, a special interest media company, and is the former vice president and group publishing director of Source Interlink Media’s Equine Network. Prior to entering the horse world, Harding worked at the Congressional Research Service in Washington, D.C.; McKinsey & Co. in London; and Newsweek magazine in New York City. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Harvard Business School. Susan has served as president of American Horse Publications and on the board of trustees of the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association. She currently is on the board of Horse and Humans Research Foundation and serves as chairman of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Marketing Committee and on their board of directors.

Harding was elected to the ELCR Board of Directors in 2010, and served as vice president in 2011. During that time she has learned the critical importance of conserving equestrian land, and is excited to pursue these efforts in her new role as president. "My years as a horse owner and equine industry professional have shown me the importance of ensuring that future generations can enjoy horses and the equestrian lifestyle," she said.

Former ELCR treasurer and newly elected vice president Rosenberg of Midway, Ky., is no stranger to equestrian life and culture. Prior to starting his own company, Rosenberg Thoroughbred Consulting, he worked for thirty years as general manager and then president and CEO of Three Chimneys Farm. Rosenberg has also lent his considerable expertise to the community through Thoroughbred Charities of America, as a director of the Gluck Equine Research Foundation, executive in residence for the UK Equine Initiative, and on the board of Bluegrass Tomorrow. Rosenberg has served on the ELCR Board of Directors since 2008