Competitions: Costs, Accessibility, and Standards
Commonwealth Room: 2/3
Session Speakers
Heather Peterson
Heather Petersen was born and raised in Dubuque, IA. She attended college at Iowa State University, earning degrees in music (oboe performance) and animal science. Heather met and married her husband, Michael, during college and moved to Colorado soon after. They have two children, Elizabeth and Sarah, and a menagerie of animals on their farm. Before working in the horse show industry, Heather worked in restaurant management.
Heather is an active amateur dressage competitor; mother of two active professional and Jr/YR dressage competitors; a USEF R technical delegate; an FEI Level 1 Steward; a current or past member of several USDF and USEF Committees; management for multiple USDF Regional Championships, Rocky Mountain Dressage Society Championships, and CDIs. She is the secretary/manager for many other successful national competitions, schooling shows, and local shows, a past president, education chair and current secretary for the Rocky Mountain Dressage Society. Heather has organized quite a few dressage judge programs and several educational symposiums. She has also served several years as a USDF Region 5 Young Riders/Junior Team chef and enjoys organizing the USDF Region 5 FEI Jr/YR clinics.
In her spare time, Heather loves to ride her horses, read lots of books and hang out with her family and animals. She has enjoyed getting to show in other parts of the region and Florida in recent years and connecting with fellow enthusiasts.