Our Human Staff

Equi-librium lovingly refers to our administrative team, instructors, and therapists as “human staff” as the horses are our “equine staff” holding equally important jobs!

As a charitable non-profit organization, Equi-librium is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, and managed by a professional staff of 30 paid employees. The staff is assisted by over 200 active volunteers who support the daily operations of the program. As a Premier Accredited Center of PATH International, our instructors are Certified in Equine Assisted Activities and the therapists are Registered with both PATH International and the American Hippotherapy Association.

Our staff bios are currently under construction! Check back soon!

 

Administrative TEAM

JESSIE SHAPPELL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | jessie@equi-librium.org

christina coxe, program director, ctri, ESMHL | christina@equi-librium.org

kimberly gapinski, equine operations DIRECTOR | kimberly@equi-librium.org

dawn fetherman, office administrator | ADMIN@equi-librium.org

MICHELLE DERRY, volunteer coordinator | MICHELLE@equi-librium.org

brett viglione, facilities DIRECTOR | brett@equi-librium.org

program team

karin nifong schnell, lead instructor, ctri, esmhl, path mentor | karin@equi-librium.org

donna mowry, driving instructor, ctri | donna@equi-librium.org

petra eichelberger, ctri | petra@equi-librium.org

helena seip, ctri-in-training | helena@equi-librium.org

samantha hartzell, ctri | sam@equi-librium.org

john murdoch, driving instructor | john@equi-librium.org

PAM SPIGEL, CTRI | pam@equi-librium.org

dr. karen graffman, pt

joan glass, ctri-in-training

jenn o’hara, ctri-in-training

sara minnich, ctri-in-training

horse care team

brandy novak, lead barn staff

Kaelyn ryan, lead barn staff

trista allen, lead barn staff

cheyenne white, lead barn staff

parker christensen, barn staff

colin homschek, barn staff

bill joachim, volunteer

 
 

Board of Directors

Raymond Szczucki, Chairperson: Account Engineer, Chubb

Wenda Boyer, Vice Chair: Braided Love Horsehair Jewelry

Maggie Murphy, Treasurer: Executive Director, NAMI of the Lehigh Valley

Lynne M. Neel, Secretary: AVP, Regional Underwriting Manager, National Equine Specialist, AIG 

Ronald Brubaker, Victaulic

Matthew Hotchkiss, Audit Supervisor, PA Department of the Auditor General

Kathryn Majewski, Biolumina

Anne K. Millham, Of Counsel, Greater Good LLC 

Panna Pavangadkar, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Helena Seip, Community Volunteer