Katherine Rizzo

Katherine completed a graduate degree in scientific illustration at U.C. Santa Cruz in 2003, where she was the Intercollegiate Dressage Association team's head coach.  Before that, she completed two Bachelors of Arts degrees (Studio Art and Biology) at St. Mary's College of Maryland where she was the captain of the school's Intercollegiate Horse Show Association team (hunter equitation). Katherine events her horse Rockfish Willy and leased horse Majestic Falcon at Training level, as well as several client horses, and has experience in dressage, hunters, jumpers, vaulting, polo, jousting, swimming horses and games. Katherine also foxhunts regularly with Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds and recently learned to steeplechase.  She is a Level I/Training Certified Instructor through the United States Eventing Association and is CHA certified in Level 4/English and Level 2/Western. She is also the head coach of the Academy of the Holy Cross's varsity equestrian team and is an instructor for the University of Maryland collegiate team.