CAITLIN CALDER

Caitlin Calder managed to get hooked on horses while growing up in New York City. Following her graduation from Mount Holyoke College (Massachusetts) with a degree in art history, Caitlin followed her passion to a career riding and training professionally while producing her own OTTB through the CCI4*-L level in eventing. After working for some […]

MELISSA WRIGHT

Melissa comes to the Chronicle from the newspaper business. She has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Colorado and Delaware, spending a brief stint at Practical Horseman magazine and freelancing for the Chronicle and other equine publications along the way. Most recently, she has worked as a freelancer writer and editor, and […]

SONYA MENDEKE

Sonya grew up on a ranch in Linn, Texas. She moved to Austin in 1984, shortly after getting her BFA in advertising design at Pan American University. Sonya previously worked as a book designer at Holt Rinehart and Winston. Currently, she is a senior designer/photo editor for the Chronicle. She loves her job, especially working […]

LAUREN FOLEY

Lauren originally came on board in October 2009 for a marketing role and also served as circulation manager for two years. She began riding in kindergarten, focusing on hunters and equitation for most of that time. She competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association while earning her bachelor’s degree in rhetoric & communications at Mount […]

KIMBERLY LOUSHIN

Kimberly grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia’s journalism school. She interned for the Chronicle in 2014 and joined the staff later that year. You’ll find her primarily covering the hunter/jumper circuit, but she tries to cover a few events and dressage competitions yearly. She’s shown her off-track Thoroughbred Corey […]

LISA SLADE

Lisa grew up riding dressage in North Carolina and graduated from Virginia Intermont College with a degree in English literature. After writing for nearly every publication in Knoxville, Tennessee, she moved to Middleburg and started working for the Chronicle in 2009. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Andrew, and two adorable but […]

MOLLIE BAILEY

Mollie has been with the Chronicle since 2007 and writes mainly news and features about the hunter/jumper circuit. She grew up training with SBS Farms in Buffalo, New York, showing in hunters and equitation, and worked for Susie Schoellkopf and Jen Alfano for several years after graduating from the writing seminars program at Johns Hopkins […]