If you have an interest in serving on our board, we are currently actively recruiting members.
Please call Jodi Messenich 303-346-7493 for details.

Jodi Messenich- Executive Director comes to the board with a variety of experience from her lifetime of achievements, most relevant of which being the sport horse business she has operated successfully the past ten years.
As founder of American Sport Horses, Jodi is responsible for day to day operations of the facility. Also, she manages the book keeping, taxes, staffing, sales/marketing, training and equine management.  This position, coupled with an extensive non-profit marketing background at the Milwaukee Schroeder YMCA equips Jodi with the tools necessary for a long time of success with Zuma’s Rescue Ranch.
 

Troy Lettau- Troy is a Financial Advisor for Bank of the West with a 15 year history of investment and portfolio management.Troy also has a passion for cooking and event planning making him a perfect fit for our Special Events Committee chair. Troy joins our board with an inherent affection for our mission, his wife Corrine is a life long horse enthusiast as well as our Riding Academy Program Director, giving Troy an inside tract to Zuma's.

Darcy Ferrentino- is a licensed psychotherapist with extensive experience helping troubled kids as well as with animal-assisted psychotherapy programs. Darcy was the Program Director responsible for the Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Progam at Four Winds Hospital from 2000-2008. She also introduced an Animal-Assisted therapy program, and created a parent coaching program. Darcy is now in private practice, and we are so fortunate to have her with us.

Sara Hordinski- As a current Director of Business Development (Simons Petroleum), Sara brings 25 plus years of marketing and executive management to the Zuma's board.This vast experience in the marketing world positions Sara perfectly for the Marketing/ PR committee chair position. We are looking forward to a new face on our marketing efforts at Zuma's with the addition of this extensive marketing talent.

Paul Messenich- Paul comes to the board with passion for a vision of the ranch like no other.He fell in love with horses back in 1997 when we purchased our first horse Zuma. Paul has become a marathon runner thanks to this relationship with Zuma.Quote,"You may or may not know that I run to honor our first horse Zuma.  Her registered name with The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Registry was Zoom Room. You'll find the name somewhere on me in race photos.  Zoom Room was unraced, but her spirit runs with me every step.  Why do I honor her in this way?  There are many answers to that question.  The main answer is because Zuma rescued me from being consumed with my career and helped me return to being in harmony with my family and our universe.  She was the catalyst, the inspiration for our ranch and ultimately so much more that would not have come to be without her helping us come into balance.  What does this have to do with running?  I found Zuma on November 24, 2004 around 6:30 am in the northeast pasture of our property with a compound fracture in her right front leg.  Jodi and I took turns helping her to stand for over an hour until the vet could arrive to put her to sleep...  I run because she was no longer able to run.  I run to know in some way what she endured that night/morning and give thanks for everything she did for me.  I run to keep her thoroughbred spirit alive".

Gail Trembly is a twenty year veteran in the foste care arena. She joins the board with 27 years of child care experience coupled with in-depth knowledge of the foster care system. Her continuing education with child welfare issues and the foster care system, bring to the board an inside view of how to best provide for these children.

Dr. Gary Pallaro of Golden Animal Hospital- Dr. Pallaro of Golden Animal Hospital is a second-generation veterinarian with an emphasis in equine science. The scope of his practice range from general wellness assessments into the surgical suite and everything in between. The experience gained from a veterinarian that has such a broad area of focus is extremely beneficial in the area of horse rescue. Rescued horses un like their more domesticated counterparts have been exposed to wide ranges of neglect and abuse, rendering them more challenging to say the least. Having a consultant with Dr. Pallaro's experience in the field as well as in surgery will prove to be imperative for our programs growth in the equine wellness arena.

Hilary Wood- Front Range Equine Rescue, Hillary Wood joins Zuma's Rescue Ranch as an expert in the field of horse rescue. Hillary operates a true success story as far as horse rescues go. Her programs are pioneers and the epitomy of horse rescue success stories.

Horse Rescue with Equine Assisted Experiential Learning