ELCR Staff Members
To contact ELCR or a staff member please contact the national office at (859) 455-8383, Info@ELCR.org or click on staff member name, to utilize individual email accounts.
Deb Balliet
Chief Executive Officer
Leading ELCR brings together two of Deb's passions; horses and open space. Her love of the land was hereditary, and nurtured by her father. The love of horses started early, but regular riding and horse ownership did not start until the late 1990's. A recreational rider, Deb is a member of the Fort Harrod Back Country Horsemen, Central Kentucky Back Country Horsemen and the Eastern Mountain Ranch Horse Association. Deb's horse, registered as GMG Devil Mademedoit and affectionately known as "Taz," is an appendix registered quarter horse.
Professionally, Deb has 25 years of experience in not-for-profit management, consulting and fund-raising with organizations such as Syracuse University, The University of Vermont, Northeast Health, Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, Open Space Preservation Trust, and National Audubon Society.
A featured speaker at national trail, land conservation and equestrian symposiums, Balliet is a regular contributor to national equestrian publications and serves as a spokesperson for horsemen on topics relating to equine land and trail conservation.
Balliet serves as a member of the American Horse Council’s Recreation Committee, on the American Recreation Coalition’s Coalition for Recreational Trails, a member of the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority, and board member of the Masterson Equestrian Trust Foundation.
Deb holds a M.Ed. from the University of Vermont and a B.A. from the State University of New York. She is also a Leave No Trace Master Educator.
Photo taken by Jennifer Munson Photography at Plainfield Farm, Lexington KY.
Staff Members
Jessi Jump
Administrative Coordinator
Jessi brings nine years of nonprofit fundraising and operations experience to ELCR. Her experience with LexArts, the united arts fund for central Kentucky, and Girl Scouts-Wilderness Road Council have provided her with multiple opportunities in fundraising, communications, administration and nonprofit operations. Jessi has a B.A. from Georgetown College in English Literature.
Jessi's passion at ELCR is providing resources and education for horsepeople and landowners. Land conservation is essential to maintaining the culture and beauty of our world. Land loss is not only a huge threat to our horses and our equestrian endeavors, but to us as well.
Jessi lives in Sadieville with her husband, Bob, daughters, Brynna and Maren and two cats, Penny and Kit.
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