It's Election Time at the AAEA!

On September 14, 2013 the AAEA held its bi-annual Board meeting in Georgetown, KY. Various positions were up for election including, but not limited to, President and Vice President.

The AAEA is pleased to introduce our new President, Edward L. Bowen. We are equally pleased to announce that Xochitl (Sheila) Barnes has graciously accepted the position as Vice President!

Here is some information on our new President!
 

Edward L. Bowen is an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research. Edward Bowen is the author of eighteen books, including the two-volume set, Legacies of the Turf , named by ForeWord Reviews magazine as its Sports Book of the Year. He penned the story of Man o' War, the first book in the Thoroughbred Legends series published by Eclipse Press. For the series, he also authored the books on War Admiral, Nashua, and Bold Ruler. Bowen's most recent book is Matriarchs, Volume 2: More Great Mares of Modern Times , released in October 2008. A resident of Versailles, Kentucky, Edward Bowen has been the recipient of a number of industry awards including the 1972 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Magazine Writing.

Here is a list of the entire AAEA Board:

Preident: Edward L. Bowen

Vice President: Xochitl (Sheila) Barnes

Secretary: Karen Mitchell LaBach

Treasurer: Harold Dean Jessie
Dean of Painting: CW Nave
Dean of Sculpture: Morgen Kilbourn

Dean of Marketing: Summer Frost

Louise Mellon

Michael Levin

Lisa Perry

Irwin Pickett

Barnara Hornstra

Brooke Jacobs

More information on the AAEA Board can be found on our website, http://www.aaea.net/members-gallery/?SSScrollPosition=0