Virginia Dressage Association
a Group Member Organization (GMO) of the United States Dressage Federation (USDF)
Welcome to
Virginia Dressage Association
Building and Sustaining a Strong Dressage Community
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
VADA State Board Monthly Meeting
9 June 2022
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
Dressage at Lexington
15-17 July 2022
Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, Virginia
Opening Date: 1 June 2022
Closing Date: 1 July 2022
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
Great American IG/USDF Region 1 Dressage Championships and Virginia Dressage Association Fall Competition
6-9 October 2022
Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, Virginia
Opening Date: 12 August 2022
Closing Date: 12 September 2022
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
USEF Safe Sport
We all have a role to play to ensure our members — especially our young ones — are safe.
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
Visual Guide to 2022 Dressage Attire
AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE NEW USEF RULES PERTAINING TO RIDER DRESS.
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
2021 VADA SILENT AUCTION DONORS
VADA would like to thank the following organizations and businesses for contributing to the silent auction at VADA’s 2021 banquet:
Karen Barnard (SVDA)
Siobhan Byrne/Qualia Dressage (NOVA)
Alison Douglas (Central)
Donna Gatchell/Donna Gatchell Dressage (NOVA)
Jessie Ginsburg (NOVA)
Michelle King (NOVA)
Bettina Longaker (Charlottesville)
Debbie Marriott/Brentwood Sporthorses Freestyle Design (NOVA)
Jane Palmer (Shen VADA)
Angela Stanaway (NE-VADA)
2021 Annual Membership Meeting and Year-End Awards Banquet
Congratulations to the 2021 Winners!
Achievements should be always celebrated! Well done and congratulations competitors' for achieving your goals.
VADA recognized rider achievements, our extraordinary volunteers at the
"2021 Annual Membership Meeting and Year-End Awards" banquet on 6 February at Greencroft Club, Charlottesville, VA.
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
2022 Licensed Show Sponsorship
Dressage at Lexington and
Great American Insurance Group/Region 1 Championships/VADA Fall Competition (GAIG)
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
Region 1 Youth Dressage - "Team Challenge"
June 25-26, 2022
HITS Commonwealth Park, Culpeper, VA
2022 VADA State Board of Directors
Bettina Longaker, President
Michelle King, Vice President
Alison Douglas, Secretary
Jessie Ginsburg, Treasurer
Beth Rippel, State Membership Chairperson
VADA Licensed Show Management Committee
Dianne Boyd, Show Manager
Bettina Longaker, Show Secretary
Rachel Rice, Volunteer Coordinator
Michelle King and Nancy Doody, Awards
Nancy Lowey and Nancy Doody, Sponsorship Team
VADA Chapter Events
Mark the Dates on the Competition Calendar
In loving memory, forever in our hearts . . . Catherine Sutton
VADA has lost a very dear friend and amazing woman ... Catherine Sutton.
She was unstoppable! Loved dressage, her farm, and her students.
Catherine will be missed by so many. They broke the mold.
Catherine was a stalwart supporter of VADA-CH, always available to help,
an undefeatable putter-up of dressage arenas. Always helpful, full of ideas and plans. She has coached many of our members
and has helped them on their dressage journey. (She rode her own horse to 4th level). She has been a great companion
on many adventures, (ask me about the USDF instructors exam in GA), was always good for a laugh or helping hand, often both at the same time
"The greatest joy on earth is found on the back of a horse."
Virginia Dressage Association, LLC
a non-profit organization
a Group Member Organization (GMO) of the United States Dressage Federation (USDF)