Bonnie Hammond, Executive Director

Since the founding of SAFE in 2005, Bonnie Hammond has focused on creating an organization that is open and accessible to its supporters, from its transparent financials to the wealth of information available about the horses on our website. Bonnie worked locally as a...

Terry Phelps-Peddy, Operations Director

Terry Phelps-Peddy has a long history of riding and working with horses. She spent two years in Calgary, Alberta, Canada working for Olympic dressage rider Bonny Bonnello, managing a training facility with over 45 horses in residence. Terry is an accomplished dressage...

Dylan Palm, Barn Staff

Dylan Palm was born and raised in Washington. He’s been interested in horses for as long as he can remember. His grandfather raised Quarter Horses, and Dylan was riding green horses from the time he was seven. After his grandfather’s passing, he joined the Civil Air...

Lily Leitkowski, Operations Assistant

Lily Leitkowski has been a horse girl since her mother first sat her on the back of one at the tender age of two. Growing up in Florida, she took riding lessons throughout her childhood, and although she never had a horse of her own, in the physical sense, she...

Shar Conner, Alumni Program Manager

When SAFE rescues a horse, it makes a commitment to that horse for its entire life – once a SAFE horse, always a SAFE horse! As SAFE’s Alumni Program Manager, Shar is responsible for following up with every horse that has “graduated” from SAFE’s program. She maintains...