Our Staff

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Lisa Bowman is the Founder and President of Hope for Hearts  Farm.  Lisa is certified as  Equine Experiential Education Facilitator  and utilizes her coaching and training skills to assist executives, corporations, teams, groups & individuals to transform into their highest potential by developing skills and behaviors that positively impact their leadership, relationships, communication and overall well-being.

Lisa earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Ball State University.  She led Indiana’s largest homecare organization for 14 years, providing leadership to over 350 employees.  During that time, she developed leadership trainings and competencies for various departments.  

In addition to her certification as an Equine Experiential Education Facilitator, she has  also received her Advanced Corporate Experiential Education Facilitation certification, TeachingHorse Certification and is trained in utilizing CliftonStrengths and Personal Wellness and Development alongside Equine Assisted Learning principles.

  Lisa is a member of and served on the National Board of Directors for the Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A).  Lisa has traveled to co-facilitate and assist at other equine programs nationally.

Lisa has been a keynote speaker for multiple organizations and is in the process of writing her first book for the Equine Assisted Learning world.

Kathleen uses her experience, training, and coaching skills to help executives, teams, students, and individuals lead more effectively.  She integrates Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) experiences and Clifton Strengths© to illuminate what horses can teach us about ourselves and how we work with others.  This helps clients to develop more positive relationships and better communication, resulting in good leaders becoming great leaders and transforms working groups into high‐performing teams.  

She is the president of Equ-Insights, Execute Director of the ECHO Foundation, and served on the National Board of Directors for the Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A).  She is a TeachingHorse and E3A Advanced Certified Practitioner with a specialty in corporate facilitation and has been a senior leader in higher education, nonprofit, and association management organizations for more than twenty years.  Kathleen has taught graduate courses in Public and Nonprofit Administration and American Government and currently serves on the Master of Public Policy and Administration Advisory Board at the University of Tennessee.  She earned a BA from Millsaps College and an MPA (Organizational Behavior, Policy and Program Evaluation) from the University of Tennessee. Her doctoral work is in Educational Leadership.  

Abigail is the Barn Manager for Hope for Hearts Farm.  She provides oversight to the management of our herd and their needs as well as the maintenance and upkeep of the barn, stalls and equipment.