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The 2013 AQHA Executive Committee:
George Phillips, Dr. Glenn Blodgett & Sandy Arledge (standing) and Johne Dobbs & Johnny Trotter (seated)
AQHA ExEcutivE committEE
the American Quarter Horse Association Executive committee was elected at the 2013 AQHA convention in Houston. this five-person committee is responsible for implementing important decisions made by AQHA members through the Association’s board of directors.
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President Johne dobbs
Johne Dobbs of Champaign, Illinois, has been an AQHA board member since 1997 and
is currently serving as a director at large. Dobbs has served on the marketing, hall of fame, equine research, and nominations and credentials committees. She has also served as the chairman of the nominations and credentials and the hall of fame committees. In addition to having served on the National Snaffle Bit Association board
of directors, Dobbs has been active in projects benefitting her hometown and her church.
Dobbs attended Stephens College and the University of Illinois where she majored in business. In 1992, Dobbs established Johne Dobbs Equine Insurance, which allows her to be actively involved in the horse industry.
Dobbs’ family continues to be involved in AQHA. Her son, Travis, and his wife, Johnna, along with their children, Cooper, 11, and Dylan, 9, compete in multiple events from roping to halter to barrel racing. Her daughter
Courtney and husband Josh Clagg also continue the AQHA tradition with their daughters, Carly, 5, and Quincy, 3.
First Vice President Johnny trotter
Johnny Trotter of Hereford, Texas, has been a member of AQHA since 1970. Trotter has served as an AQHA director from Texas for 10 years. He has also served on the racing, and stud book and registration committees, as well as the ranching council.
Trotter is the CEO of Livestock Investors LLT and owns Bar G Feedyard, and serves as president of the Texas Autos Investors DBA Whiteface Ford in Hereford. His involvement in the American Quarter Horse industry is focused on racing, roping and horses used for ranch work and breeding.
Away from the track and ranch, Trotter is very involved in his local community. He has served on the West Texas A&M University
Foundation and has been a part of the Alumni Association’s Silver Phoenix group. He also served on the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Deaf Smith County Chamber of Commerce and the Kings Manor Methodist Retirement Home boards. He presently serves as the chairman of the executive committee of The Spicer Gripp Memorial Youth Foundation, a board member of First Financial Bank in Hereford and First United Bank in Lubbock, Texas, and an executive committee member at First Financial Bankshares Inc. in Abilene, Texas.
Trotter and his wife, Jana, have one son, Eddie.
second Vice President GeorGe PhilliPs
George Phillips of Sumrall, Mississippi, begins his third term on the Executive Committee. Phillips is a longtime breeder
of Quarter Horses and past president of the Mississippi Quarter Horse Association. He has been an AQHA member for more than 30
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