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The 2021-2022 American Quarter Horse Association Executive Committee was elected at the 2021 AQHA Convention in San Antonio.
Though AQHA operates primarily upon the decisions of its members through the board of directors, the five-person Executive Committee is responsible for implementing important decisions and governing AQHA between the annual meet- ings of the membership and the board. The Ex- ecutive Committee convenes throughout the year to conduct and manage the business of AQHA.
The AQHA Executive Committee – consist- ing of a president, first vice president, second vice president and two additional members – is elected each year by the board at the convention. Each member serves a term of one year until the selection of his/her successor.
PRESIDENT NORMAN LUBA
Norman K. Luba of Louisville, Kentucky, has been an AQHA life member since 1995 and an AQHA director since 2011. He has served on the AQHA Stud Book and Registration Committee, where he served as chairman; AQHA Public Policy Committee; and served as chairman of the AQHA Affiliate Advisory Board.
Luba graduated with a master’s degree in repro- ductive physiology from the University of Maryland. The former executive director of the Kentucky Horse Council, Luba is currently the executive director of the North American Equine Ranching Information Council, president of the Equine Breeding Research and Development Council, and the treasurer of the Animal Welfare Council Inc. In addition, he serves as chairman of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Dean’s Equine Advisory Board. He served two terms as president of the Kentucky Quar- ter Horse Association and has served as chairman
of the KyQHA Breeders’ Incentive Fund since its inception in 2005. Luba currently serves as treasurer of the Kentucky Quarter Horse Racing Association.
Luba is the recipient of the Don Henneke Education Impact Award, the American Youth Horse Council Distinguished Service Award,
the Presidential Award of the Kentucky Harness Horsemen’s Association, the Friend of the Equine Initiative Award of the University of Kentucky and Outstanding Professor Awards during his tenure on the faculty of the University of Louisville’s Equine Administration Program.
Luba is an avid competitor with champion- ship wins at the All American Quarter Horse Congress and numerous qualifications in trail for the AQHA Select World Championship Show, presented by Adequan® (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan), and the AQHA World Championship Show, as well as a Superior trail horse achievement.
Luba and his wife, veterinarian Dr. Lorraine Luba, have two sons – Christopher, a former American Quarter Horse Youth Association board member, and Colin, an AQHYA past president who is married to Catherine. This is the first time in AQHA history that a father and son have been president of AQHA and AQHYA, respectively.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT DR. SCOTT MYERS
Dr. Scott Myers of Sharon Center, Ohio, has been an AQHA life member since 1993 and an AQHA director since 2011. Dr. Myers is a former member of the Hall of Fame Selection Commit- tee, Nominations and Credentials Committee, American Quarter Horse Foundation Council, and Equine Research Committee.
Dr. Myers received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Kentucky Wesleyan College and graduated with his doctor of veterinary medicine from The Ohio State University. A licensed veteri- narian since 1985, Dr. Myers owns and manages Hunting Ridge Animal Hospital and Ridgewood Stables. He serves on the board of the Ohio Vet- erinary Medical Licensing Board.
He has been the CEO for the Ohio Quarter Horse Association since 2012. He is also a past presi- dent of the Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association and Ohio Quarter Horse Association, and a past na- tional director of the National Snaffle Bit Association.
Dr. Myers is an AQHA 10-year cumulative breeder and an exhibitor, with multiple Select world championships. He has earned numerous Superiors and AQHA performance champion titles. Dr. Myers is also the recipient of the NSBA Jack Benson Award.
Dr. Myers and his wife, veterinarian Dr. Leslie Myers, have two daughters, Taylor and Mallory.
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT KENNETH BANKS
Kenneth Banks is an AQHA life member. He was elected as an AQHA director in 1996 and elevated to director-at-large in 2011. Banks has served on the International, Show and Contest, Nominations and Credentials, Amateur, and Marketing committees. He also served on the Foundation and Show councils. Banks currently serves on the Finance Committee.
Banks graduated with honors from South- west Texas University with a bachelor’s degree
in soil science and Texas A&M University with
a master’s in soil chemistry. After more than 30 years in the business world, he sold his automo- tive aftermarket companies in 2015 and returned home to ranching and breeding and raising horses and cattle. Banks Ranch, located in central Texas, breeds, raises, trains and shows AQHA Ranching Heritage-bred American Quarter Horses for the show pen and the ranch. The cattle portion of the ranch includes registered Herefords and crossbred cows. The ranch’s artificial insemination program has created one of the best cow herds in Texas.
Banks is a past president of the National Snaffle Bit Association and member of the NSBA Hall
of Fame. He has served as the chairman of the NSBA financial committee, treasurer, crisis fund committee, world show committee and Breeders
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