​Cheryl Semotok

​President & Shows

​Riding since the age of 4 in a variety of disciplines, she was introduced to dressage in 2000 and then joined Dressage Niagara in 2005 with a 4 year-old appy mare. The pair continued on the local show circuits obtaining several ApHC Leading the Nation titles in Working Hunter as well as an International High Point Dressage award.  Cheryl sustained a serious injury in 2014 and had to take some time off, but found a new partner, Frank, to continue through the levels. 
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Louise Kennedy 

Treasurer 

Louise was born in the UK with a love of horses.  She didn’t learn to ride until her 20’s while volunteering at CARD, eventually competing at Hunter and Pre-Training Eventing. She also pursued her instructor certification and taught riders with disabilities for 10 years until moving to the Niagara Region. She has held various positions on the DN board since 2009. ​

Jenny Jelen

Onsite Show Coordinator and Special Events

Jenny is passionate about promoting horse sport in Niagara. Her first love is eventing; she has successfully competed in Canada and the US up to the preliminary level. More recently, she has been dabbling into dressage training and showing. She is particularly interested in exposing new riders and horses to sport, giving them a solid foundation and positive experience from which to continue developing. With help from her fantastic barn family, she runs a training/lesson/sales and boarding operation out of Effingham Stables. She really likes coffee.​

Jill Troyer 

Secretary

Jill joined Dressage Niagara in 2019 and loved her first season so much she volunteered to join the executive. She is privileged to ride Jenny Jelen's chestnut OTTB Oatie, and loves unlocking new skills every ride.

Elizabeth Adams

​Membership​​ and Volunteer Coordinator

Elizabeth's daughter Hailey started lessons at the age of 10 with Jenny Jelen Equestrian, and after a year of watching her ride, she wanted to join in on the fun. Elizabeth has been doing lessons with Jenny for the past few years and one day hopes to show, but for now she enjoys being a show mom.

Sophie Della-Manna

Junior Member at Large

Sophie lives in Beamsville and has been riding dressage for just over two years at Effingham Stables with Jenny Jelen. Last year she was Dressage Niagara's Junior Walk/Trot Level champion, and this summer Junior Training Champion. At the awards banquet this year she was honoured to receive a special award of recognition!
Sophie is always open to talking about just about anything you might need help with, especially dressage and is looking forward to seeing everyone out in the show ring next summer!

Kerry Maddocks

Website/Communications Coordinator

Kerry was bitten by the horse bug as a child and never looked back. Today, she owns a mischievous horse named Duke, and aspires to ride in tails one day. She proudly owns a horse farm in Niagara.