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EAGALA’s Board of Directors
 Amy
Blossom
Chairman
Reins of Change, Elgin, Illinois,
www.reinsofchange.com,
amy@reinsofchange.com
Amy has a lifetime of experience with horses, from owning, caring
for, training, and teaching to managing a stable with over 40 horses.
She completed college level coursework in stable management, horse
behavior, training and psychology, and riding instructor preparation.
She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in
Sociology, from Eastern Illinois University as well as the University of
Cork, in Ireland. She has supplemented this psychology training with
various certifications, including sexual assault counseling, group
facilitation, group dynamics, and ropes course facilitation. She worked
as a Human Resource Administrator for a large international marketing
agency, where she served as liaison between management and 800 employees
in three locations. Amy founded Reins of Change in 1998 where she
designed, secured funding for, and built her own facility which is
dedicated to providing EAGALA model services. She has recruited and
developed a talented staff of specialists who provide services for a
wide variety of clients struggling with mental illness, eating
disorders, emotional or behavioral disorders. Reins of Change also
provides Corporate Development Services utilizing the EAGALA model. Amy
has grown these services into successful programs, which serve the
greater Chicago metropolitan area. She also founded Horses Healing
Hearts, a not-for-profit program, which is dedicated to providing EAP
scholarships for youth-at-risk in her community. She is an active member
of the Junior League of Kane and DuPage Counties, Inc. and has served on
the board of directors at Glenwood School for Boys. Amy is married to
Dave and has three children.
 Don
“Z” Zimmerman, Ph.D., LMHC, LCSW, NCC
Vice-Chairman
Strides to Success, Indianapolis, IN
zzimmerman@aol.com
“Z” has over 30 years experience in the mental health and education
fields working with agencies, schools, children, adolescents, adults and
families. He is a licensed mental health counselor, licensed clinical
social worker and a licensed private practice school psychologist. He
is also a Nationally Certified Counselor, Board Certified in Emergency
Crisis Response and a nationally certified trainer for the NOVA
Community Crisis Intervention model. “Z” has served as president of
several professional organizations in Indiana and as a Board of Director
member of various state and national organizations and agencies. He has
also taught at the university undergraduate and graduate levels.
The Indiana Counseling
Association presented "Z" with its 2007 Mental Health Counselor of the
Year Award.
“Z”is currently associated with and
Strides to Success
and Integrative Health Resources
in Indianapolis. His practice includes: private therapy; consulting
with agencies, management teams and schools; and working with leadership
development. At Strides to Success
he is involved in both equine assisted psychotherapy therapy and equine
assisted learning and serves as the Director of Leadership Development.
He and his wife, Linda, work together as an EAP team at
Strides and both have
completed the EAGALA Level II training.
 Tim
Jobe
Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch, Boys Ranch, Texas,
tjobe@1s.net
Tim has a B.S. from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas with
a major in Police Administration and a minor in sociology. He has worked
professionally with horses for over 30 years, and with kids for about 15
years. Tim started developing his program at West Texas Boys Ranch in
San Angelo, Texas in the late eighties where he worked for eight years.
Tim is currently the horse program manager at Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch
outside of Amarillo, Texas, a large non-profit ranch organization
developed in 1939 as a ranch home for boys. Tim continues to study and
develop the equine program at Cal Farley’s. He is married and has two
children.
 David
Tidmarsh, Cert. Ed., Dip. Couns.
International Representative
Winds of Change, SCOTLAND,
david@eagala.org.uk,
www.eagala.org.uk
Growing up in Africa gave David quite a bit of experience in
experiential education. He later moved to the UK where he turned to
horses to help in the adjustment. This helped him find direction, and he
moved to Scotland to work as an instructor and mountain guide. Part of
this involved leading three week trail rides with youth. He later became
an outdoor education instructor and guide conducting climbing, canoeing,
and sailing expeditions. David became a teacher and therapist, and then
an assistant principle, working with young people with severe emotional
and behavioral problems in residential therapeutic community schools.
The great outdoors and working with animals were an important part of
these programmes. Since then, David has worked as a therapist in various
settings, conducting play therapy, family, couples, and individual
therapy. Along with his ongoing counseling, he has worked as an
educator at the college and university levels in counseling and IT
(computers). He and his wife, Annie, started Winds of Change to provide
EAGALA therapy sessions. They also took great initiative and started our
affiliate – EAGALA Europe – which continues to grow thanks to their hard
work.
 Susan Jung, Winning Strides,
Conyers, Georgia
susanjung@earthlink.net Susan has been an elementary school counselor for
35 years. After
graduating from the University of Florida,
she moved to Texas
and was very active in the counseling organizations.
Now, she is a licensed professional counselor in
Georgia.
Susan began riding at the age of four and has a passion for
children and horses. She is
a certified riding instructor for the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders
and Exhibitors Association
and has served as a Walking Horse judge for eight years.
Finding EAGALA seven years ago was the “perfect fit” for
combining counseling skills and the presence of horses in her life and
career goals. Susan is
married to Jim, who has enabled her horse habit, and been her greatest
supporter in starting Winning Strides. They have two children and four
grandchildren.
 Anna
Marie de Jager, M.D., P.D.,
chairman of Hospitals,
TAAC,
Mexico City, Mexico
ajager@prodigy.net.mx ,
www.eagalalatinoamerica.org
Anna Marie was born in Holland,
but grew up in México. She
has been riding horses since she was 5 years old and has won some
competitions in jumping events.
She worked for 28 years in
Mexico’s Social Security (medical
industry/hospitals), with 17 years of that as chairman.
In that role, she planned new strategies for excellence in
medical practice, quality, team building, and other extensive management
duties. She has also worked
as medical advisor in Philips, two banks, and travel agencies.
Anna Marie has experience in organizing international events,
including international medical courses and jumping events.
She is now retired as a doctor and has since been dedicated to
her hobby and passion – horses.
In 1999, she started transporting horses by KLM, mostly from
Holland to Mexico City, with Horse Service International.
She is also the President of AMCAF (Friesian Horse Association of
Mexico) since 2005. In
2002, she started going with Annie Ricalde (her daughter and a
psychologist) to EAGALA trainings and they have been going to all they
could since then. With
Annie and Fernando Cordero, they formed TAAC to conduct EAGALA work in Mexico with
clients, organizations, and corporations. Five years ago, her dream came
true – she has her own ranch where they do EAP/EAL work!
Anna Marie is dedicated and passionate about EAGALA and the work
that so amazingly changes people, groups, and organizations.
She has been working hard with Annie Ricalde to grow EAGALA in
Latin America through the EAGALA affiliate, EAGALA LatinoAmerica.
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