Becky Bebber-Wells Named WDCTA Member of the Year

Becky Bebber-Wells was named the 2023 WDCTA Member of the Year. She was nominated by Mary Hanneman and the board approved. Here’s what Mary wrote about Becky:

Becky deserves to be acknowledged for her contributions to WDCTA for the following reasons:

When WDCTA’s Southwest Chapter had no one step up to take over the role of chapter president beginning Dec. 1, 2020, after our long-serving president retired, chapter members thought it would have no other recourse but to dissolve the chapter.

This would have been unfortunate in many ways, but primarily because the chapter had signed a contract with Olympian Laura Graves and paid a substantial down payment for her to teach a dressage symposium during the fall of 2020. The symposium was postponed due to the COVID pandemic. Dissolving the chapter would have meant breaking the contract with Laura and losing the chapter’s deposit. Thankfully, Becky stepped up to take the reins as SW Chapter President.

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2022 Member of the Year

Congratulations to Cari Schmidt

The WDCTA state board voted unanimously that Cari Schmidt deserved to be recognized for her tireless contributions to WDCTA. 

Cari served six years as the Central Chapter President. She was also the primary organizer for the WDCTA presense at the Midwest Horse Fair for six years. Cari also organized numerous chapter dressage clinics and combined training events. Additionally, Cari represented WDCTA at the Wisconsin Horse Council meetings.

For all her hard work and dedication, Cari deserves to be the 2022 Member-of-the-Year.