THE TEAM
Dr. Joy Baker, DVM, CVA, CVC, Herbology
FOUNDER | Dr. Joy Baker received her veterinary degree from Auburn University 1988 and spent the next 6 years in orthopedic research in the Army and at the University of Iowa. She then pursued her interest in acupuncture and chiropractic as a complimentary medicine, specializing in performance horses.
Additionally, Joy is a Dressage rider and has been awarded bronze, silver, and gold medals from the USDF.
Joy founded REIN Rescue after rescuing, rehabilitating and providing a home to a heard of feral horses from a kill pen in Texas. Joy’s goal is to help as many equines in need, whether it be by providing special care or finding them forever homes.
Eleanor Ellis is the owner of Evermore Farm, a boarding and training barn in Brooklet, GA. She teaches lessons, coaches an IEA high school and middle school team and serves as Regional President for IEA. Eleanor’s team is the 2021 IEA National Champion High School Team.
She also coached the IHSA collegiate team for Georgia Southern University for 25 years and serves as a Zone Chair and sits on the Board of Directors of IHSA.
Eleanor adopted 3 embryo transfer mares that REIN saved from the kill pen. They are all happily living at Evermore Farm and successfully teaching lessons to young riders.
Eleanor Ellis
Lynn founded Creative Spirits Unleashed to do just that: help others unleash their true, creative spirit. She is a TEDx Speaker, Author, Podcaster, Entrepreneur, and Executive Leadership Coach. Her latest book is Dancing the Tightrope, What Falling Off a Horse Taught Me About Embracing Pressure, Fear and Uncertainty. She works with business owners, C-Suite executives, high performing teams and athletes to lead deep and meaningful change while staying true to their core. She is also an avid water skier, potter, horseback rider, sculler, pilot, watercolor artist and hiker.
Lynn Carnes
Bruce Anderson began his work with horses on the family cocoa and coffee estate on the West Indian islands of Trinidad and Tobago. He learned to ride on the estate and then represented his country on the National Show Jumping Team. From there he moved on to breeding farms at home, in the U.K. and in the U.S. While in England, he earned an agricultural degree and worked with racehorses in Florida. He eventually moved into the hunter/jumper show circuit. He currently resides in Camden, SC where he and partner, Julianne Neal, provide Equine Assisted Services.
Bruce Anderson
Julia Carpenter is the first certified equine practitioner of the Trust Technique on the East Coast of the USA. She has since struck out on her own, founding her own practice called The Two Step Technique. The Two-Step Technique helps horse owners and caregivers learn how to be with their horses and how to really see them to promote connection, trust and health. Julia helps horses with fear, trust and other behavioral issues as well as helping owners learn how to deepen their connection with their horse. Julia is interested in helping animals, particularly horses, heal from trauma and has studied intently with that goal in mind.
She grew up on a horse farm in Vermont and has been a licensed riding instructor and trainer working with racehorses, hunter/jumpers, polo ponies and field hunters. Julia has had a lifelong friendship and association, researching, training and caring for animals. She loves volunteering to help out animal rescues with her knowledge. She has a private practice that helps people and their equines learn and benefit from her Two Step Technique. Julia and her husband the long rider, Bernie Harbert’s, live with their horses, mules and border collies in the mountains of western, North Carolina. For more information, go to her website https://twosteptechnique.com/
Julia Carpenter
A native of Milton, GA and seven time Grand USEF Horse Of The Year Champion, Christina Fisher-Hensley, has been riding and showing horses since she could walk. She’s won numerous championships across the country and had top placings in International Hunter Derbies and Grand Prix's. She earned her B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology, but horses have always been her passion.
In 2020, she moved to Marshall, NC where she operates a training facility that focuses on developing young horses. She approaches each horse as an individual, focusing on establishing trust and building building meaningful relationships with their rider. She believes that each horse has value and purpose, which is why she loves working with REIN rescue to give horses a second chance. When not riding she can be found chasing around her mini donkey, Peter Pan, who has quite the following @the.funkyfarm.
Christina Fisher-Hensley
Amelia grew up riding in the Atlanta area with the legendary Sunny Stevens, recipient of Old Salem Lifetime Achievement Award. Amelia attended the University of Georgia where she graduated with a BS in Equine Science. She then went on to be a working student for international show jumping rider Callan Solem.
Amelia relocated to the Tryon area in 2015 to open Hidden Valley Farm. She is the Head Coach of the Converse University Equestrian Team, while also riding and training her HVF clients at USEF shows around the country. One of her biggest accomplishments is training kill pen rescue “Take The Edge Off” from starting him to qualifying and competing at USEF Pony Finals with one of her students. This has given her a passion for helping rescue horses shine and led her to partnering with REIN.
Amelia Nowicki
