Assistant Farm Manager
Peridot Equestrian Center
San Marcos, California, United States
Kate is the Assistant Farm Manager for her family's farm, Peridot Equestrian Center, in San Marcos, California. Kate is involved in all aspects of farm operations, and assists her family in managing client and trainer relationships, stabling and horse care, facilities management, marketing and social media. She was also integral to the work involved in acquiring the farm, and the subsequent 8 month construction project where a new barn and arena were designed and built, and the guest house and other parts of the property were full remodeled. She gained experience in all aspects of purchasing real estate, contracts, negotiation, and then permitting, managing contractors and serving as general contractor for several major projects, while managing client and trainer relationships during construction. She has been instrumental in the organization of multiple clinics and events at the farm, with her focus being on hosting clinics for youth Dressage riders in California. She has assisted in bringing in Olympians, US Team coaches and world-class clinicians so that local youth can learn about how to reach excellence and success in life and in the sport of Dressage. For those events, she is involved in every aspect of each clinic, from marketing, creating the program and agenda, assisting the clinician, food and entertainment for the attendees and guests, stable management for visiting horses and social media coverage of the events.