Proxy for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Horse Park at Woodside
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEMBER’S MEETING 2011 Annual Meeting of The Horse Park at Woodside Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:00 p.m. Independence Hall, Woodside (Corner of Whiskey Hill & Woodside Road) If unable to attend, please sign and date the proxy, then mail to: The Horse Park at Woodside, PO Box 620010, Woodside, CA 94062-0010 WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU ARE URGED TO SIGN AND PROMPTLY MAIL THIS PROXY SO THAT YOU MAY BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING. Your proxy must be received by 12:00 Noon, Monday, May 16, 2011. AGENDA 2011 Annual Meeting of The Horse Park at Woodside I. Elect new members to the Board of Governors II. Horse Park update III. Open Forum ( Cut here ) Proxy for the 2011 annual meeting of The Horse Park at Woodside The Annual Meeting of The Horse Park at Woodside will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Independence Hall in Woodside for the following purposes: 1. To elect three (3) Class III members to serve a first term until the 2014 Annual Meeting: Katrina Deane; Melissa Hollatz; Mike Scully; 2. to elect to a second term three (3) Class III members to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting: Nan Chapman; Lesa K. Mellis; Tom Shanahan; 3. to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. I appoint Barbara Phillips and Larry Gimple and each of them with full power or substitution as my lawful proxy to vote and act for me and in my name at the Annual Meeting of The Horse Park at Woodside, and at any adjournment thereof, in transacting any business as may come before said meetings to be held at the Woodside Town Hall, Woodside, California on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. 1. Election of Directors FOR the nominees listed WITHOLD authority to vote EXCEPTIONS* for the nominees listed *Instructions: to withhold authority for any individual nominee, mark the “Exceptions” box and print that nominee’s name below: NOMINEES: Class III (expires 2014): Nan Chapman Katrina Deane Melissa Hollatz Lesa K. Mellis Mike Scully Tom Shanahan Signature ____________________________________________________________________________ Print Name ___________________________________ Date __________________ ADDRESS: 3674 Sand Hill Road, Woodside MAIL: PO Box 620010, Woodside, CA 94062-0010 PHONE: 650-851-2140 FAX: 650-851-5015 EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.horsepark.org Nominees Nan Chapman A graduate of Pomona College, Nan Chapman has served for 41 years as PR/Publicity Chairman for the Menlo Charity Horse Show, which raised $450,000 for Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired in 2010. She was also a member of the Save the Folger Stable Steering Committee which raised over $3,000,000 to restore the barn in Wunderlich Park, negotiated with the San Mateo Historical Society to provide historical field trips at the facility for local 3rd and 4th graders, and currently conducts tours and open houses on site. In the past, she has served on the Boards of Directors of the Junior League of Palo Alto, Family Service Mid-Peninsula, and the Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired. Nan and her horse are active competitors in Saddlebred Pleasure Driving classes. Last year, they were the Pacific Coast champions in that division. Katrina Deane Katrina is originally from the UK and has been a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985. Katrina has two daughters, one a junior at UC Davis, the other a recent graduate of UCLA who will be entering the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in August 2011. Both daughters are active in United States Pony Club (USPC) and Eventing. Katrina has held leadership positions at the club and regional levels of USPC and currently serves as Treasurer for the Middle California Region and sits on the national USPC Board of Governors. She is also the Cross Country phase volunteer coordinator for the Woodside Eventing shows held at the Woodside Horse Park. Katrina works as an independent contractor in the field of Information Technology. Katrina’s family own three horses who are kept at their home in Moss Beach. Melissa Hollatz Melissa Hollatz is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on all aspects of public and private company representation, including mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private placements, and corporate governance, with an emphasis on technology companies. Prior to working at WSGR, Melissa attended Stanford University for both her undergraduate education and law school. She has been around horses her entire life in a variety of different disciplines, from her childhood growing up on a dude ranch in Montana to a (very brief) flirtation with polo during law school to attending hunter jumper shows at the Horse Park and finally the last several years in training with Liz Hall. Lesa Mellis Lesa Mellis is a partner at PwC where she focuses on international tax for mobile employees. She has worked in the public accounting industry for over 25 years. Prior to this, she worked with the 3M Corporation for 2 years while attending St. Catherine University. Lesa is a certified public accountant licensed in the State of California and Minnesota. She has been around horses her entire life in a variety of different disciplines. Lesa grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and starting her riding adventures in Western, she moved on to ride hunters for several years before moving on to eventing. Married to George Mellis; the Mellis family have resided in Los Altos for the last 15 years, have three children and two horses that reside at the HPW. Lesa and her daughter, Katherine, both enjoy eventing. They train with Three Bay Farms and Katherine competes at the preliminary level. Mike Scully Mike Scully is a third generation horseman. His life with horses began as a young child as his father, Denis Scully, trained racehorses and then Arabians. Mike worked alongside his father until his father’s death and then trained Arabian Horses for over 20 years while living in Scottsdale, Arizona. After Mike relocated to California, he continued training as well as managing large equestrian facilities, where he oversaw several expansions and upkeep of the old Crocker Equestrian Estate, Stonepine Equestrian. In 2006, he and his partner, Angie Hager, formed Los Laureles Equine Therapy Center. A dream come true for him, Mike is now completely dedicated to conditioning and rehabilitating the sport horse. Mike feels very strongly about being an advocate for the horse. “It’s now my turn to give back to these wonderful animals who have taught me so much.” Mike works very closely with local trainers, and veterinarians to develop a program to help keep horses in the best possible condition. Mike has 4 children and lives in San Juan Bautista. Tom Shanahan Tom Shanahan is a 31 year resident of Woodside and polo player. He joined Needham & Company in 2002. He serves as the Head of West Coast Investment Banking and also is a General Partner of Needham Asset Management, LLC. Tom is the former CFO and co-founder of Agile Software Corporation (acquired by Oracle). Additional Silicon Valley experience includes CFO assignments at SBT Corporation (acquired by Computer Associates), DG FastChannel, Inc. (public) and Sherpa Corporation. He has 14 years of investment banking experience at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and The First Boston Corporation (now Credit Suisse). Tom served as an officer in the First Infantry Division in Vietnam. He is a graduate of Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa) and the Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar). Current Board of Governors: Hilary Bates, Nancy Benson, Nan Chapman, Bonnie Crater, Ian Diery, Betsy Glikbarg, Jef Graham, M. Fentress Hall, Tom Livermore, Lesa Mellis, Gina Miles, Eileen Morgenthaler, Janet Peterson, Barbara Phillips, Mike Raynor, Tom Shanahan, Gayle Strickland .