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Vice Chair of HorseQuest Team
Equine Extension Specialist and Associate Professor
University of Vermont
204 Terrill Hall, 570 Main Street
Burlington, VT 05405-0148
mailto:Betsy.Greene@uvm.edu
802-656-2108
Fax: 802-656-8196
Short Biography
Dr. Betsy Greene is an Associate Professor of Animal Science and Extension Equine Specialist in the Animal Science Department at the University of Vermont. She was raised in Bedford, Massachusetts and received her A.A.S. and B.S. from Morehead State University, her M.S. from the University of Arizona, and her Ph.D. from Kansas State University. She earned American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists certification in 1997.
Dr. Greene’s responsibilities in the Equine Science Program include teaching a variety of courses including Introduction to Equine Science, Animal Science Career Seminar, Horse Barn Cooperative, Equine Enterprise Management, and Equine Industry Issues. She also serves as a coach of the UVM Drill Team.
Her statewide extension programs have focused on preventative care and maintenance for horse health, safety, equine business, and pasture management. She organizes the educational aspect of “Everything Equine” a 2-day equine educational event and consumer trade show that was awarded the “Non-Fair Agricultural Event” (International Association of Fairs and Expositions) and “Top Ten VT Event” (VT Chamber of Commerce).
She is the co-chair of the “HorseQuest Community of Practice” (www.extension.org/horses). Dr. Greene has served national organizations, including the United States Equestrian Federation (Safety Committee) the Equestrian Medical Safety Association, and the National Association of Agricultural Agents (Northeast Regional Vice Director). She has collaborated with several state agencies to develop programmatic and educational materials for equine owners and producers. She is the president of Vermont Agriculture Agents Association and a board member of Vermont Farm Bureau.
Judy Marteniuk
LCS VTH MSU
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1314
517-353-9710
mailto:marteniu@cvm.msu.edu
Short Biography
Judy Marteniuk is an equine veterinarian in the College of Veterinary Medic and part of the Michigan State Equine extension team.
Equine Extension Specialist
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
84 Lipman Dr., Bartlett Hall
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-932-5529
Fax: 732-932-6996
mailto:cwilliams@aesop.rutgers.edu
web page: www.esc.rutgers.edu
Short Biography
Carey A. Williams, Ph.D. joined Rutgers University in July 2003 as its Equine Extension Specialist, and Associate Director of Outreach for the Equine Science Center taking an active role in teaching, conducting research and working with the equine and academic communities to ensure the viability of the horse industry in New Jersey.
A Wisconsin native, Dr. Williams earned her doctorate degree in animal and poultry sciences (with an emphasis on equine nutrition and exercise physiology) in June 2003 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a master’s degree in equine nutrition, also from Virginia Tech, and a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University.
She has worked extensively at Virginia Tech as a Pratt Fellow in Equine Nutrition, has designed and conducted various research projects dealing with equine nutrition and exercise physiology and assisted in the breeding, care and feeding of approximately 100 horses. At Rutgers, Dr. Williams maintains a herd of Standardbred horses for exercise physiology research; more specifically how we can decrease the stress of intense exercise. She also works with agricultural agents within Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Natural Resource Conservation Service to carryout equine pasture management initiatives.
She is a member of many associations, including the American Association of Veterinary Nutritionists, the Equine Science Society, to name a few. Dr. Williams has also recently been awarded the Northeast Section of the American Society of Animals Science and the American Dairy Science Association’s Outstanding Young Educator award in 2007, along with Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension’s Merle V. Adams Award to an outstanding junior faculty member in 2007. In 2009 she was also awarded the Equine Science Society's Outstanding Young Professional. As a hobby she trains and competes with her Thoroughbred mare at various local and regional dressage shows and horse trials.
