People

Tait Golighty, Superintendent
- tgolight@vt.edu
Sally Johnson, PhD, Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Agriculture
- sealy@vt.edu
- Leads the equine exercise program, including research and teaching focused on understanding mechanisms mediating muscle and tendon repair.
Erica Feuerbacher, PhD, Associate Professor
- efeuerbacher@vt.edu
- Leads the behavior program and encompasses research, extension, and education focused on modifying and understanding motivations behind horse behavior.
Robin White, PhD, Associate Professor
- rrwhite@vt.edu
- Leads the equine nutrition program and it includes research and teaching focused on designing better diets for horses through the life stages.
Mary Burrows, VAES Director and Associate Dean for Research
- mburrows540@vt.edu