Five Join TCA Board of Directors

Thoroughbred Charities of America June 14 announced the appointment of Bob Beck, Terry Finley, Leslie Howard, Dr. J. David Richardson, and Jaime Roth to its board of directors.  

           

 "We are very pleased that Bob, Terry, Leslie, David, and Jaime have joined the TCA board," said Mike McMahon president-elect of TCA. "I look forward to working with each of them as we work to grow TCA. Erin Crady (TCA executive director) and I have been working hard to set several initiatives in place for an active board."

Beck is an attorney in the Lexington office of Stites & Harbison. He has served as chairman of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. 

Finley is the president of West Point Thoroughbreds, a horse racing partnership management company he founded in 1991.

Howard is chief financial officer at Stonestreet Farm. 

Richardson is a surgeon in Louisville, Ky., who has been involved in the horse business for his entire adult life. He is chief of surgery at the University of Louisville Hospital and vice chair of the Department of Surgery. 

Roth and her parents, Larry and Nanci Roth, started LNJ Foxwood Stables in 2012. In only four years the family owned stable is in full swing and has emerged as a competitive racing outfit in the U.S. and abroad.

The five newly elected board members join current board members Shannon Arvin, Braxton Lynch, Bob Manfuso, Nathan McCauley, Mike McMahon, Herb Moelis, Graham Motion, Dr. Jim Orsini, Dr. Scott Palmer, Dan Rosenberg, Bo Smith, and Ned Toffey.

TCA's mission is to provide a better life for Thoroughbreds, both during and after their racing careers, by supporting qualified repurposing and retirement organizations and by helping the people who care for them. TCA distributes grants to several categories of Thoroughbred-related nonprofits including rehabilitation, retraining, rehoming and retirement organizations; backstretch and farm employee programs; equine-assisted therapy programs; and research organizations. 

Since its inception in 1990, TCA has granted over $21 million to more than 200 charities that successfully meet the criteria set forth in its annual grant application. From 2000-2015, more than 95% of TCA's expenditures were allocated to program services including direct grants. TCA is the charitable arm of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.