The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has launched its search for the next Dressage Chef d’Equipe/National Coach.
The USEF has undertaken the task of outlining and redefining the role that the next US Dressage Chef d’Equipe/National Coach will play in the US Dressage program. With input from a variety of stakeholders, the job description has been finalized.
The High Performance dressage athletes played a major role in defining this position and their recommendations were sent to the USEF High Performance Dressage Eligible Athlete committee and the High Performance Dressage committee. This input was considered and utilized by these committees when they drafted the job description. The job description was then finalized by the search committee.
The search committee is composed of:
Capt. Mark Phillips: Eventing Chef d’Equipe
George Morris: Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe
John Madden: Show Jumping representative
Karen O’Connor: Eventing representative
Mary Anne McPhail: High Performance Dressage Committee
Susan Blinks: High Performance Dressage Eligible Athlete
Guenter Seidel: High Performance Dressage Eligible Athlete
The USEF will accept applications for this position up to May 15. The search committee will review the applications and determine which applicants should be interviewed based on their fulfillment of the position requirements. Interviews will be conducted jointly by the chair of the search committee (still to be determined), members of the USEF High Performance Dressage Eligible Athlete committee, and USEF staff. The Eligible Athlete committee will then put forward their recommendation to the search committee.
A link to the job description can be found on the USEF home page at: www.usef.org
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