The Team
Jessica Lyman -
Owner/Manager
Jessica is the heart and soul behind Traumhof. She is how the whole farm has
come about as it was her "dream. In addition to running the day-to-day
business, keeping the books, and managing the team, she is in charge of
the care and feeding of the horses and is the overall go-to person when
horse care issues come up! Jessica works with
Dynamite brand feed
and keeps the horses literally "glowing" from her feeding expertise. With
many years of grooming for top professional show jumpers under her belt,
horse-care is her passion!
Nicki Grandia is a USDF Silver, Bronze, and Gold Medalist. She just
finished up an incredibly successful show season including a 5th place
finish GP Special CDI at the Del Mar National horse show, winning the
Oregon Dressage Society's Grand Prix Championship, the NWDC Grand Prix
Championship, and both the GAIG Region 6 Grand Prix and Grand Prix
Freestyle Championships. Nicki will continue to train with Shannon and
Steffen Peters, with trips planned to Arroyo del Mar in the spring as
well as at their clinics at Traumhof (November 2010 for Shannon and May
2011 for Steffen). She has also been selected as a demonstration rider
for the Janet Foy / Debbie McDonald Dressage Symposium at Donida and
will be riding in the Lendon Gray Clinic in November at Devonwood.
Kevin Fink -
Owner/Go-To-Guy
Kevin is Jessica's husband and does a lot of the maintenance and hands
on work here at the farm along with planning out the structure of the
farm business. He pretty much can do anything from leading an unruly
horse, to fixing a broken tractor, to managing the technology for a
multi-million dollar company. Kevin works (more than) full time at
Demand Media and when he's
not working there, he's working here at Traumhof!
Ian Fink -
Boy genius and owner of Penny Pony
Ian is Jessica and Kevin's son and pretty much keeps the farm on the straight and narrow... and reminds everyone when they swear!
Ian & Penny Pony
Juan and Erika Villanueva -
Stable Help
Juan and Erika have been with the Traumhof staff for a couple of years
now and are the most reliable help in the barn out of all of us. Rain or
shine they are there making sure our horses are taken care of and their
accomodations kept in exceptional order!
