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with FTBOA Chief Financial Officer Peggy Yost and Registration & Payments Coordinator Sheila Budden The Florida Horse editor-in-chief Brock Sheridan sat down with FTBOA CFO Peggy Yost and Registrations & Payments Coordinator Sheila Budden to discuss their positions at the Association and the services they provide to FTBOA members.
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TFH- Please describe for us your duties with the Association. How long have you been with the FTBOA, and how many years have you been in the horse business generally?
Peggy Yost 30 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2020
Peggy Yost- As Chief Financial Officer for our family of companies, [Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, Florida Equine Communications, Florida Thoroughbred Charities, and Ocala Thoroughbred Racing], I have the primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial and human resource-related activities. I was hired by and report to our CEO Lonny Powell. I also work closely with our president and treasurer, and I serve as a member of the senior management team overseeing all Association activities.
I have been with the FTBOA since November 2017, but I have been in the horse industry for 40 years on the financial/business side. I started working in the quarter horse industry in the early 1980s, then I worked for D. Wayne Lukas, a world renowned thoroughbred trainer, for 18 years. Other major farms I have worked with include Adena Springs, Padua, and Journeyman Bloodstock, among others. Sheila Budden - As Registrations & Payments Coordinator, I work with Floridabred and Florida stallion registrations, breeder and stallion awards, the Florida Sire Stakes, the Florida-bred Incentive Fund, including all of the payables and receivables associated with these programs. Peggy [Yost] is my supervisor, and I have been with the FTBOA for nine years, the first two of which were part-time. I have been in the horse business for 39 years, working with show jumpers, hunters, eventers, and thoroughbreds for the first 10 years. I then have 29 years of experience in the offices for a show jumping/breeding farm, thoroughbred breeding farm, thoroughbred bloodstock agency, and the FTBOA.
