Kathryn Susman
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Kathryn Susman

Kathryn Susman


Colorado Springs, CO


719–482–8237


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Aspiring Horse Trainer


Education:


The University of Findlay | Findlay, OH May 2021


Bachelor of Science Western Equestrian Studies


Bachelor of Science Equine Business Management


Recipient of the Most Improved Sophomore Fall Semester Award (November 2018)


Recipient of the Christian ministry scholarship (May 2017)


Recipient of the Academic scholarship (May 2017)


Work Experience:


Frasier Beef | Last Chance, CO May 2020 – August 2020


Intern


Learned how to move and process cattle on four-wheelers and horses


Learned how to maintain and build barbed wire and high tensile wire fences


Helped train a green horse and an older, barn-sour horse as well as other ranch chores


Harmel’s Ranch Resort | Almont, CO May 2019 – August 2019


Wrangler


Became the unofficial barn manager as the barn manager could only be at the barn less than a third of the time once we started having guests


Took care of the financials for the barn and most of the customer service before and sometimes during rides


Had many impressed guests and some came back


Helped care for injured horses and take care of other horse related emergencies


Latigo Ranch | Kremmling, CO May 2018 – August 2018


Housekeeper


Taught my inexperienced partner how to do housekeeping and self-directed the maintenance of the six family and four couple cabins and cleaned them on Saturdays


Used prior experience to create structure in the department that had a new, inexperienced manager


Asked continually throughout the summer to be the outrider every week and was honored to be the guests’ first impression of the ranch


Glen Eyrie Conference Center | Colorado Springs, CO June 2016 – August 2017


Housekeeper


Learned how to do commercial housekeeping


Worked hard enough to become one of the fastest and most efficient housekeepers out of around 25 housekeepers


Became a team leader (teams consist of 2-3 people and were given a list of rooms to clean that day) and we repeatedly finished our list faster than the supervisor had expected