Meet the Team

  • LIZ ELLIS

    Executive Director

    Liz has over 25 years of nonprofit management experience on both the local and national level. Liz has a degree in English from Indiana State University and is a Certified Association Executive and a Certified Fund Raising Executive

    Liz is a lifelong Hoosier. She grew up on a farm in East Central Indiana and for the past 25 years she and her husband have called Zionsville their home. They have two grown children who live out of state, a son in the 8th grade, and an Irish Setter puppy who can’t wait to be the back-up barn dog!

    Liz is excited to join Morning Dove and looks forward to expanding programming and public outreach in the long-term, and being able to put the correct name with the correct horse in the short term!

    In her spare time Liz likes baseball and travelling to see her kids.

    Stop by her office and say hi!

    executivedirector@mdtrc.org

  • ALLISON GAST

    Instructor

    Allison grew up in Nebraska and began riding around age 7 when she got her first pony. The fellow that sold the pony to her parents told them to have her ride bareback for a year and then buy a saddle. Allison rode western and did 4-H until she went to the University of Nebraska. (Her family also got into raising Paint horses for about 10 years). Allison has a BS in Animal Science and Masters in Veterinary Physiology. When she and her husband moved to Illinois for graduate school she began riding and competing in dressage. Allison actively rode and competed until her kids were born. Allison began volunteering at Morning Dove 8 years ago and became a certified instructor 4 years ago.

Board of Directors

Mike Trevillian - Board President

Sue Moore - Vice President

Mallory Long - Secretary

Sherri Leffler - Treasurer

Richard Aikman

Jeremy Riffle

Anthony Gioia