Kathy Anderson of the University of Nebraska was named President of the American Youth Horse Council at the National Youth Horse Leaders Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 2, 2008. 

Kathy has been the Extension Horse Specialist at the University of Nebraska since 1991.  She oversees the youth and adult extension horse program as well as teaches Undergraduate courses in the Animal Science Department.  Kathy currently teachings courses in Horse Management, Horse Management Practicum, Horse Industry Study Tour, Equine Reproduction, and Equine Nutrition. Additionally she has coached the UNL Horse Judging team.   An avid horse shows judge; Kathy is a carded judge with the American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, and National Snaffle Bit Association.  She received her Bachelor of Sciences in Animal Science and Agricultural Education from the University of Nebraska, Masters of Science in Physiology of Reproduction from Texas A&M University, and a PhD in Animal Science from Kansas State University.

Along with her educational background, Kathy stays highly involved in the industry; her family currently raises and shows Western Pleasure Horses, she is a past Board Member for the Quarter Horse Association of Nebraska, Chair of eXtension’s HorseQuest.   Other AYHC officers selected for 2008 are, Rich Wilcke of the University of Louisville Equine Business Program-Vice President and Bob Mowrey of the North Carolina State University-Treasurer, Debra Hagstrom of the University of Illinois – Secretary and Christy Landwehr with the Certified Horsemanship Association-Past President.