Board of Directors
Lorri Waldman
Co-Founder, Director
Lorri was born in The Bronx, NY. After her marriage to Sam Waldman she and he lived in Queens and the Long Island. When their children, David and Mindy, were three and one, respectively, the family moved to Hayward, CA, and then, later, to Lake Forest, CA.
After spending twelve years in Summit, NJ, Lorri and Sam moved overseas and lived in Tokyo and Taipei. She and Sam bought their home in Incline Village in 1986 and moved permanently in 1991. Lorri and Sam founded Kids & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center in 1999.
Lorri has been involved in many social and charitable organizations. She is past First Vice President and President of The Women’s Club of North Tahoe and currently is responsible for club luncheons. She is past president of the North Lake Tahoe Community Health Care Auxiliary and is now serving as treasurer. She is both past and current treasure of Incline Village Crystal Bay Republican Women and is a proud sister in the Nevada Chapter of P.E.O., Philanthropic Educational Organization.
Joanna Rice
Board Chair
Joanna has been involved with Kids & Horses for over twenty years. She volunteered,
primarily fundraising, many years before joining the board of directors.
She was an active real estate agent in Northern Nevada for twenty-six years and
continues to work with referral clients. She is a past president of the Incline Village
Board of Realtors. Joanna owned two retail businesses in Incline Village before
beginning her career in real estate and was a partner in a local catering company until
2023.
Before starting a family in the early 1980s, Joanna worked as a domestic and
international compensation analyst for two major financial institutions in San Francisco.
Joanna chaired Assistance League 0f Southern California Day Nursery Auxiliary and
was active in National Charity League with her daughter, Katie, before relocating to
Incline Village. She was a member of the American Association of University Women
and was president of the Incline Village Crystal Bay Chamber of Commerce.
Originally from Wilmington, North Carolina, Joanna attended the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington and later graduated from the University of Florida (Go Gators)
with a bachelor’s degree in English. She and her husband, David, moved to Carson
City from Incline Village in 2020.
Joanna is a voracious reader, and she is passionate about food. She particularly enjoys
preparing ethnic dishes and sharing them with David and friends.
Curt Wegener
Treasurer/ Vice President
Curt Wegener, Sam’s son-in-law, has been a member of the board since Sam’s passing. Curt has kept the program running through his ownership and maintenance of the WW Ranch until he sold the ranch to Kids and Horses near the end of 2013.
Curt is a prominent financial and retail executive in Northern Nevada. He is the President and General Manager of Waldman Investments and Waldman/Wegener, Inc., as well as the owner of Bowl Incline, Pacific Pines Office Complex, Incline Car Wash, and Kings Beach Car Wash.
Mr. Wegener may be best known for his nationally-recognized sports activities. He is the Director and original founder of the High Sierra Lacrosse Foundation. For 25 years, Mr. Wegener’s annual lacrosse tournament has brought youth and adult teams from across the United States and Canada to the Lake Tahoe area. Curt’s enthusiasm for lacrosse began at Syracuse University, where he played goalie while earning his BA in Economics.
Christine Boyd
Director
Christine began volunteering at Kids & Horses soon after her move to Gardnerville,
three and a half years ago. Her primary responsibilities include horse handling and side
walking in the adaptive riding program, as well as assisting in the Connected Horse and
Memory Café programs. She recently assumed oversight of maintenance projects at
the ranch. In August of this year (2025) she was elected to the Board of Directors and
will serve as board liaison to staff, as well as becoming more involved with all phases of
board and ranch activities.
She attended Occidental College and graduated from Dominican College with a
Bachelor of Arts Degree. Christine was the administrative assistant to the principal of a
large multinational engineering firm and was responsible for the administrative
management of the Earthquake Engineering Department. She also was a freelance
graphic artist, completing art and design projects for scientific college and graduate
level textbooks.
Volunteer experience, other than Kids & Horses, includes Guide Dogs for the Blind
where she taught obedience training skills to a 4-H group and served as a
spokesperson for the group. Christine also volunteered at Dove Lewis Emergency pet
Hospital, initiating a pet assisted therapy program. She visited multiple facilities with her
dog, who was one of the first Delta Pet Partners. She served as Senior Warden of the
largest Episcopal Church in Oregon, working with clergy and vestry to lead and make
decisions on behalf of the congregation.
She continues as a botanical illustrator, and loves solving complicated jigsaw puzzles.
Kristina Hill
Secretary
Kristina Hill has lived in the Lake Tahoe area since 1980 when she first started working for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. Her passion to protect Lake Tahoe from the harmful effects of over development, has inspired her to stay involved in a variety of community matters. She left the Agency in 1984 and became a planning consultant, assisting people navigate the arduous process of obtaining a building permit. In 1998 she started her own business, Hill Planning, where she continues to work.
Kristina has been on many boards including; TRPA Advisory Planning Commission, Washoe County Board of Adjustments, Truckee North Tahoe Transportation Management Agency as well as the Saint Joseph Community Land Trust.
In addition, she is a long-term member of the homeowner’s association architectural review committee. She’s been on the Kids & Horses Board for many years and is actively involved with board matters.
Teddi Converse
Director
Teddi Converse has had a career in technology marketing and communications, social impact and community enablement for an impressive 45 years. She holds a degree in Journalism from California State University, Chico. Her career includes leadership in advancing inclusive training, responsible business practices, and social justice initiatives for global organizations. She has been especially focused on accessibility, responsible technology including AI, and embedding inclusive approaches into communications and leadership.
Passionate about animal welfare, Teddi has supported more than a dozen orphaned elephants through the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado who rescues captive large wild carnivores, and several Lake Tahoe wildlife rescue organizations. Locally, she has been active with the Tahoe Nevada branch of the American Association of University Women, mentoring young women and providing scholarships for high school girls for almost three decades.
A resident of Incline Village for 27 years, Teddi shares her home with her cats and enjoys time with her half-sister’s two young children. She joined the Kids & Horses Board of Directors in 2025.
Amanda Lotter
Executive Director
Amanda has been working with children and adults with disabilities since 2010. She graduated Magna Cum Lauda from Johnson State College in Johnson, VT, with a BA in Psychology and received the Certificate of Academic Achievement from the Behavioral Sciences Department in recognition of exceptional academic achievement.
She began her love of this field working in residential homes for at-risk foster youth, and as a one on one mentor with at-risk foster teens.
Since moving to the west coast, she has been working with adults one on one to provide independent living skill instruction and assistance in the community. Amanda first came to Kids & Horses as a volunteer side walker with one of her clients in 2015.
After a two year period as an Executive Director for a nonprofit in South Lake Tahoe, she moved to the Carson Valley and has been working for Kids & Horses with a myriad of responsibilities including: marketing, design, community outreach, event coordination, fundraising, program building, and now is our current Executive Director.
Her deep understanding of the regulations and challenges of the nonprofit world, as well as her passion for building connections within the community and staying on the cutting edge of service needs and industry changes, makes her an important part in helping to build a sustainable future for Kids & Horses in an ever challenging landscape.