Tim Farmer

Director of Wheelchair Sports at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital, Julie Duncan has been involved in wheelchair sports for 24 years. Involved on the local and national level, Julie is currently the Head Coach of Hill on Wheels wheelchair basketball team which finished 5 th in the nation last season in the NWBA Division III. She also serves as Head Coach of the Cardinal Hillcats, a women’s wheelchair basketball team. In addition, Julie serves on the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Wheelchair Athletic Association, the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and is the current President of the Spinal Cord Association of Kentucky. Julie completed her undergraduate work at Transylvania University (Physical Education and Sociology) and graduate work at the University of Kentucky (Recreation Administration with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation). J ulie authored a curriculum guide for camps serving children and adults with disabilities, Creative Camping, while serving as Director of Camp Costanoan in Cupertino, California.

Kristy Stambaugh graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelors degree in Recreation Administration with a Therapeutic Emphasis. She earned her Masters degree from the University of Kentucky in Rehabilitation Counseling. She holds national certifications in both Therapeutic Recreation and Rehabilitation Counseling. She has worked in the field of therapeutic recreation for the past 18 years and has experience working with individuals of all ages and abilities. Currently she works for the Lexington Parks and Recreation Department as a Recreation Manager for Special Populations. Additionally she has a consulting business, Ability Awareness.

Jose Hernandez

Jose was born in Jocotitlan, Mexico to an equestrian family. There, his father was a well-respected trainer specializing in the Spanish-French classical school and bullfighting on horseback. Jose was fortunate to grow up in a horse culture, showing early inclination towards any and all equine related activities. By the age of nine he decided to make a career of horse training, beginning to help his father in the lower levels of training. Working with the local farmers and their plow horseso was Jose's first introduction to driving horses. When his family re-located to the California in 1990, Jose continued to pursue his life-long dream. With help from friends and family, he started training young horses for a variety of different horse disciplines, including dressage and reining. He left California to train driving horses at the Gayla Driving Center in Georgetown, KY. Jose now offers his training services to customers as well as volunteering as an instructor for United States Driving for the Disabled.

Bruce Burris is a practicing visual artist whose work is represented in many important public and private collections. Bruce has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a Pollock- Krassner Foundation Fellowship, Kentucky State Arts Council Al Smith Visual Arts Fellowship, etc. Bruce founded Minds Wide Open art center, Kentucky’s first community arts program for artists considered to have disabilities and currently, is co- owner of downtown Lexington’s well known arts program, Latitude Artist Community.  Latitude is designed to encourage/create meaningful and inclusive community interactions through civic and cultural participation.