Danielle Menteer, Dressage Team

Previously an instructor and coach at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, Danielle Menteer joined the staff of the Nancy G. Held Equestrian Center in July of 2007.  She holds a B.S. degree in Equine Studies from Lake Erie and represented the Lake Erie Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) hunt seat team at the National Finals during her time as a student there.

Since then, Menteer has worked in eastern Ohio as a professional trainer and stable manager, working with horses and riders in dressage, hunters, and jumpers.  Her experience is extensive:  she has successfully competed on the Florida winter circuit, shown hunters and jumpers in “A” rated shows, and earned her United States Dressage Federation (USDF) bronze and silver medals in recognized dressage competitions, competing through the FEI level.

Menteer’s most recent accomplishment as an instructor and coach came in the spring of 2007 when she guided the Lake Erie College Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) team to the National Finals.

Denise Webber, Western Team

Denise Webber brings over 45 years of riding experience to her role as coach of the Albion College western team.  As owner and head trainer of Nottawa Paint Horses, LLC in nearby Marshall, Michigan, Denise has been active in breeding, training, and showing American Paint Horses for the past 25 years with many awards and accolades to her credit.  Some of her top honors include an PtHA Reserve World Championship in western pleasure and being awarded Reserve Paint Horse Congress Champion.  Denise also serves as a judge for 4-H, open, and Pony of the Americas (POA) horse show circuits.

In addition to her own riding, showing, and judging, Denise has served as a 4-H horse leader for the past 15 years, instructing junior riders in all disciplines, including western pleasure and equitation, English pleasure and equitation, showmanship and halter, trail, reining, barrel racing, jumping – and even driving!  She and her students boast 40 Top Ten state championships. 

Due to heavy arena and lesson traffic at the Nancy G. Held Equestrian Center, Denise is kind enough to allow the Albion College western team to train at Nottawa Paint Horses, utilizing her horses and equipment.