Horses4Heroes’ The Ranch Las Vegas Team!
Horses4Heroes’ The Ranch Las Vegas Team!
Sydney Knott
Sydney Knott is the President/CEO and Founder of Horses4Heroes, an organization that was started in 2006 in her family’s backyard. In 2017, Ms. Knott was named the Equine Industry Vision Award Winner by Zoetis and American Horse Publications. In addition to her love of horses, Ms. Knott is an award-winning public relations professional with more than 40-years experience in all facets of public relations, including media relations, special event planning, fund-raising and donor relations. She is graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Public Relations. A Southern California native, she is married, has three daughters and has lived in Las Vegas since 1994.
William Cunningham
William Cunningham is the Director of Operations for the Las Vegas Family Equestrian Center, our HQ and Flagship Facility. He has more than 50 years experience in retail management, retail sales and customer service. His career includes owning a men’s retail clothing store in Pasadena, serving as Managing General Partner of a privately owned men’s retail clothing store, and 17 years in the transportation industry.
He served two tours in Vietnam with the Seabees (US Navy) in the 1960’s. Bill was a volunteer member of the Tournament of Roses Committee for 25 years. A native of Southern California, Bill is married, has two sons, five grandchildren, and has lived in Las Vegas since 1999.
Dawn McIntosh
Dawn McIntosh, her husband Jon and five daughters, live at The Ranch and are responsible for the care and feeding of our horses and farm animals. She also is certified through the OK Corral Series to facilitate our EAL Sessions, and helps with all Horses4Heroes programs and activities including school field trips, camps, birthday parties and Family Farm Days. Dawn is an AF daughter and understands the life of a military child, the frequent moves and always being the new kid in school. Dawn is working on her nursing degree. She also has worked with local childcare agencies. We call Dawn our Barn Mom!