Laura Florence                                                                                                 939 Wawaset Rd.  Kennett Square, PA 19348 USA     610-347-0987    lauraflo@vet.upenn.edu

Experience:      2000 – Present             New Bolton Center                    Kennett Square, PA                         Resident Farrier Provide foot care and shoeing services for admitted hospital cases and out-patients.  Teach short courses, labs and rotations to veterinary students, residents, nursing staff and veterinary tech students.   1995 – 2000                 Lucky Girl Horseshoeing           Albuquerque, NM   Farrier Independently owned and operated a farrier service with a client base of over 150 horses.  Collaborated with equine veterinarians in therapeutic treatment of lameness. 1993-1995                  David Krolick Horseshoeing        Albuquerque, NM             Farrier’s Apprentice             Apprenticed with AFA Certified Farrier acquiring skills and knowledge of farriery.             1992-1993                   University of the Arts               Philadelphia, PA Painting Instructor Taught painting fundamentals to incoming students.  Tutored undergraduate students in 2D and 3D courses.                           1989 –1993                  University of the Arts               Philadelphia, PA Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Fine Arts Managed all office functions for the Dean’s office.                          1989 – 1993                                                                 Philadelphia, PA                         Worked as studio artist in painting and mixed media works showing work in galleries and curated group                         exhibitions.   Education:        2003 – present             University of Pennsylvania        Philadelphia, PA Research Trainee/Special Fellow – Havemeyer Equine Behavior Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center. Research training mentor: Dr. Sue McDonnell Research project: Long-term study of patterns of hoof growth and wear of a population of self-maintaining ponies kept under natural social and environmental conditions.   1977 – 1989                 University of New Mexico          Albuquerque, NM BFA in Painting/Drawing Semester in Rome, Italy with Temple University/Tyler School of Art in 1989.     Honors:            Special Research Fellowship of the Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Research Foundation 2004-2006                           Bill Valentine Award - 1997                         For Outstanding Contributions to the New Mexico Professional Horseshoers’ Association                                                               Membership:    American Farriers Association – 1995 to present     Certification:    American Farriers Association  Certified Farrier – awarded in 1995            Seminars          Equine Hoof Anatomy and Function Seminar and Lectures:   Horsepath                         Browns Mills, NJ – April 21, 2005                         The Healthy Hoof                         Delaware Valley Combined Training Association Annual Meeting                         West Chester, PA – February 4, 2005                           Hoofcare and Shoeing Techniques                         Equine Studies Course University of Delaware                         Kennett Square, PA - October 2004           The Hoof Project Havemeyer Day Presentations New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania Kennett Square, PA – August 2004   The Semi-feral Ponies of New Bolton Center                         Friends of New Bolton Lecture Series                         New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania                         Kennett Square, PA – March 2004   Natural Wear Pattern of the Hoof in the Semi-Feral Pony Herd                         Horse Behavior Course                         Equine Behavior Laboratory                         New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania                         Kennett Square, PA – February 6-7,2004   Techniques of Trimming the Laminitic Foot The Second International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Hoof Palm Beach, FL - November 2003   Treatments of Common Hoof Pathologies 20th Annual Farriers Conference Cornell University Ithaca, NY - November 2003   The Hoof Project Havemeyer Day Presentations New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania Kennett Square, PA – August 2003   Techniques of Therapeutic Shoeing Los Alamos Dressage Center Freehold, NJ – April 2003   Antamony and Disease of the Equine Hoof American Hanoverian Society Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD – January 2003   Roundtable Panelist Hoof Reconstruction and Technical Horseshoeing Symposium University of Pennsylvania,  New Bolton Center Kennett Square, PA - June 2002   Americans for Native Americans Two-week educational outreach and clinical support program             Crownpoint, NM and Sells, AZ - April 2002