Kim Polonsky is the Practice Manager for Yorkshire Veterinary Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kim has over 19 years of experience in the veterinary medicine field as a Certified Veterinary Technician with a specialty in Dentistry and as a veterinary technician lead and practice manager. Kim also provides dental training and education throughout the country in her role with Midmark and IM3. She is sought out for her knowledge and teaching ability and can make even the newest technicians understand whatever she is asked to teach.

Kim was the 2010 Colorado Certified Veterinary Technician of the Year and is well-known throughout the veterinary medicine community for her compassion for all animals and her ability to bring a team together to achieve common goals. She believes with all her heart that all animals’ lives are important and should be nurtured with compassion and love.

Kim was born in Englewood, Colorado and has remained in Colorado her entire life. She currently resides in Monument, Colorado with her husband Joe and their variety of animals, to include dogs, cats, donkeys, horses, llamas, chickens, goats, and even a few pigs.

Kim is the Executive Director of the non-profit organization Double Rainbow Ranch. Her organization’s mission is to provide a safe haven for a unique blend of farm and companion animals. She is also the Race Director for the Greenland Open Space Pack Burro Race in Larkspur.

Got my first horse in the 1st grade. Discovered Burro racing in 2017 Got our first Donkey in 2017 Passionate about animal welfare

Main goal for our nonprofit is to give a safe haven to all types of animals and giving those animals purpose through all kinds of interactions with humans including pack burro racing and animal assisted learning and therapy

email: prez@packburroracing.org

Chris is a pack burro racer who lives on the Front Range with his wife Natalie and his children, Isabella, Megan and Aidan. For seven years, all four of them have raced their donkeys, Cash, Nash, Ben, and Donkers, that they adopted from Longhopes Donkey Rescue in Bennet, CO. His favorite part of pack burro racing is, “the chaos.” He loves the feeling of uncertainty and anticipation leading up to a big race coupled with the athleticism of trail running. Chris and his family plan to continue running their burros far into the future.

All throughout his life, Chris has loved large animals. Growing up in rural Ohio, he barrel raced horses through 4H and shadowed local large animal veterinarians. This passion eventually led him to receive a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from The Ohio State University. He has been a large animal veterinarian for over 25 years. Chris currently practices in Northern Colorado and is based out of Greeley. Chris hopes this practical knowledge will help him enact his goal of supporting burro health as the Vice President of WPBA.

Email: vicepresident@packburroracing.org

In 2019 Ellen read Running with Sherman and became involved in her first burro training run that same year. She officially started pack burro racing in 2020 with 2 races and quickly fell in love with the burros and the racing community. In 2021 she completed 8 races. 2022 was another great racing season as well. She hopes to continue racing as long as she can. Ellen lives in Denver with her husband Aaron.

As a newly elected board member, Ellen wants to give back to the burro community who has given her so much. She wants to encourage the growth of the sport and and make the WPBA the best organization for burros, burro racers and their supporters as it can be. Educating others that burros can live productive lives is another goal she has.

Email: treasurer@packburroracing.org

Katy Lundy lives in Edgewood, NM with her husband Stan. We have 3 mammoth donkeys; Marshmellow, Grace & Rufus & 1 mule Molly. We have been involved with pack burro racing for 5 years. I have volunteered at several races & competed in a few. I look forward to being part of the WPBA Board.

Email: secretary@packburroracing.org

Roland Brodeur started running in 2016. Soon after was introduced to pack burro racing. In 2017 he raced his first pack burro race in Georgetown. He was instantly hooked. Since then he has raced burros from SWAB, Laughing Valley, Burro Buddies, Double Rainbow Ranch, and Burro Out. He has burro raced in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. His favorite burro race course is Leadville, in which he finished first on the short course in 2019. Roland’s goal is to promote the WPBA, the burros and pack burro racing community as a whole.

email: media@packburroracing.org