Erin O’Rielly
Erin O’Rielly first got involved with Rainbow Riders as a young equestrian volunteering her time with our lesson program, and many years later has become Program Director and Head Instructor. Her tireless enthusiasm carries our team through busy program semesters, recruitment, training and certification of new instructors, and the day-to-day chaotic wonderfulness of a busy therapeutic riding barn. This passionate young woman grew Rainbow’s lesson program through the struggles of a global pandemic, kick-started a long-defunct Competitive Team, and even learned American Sign Language to facilitate weekly lessons for a school group of hearing-impaired children. They say it takes a team, it takes a village… but it also takes a spark—and that’s what Erin is to her team at Rainbow Riders.