| Joan
Aronson is the founder and owner of Green Acres Equestrian
Center, LLC. She and her husband, Wayne Aronson, purchased
land in June 2002, and designed and built the Green Acres
Equestrian Center in memory of Joan's father, Mark Leach.
Mr. Leach was a renowned owner, breeder, and trainer of
thoroughbred race horses on his Greenacres Farms, Inc. in
Lexington, Kentucky and Ocala, Florida. Joan had been born
and raised on a horse farm for her entire childhood until
she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Speech-Language
Pathology. She then pursued an intense full time career
in helping children and adults with communication disorders
and subsequently founded Greater Atlanta Speech and Language
Clinics, Inc. in 1982. During the year 2000, when she learned
about the specialty of hippotherapy, she realized she could
blend her speech therapy career with her passion for horses.
In 2000, Joan
earned the credential of a NARHA registered therapist in
hippotherapy by the American Hippotherapy Association, and
in 2002, she achieved certification by the North American
Riding for the Handicapped Association as a therapeutic
riding instructor. During this time period she also expanded
Greater Atlanta Speech and Language Clinics, Inc. to include
a new division called Horse Talk. She now houses this division
at Green Acres Equestrian Center, LLC.
In addition
to Joan's busy career and family life raising two teenage
daughters, she manages to make time to ride and occasionally
show her own hunter-jumper. Her philosophy for both horsemanship
and horse care stem from her father's early teachings: "A
horse will seek to please you, if you provide him with quality
care, love, and kindness."
To contact Joan, please email her at greenacresonline@bellsouth.net or call 770-656-7002. |