Tish Callos is a seventh generation Oakland native who was raised in Pleasant Hill. The oldest of three girls, Tish started showing interest in horses at age four and by age nine she was taking formal lessons and began showing in local shows throughout Northern California. Throughout her life she has ridden, leased, and owned many horses. By age seventeen, Tish was showing and training event horses professionally.

Her life was changed forever when, at the age of eighteen, Tish started taking care of a little girl with Autism whose mother had passed away from cancer. Within that year her focus changed from horses to working exclusively with the special needs community. Tish has worked as a 1:1 with many special needs children in both their school and home environments. She spent seven years as the Supervisor of Children’s Services at the Recreation Center for the Handicapped in San Francisco, before moving on to the Bridge School and B.O.K. Ranch. Tish is a NARHA certified instructor and a CHA certified riding instructor who owned and operated her own therapeutic riding center in the East Bay for several years before making the move to the Peninsula.

Tish Callos can be reached at tishcallos@yahoo.com.

CHA (Certified Horsemanship Association)

Tish's Sense of Humor

Pat Campbell has been an avid horsewoman and dressage enthusiast for almost twenty years.  She fell in love with horses when she was quite young but in Philadelphia, PA where she grew up, there was little opportunity to ride.  As a teenager she became interested in special needs children by helping a neighbor with her young daughter who had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Pat graduated from Temple University in Philly with a B.S. in secondary education and from Cal State Hayward with an M.B.A. with an emphasis in marketing.

Pat has spent over twenty years in both financial services and high-tech marketing.  In 1993 she realized her dream and bought her first horse, who taught her a lot about riding and about life.  In 2001 she participated in the Avon 3-Day walk for breast cancer, raising over three thousand dollars for breast cancer research. About three years ago she met Carol Studer, the program director for B.O.K. Ranch at the time and began to volunteer. After a year she began her education to become a certified instructor.  She received her certification in January, 2006.  Pat teaches classes on Saturday mornings and afternoons.