When horse owners call up Sam Gubera, they expect to hear a man on the other end of the phone. In this case, Sam is a woman and a farrier. At 27, she’s one of the few women in the job field in the San Francisco Bay area. Having taken horseback riding lessons since she was a kid, Gubera’s break from horses in college made her miss being around them. After a quick call to the farrier who serviced her childhood horse — also a woman — Gubera enrolled in the Pacific Coast Horseshoeing School in Plymouth, Calif.

Brett Keirstead has been named the new chief revenue officer (CRO) at GlobalVetLINK (GVL), an animal software company. In Ames, Iowa, he will oversee sales, marketing and customer service success teams, according to GVL.

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In this episode of the American Farriers Journal podcast, brought to you by American Equus, Editor Jeremy McGovern spoke with Dick Fanguy, CJF, who previously served as American Farrier’s Association president. He remains involved with the industry by consulting with farrier cases and representing Stonewell Bodies.