Horse Training & Management Faculty
CONTACT
J.J. Rydberg
HTM Program Manager
phone: 719.336.1623
jj.rydberg@lamarcc.edu
Jason Kravig
HTM Instructor
phone: 719.336.6664
jason.kravig@lamarcc.edu
Marilyn Camarillo
EBM Instructor
phone: 719.336.1624
marilyn.camarillo@lamarcc.edu
Fred Sherwood
Rodeo Coach
phone: 719.336.1670
fred.sherwood@lamarcc.edu
SEE ALSO
» LCC's Rodeo Team
Life experiences can radically change how we perceive ourselves and our lives; they can also enrich them. When teachers share their experience and bring skills to others, this enrichment becomes magnified. Lamar Community College Horse Training & Management students receive the benefit of learning from industry leaders.
J.J. Rydberg - HTM Program Manager
phone: 719.336.1623email: jj.rydberg@lamarcc.edu
Lamar Community College's 2006 Faculty of the Year, J.J. Rydberg joined the Lamar Community College faculty as a Horse Training & Management Instructor in August of 2000. Prior to his employment at LCC, he spent most of his professional life training horses and competing in professional rodeo. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Adams State College (Alamosa, CO) in Physical Education, J.J. spent fifteen years in the professional rodeo circuit as a calf roper. For most of those years, J.J. was ranked in the Top 20 in the world, winning many prestigious rodeos along the way. Rydberg started his own business training horses and teaching roping students in 1984. In the ensuing years, he trained and showed two American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Calf-Roping Event World Champion horses and was, himself, a judge at cuttings. In addition to roping horses, he trained cutting and barrel racing champions as well. One was a finalist for AQHA World Show Jr. Cutting champion and won the Western States Cutting Challenge. J.J. has also shown Futurity and halter horses successfully.
As a second-generation professional trainer, he knows what he teaches from a practical and theoretical standpoint. A gifted teacher, he has been instrumental in restructuring the HTM program to include two Associates of Applied Science majors in Training and Horsemanship & Management and several certificates of study.
Jason Kravig - HTM Instructor
phone: 719.336.6664email:jason.kravig@lamarcc.edu
Jason Kravig is an integral part of the Horse Training & Management program. Although he holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ag Business and Agronomy from Oklahoma Panhandle State University , he has been training horses professionally since he was in the fifth grade. After graduating from Karval High School (Karval, Colorado) he spent three years training cutting horses and rodeoing before choosing to earn his degree and returned to his craft after its completion.
During his years of training horses, he found opportunities to learn from world champion trainers, gaining insight for his own training techniques. Many leading trainers acted as mentors as he continued to gain experience and hone his methods. He sees lead instructor JJ Rydberg's and his theories on training parallel, being alike in teaching LCC's HTM students, but leaving room for continuous improvement in the program.
Jason continues to operate his own training business outside of Lamar, Colorado.
Marilyn Camarillo – EBM Instructor
phone: 719.336.1624email: marilyn.camarillo@lamarcc.edu
With over thirty years of experience, Marilyn Camarillo is a standout in the Equine industry and a talented instructor for LCC's Equine Business Management option. She has owned and operated her own equine businesses for decades. From breeding to event management, boarding to clinics and training, Camarillo has been involved in most facets of the equine industry as an owner/operator. She brings this experience to her students every day in the classroom and arena.
Marilyn has been recognized as the Outstanding Woman of the Year in Stanislaus County (CA) for her riding and teaching achievements. Marilyn is one of only three people in the Equine industry to be honored with a California Senate Resolution, recognizing her outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the sport of barrel racing.
Marilyn’s outstanding communication skills enable her to relate to beginners as well as the most advanced competitor, making her one of the elite instructors in the equine industry. She conducts private lessons and clinics all over the United States as well as many foreign countries. Marilyn has assisted some of the greatest Barrel Racing competitors including World Champions Charmayne James, Janet Stover, and Jeanna Day Felts and numerous other National Finals Rodeo competitors.
This accomplished horsewoman has qualified seven times for the National Finals Rodeo on three different horses she trained herself. She has trained two National Finals Rodeo horses that have carried other riders to this prestigious event. She has also trained outstanding performance horses and successfully shown at the highest level in the horseshow world. Marilyn has won numerous titles such as the All Around Performance Horse at the Arizona Sun Circuit, Supreme Paint Horse Championships and World Championships at the Paint Horse Association.
Marilyn has been a member of the Women’s Professional Barrel Racing Association for 44 years where she served as a Director on their Board for 9 years. She was also the first president of the American Computerized Barrel Racing Association and a founding member and consultant for the development of the American West 4 D Barrel Racing Association.
Aside from Marilyn’s barrel horse training success, she has ridden with some of the all-time greats. She spent seven years riding along Greg and John Ward, learning every stage of a performance horse's career.
Marilyn continues to operate her own training business, giving private lessons and clinics. She also breeds and raises champion Dachshunds.