OUR STAFF

Jennifer Zawacky

Jen has been with Arizona Equine for 25 years! She is originally from Utah, but moved to Arizona when she was 10 years old.  She has 2 children, 3 grandchildren, one blind dog and one horse. Outside of work you can find Jen spending time with her family and hiking in the great outdoors. She has hiked the grand canyon 3 times. She also enjoys spending time on the Havasupai reservation where she helps provide veterinary care to reservation horses. 

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Anna Goldman

Anna has been with Arizona Equine since 2021. Anna is an Arizona native, lifelong horse owner, and animal lover to the core. She has competed in 4-H, high school rodeo, and was part of her college rodeo team. Anna graduated from University of Montana Western with a bachelors degree in natural horsemanship. Outside of work she enjoys riding her horses and spending time with her husband, Jacob, daughter, Millie, and their two dogs.

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Hannah Austin

Hannah has been with Arizona Equine since 2022. She was born and raised in Arizona around the rodeo industry.  She and her boyfriend currently have 3 horses and a dog. Hannah attended Pima Medical Institute for 2 years after high school where she trained to be a vet tech and graduated in 2022. Outside of work she enjoys riding her horse, Caliber, on the trails and competing in gymkhanas when the weather allows.  Her and her boyfriend often travel up north to camp and trail ride when the valley gets too hot.

Hope Bethel

Hope has been with Arizona Equine for about 2 years. She was born and raised here in Arizona. She is an avid horsewoman and has been riding since she was 4 years old. During high school, Hope was a competitive barrel racer. Now, she enjoys trail riding and exploring new places with her friends and her horse Cash. ​​

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Jamee Middagh

Jamee has been with Arizona Equine since 2023. She was born and raised on a ranch in southern New Mexico where she worked cows and trained horses with her family. She showed almost every species possible in 4H growing up, but she especially enjoyed showing ducks and swine. Jamee started competing in 4H rodeos, and during her first semester of college she won her first rodeo queen title - 2019 Miss Turquoise Circuit. She was Miss Rodeo New Mexico 2022, and was a top 10 finalist in Miss Rodeo America. Jamee earned her bachelors degree at New Mexico State University. Jamee has also been a flag girl at the one and only Wrangler NFR for 4 years! 

Adelyn Simpson

Adelyn recently started working at Arizona Equine in July 2024. She was born and raised here in Arizona. She is currently attending Scottsdale Community College to earn her associates degree, and her end goal is to earn her DVM and open her own practice. Adelyn enjoys spending time with her cat as well as being outdoors 4-wheeling, shooting and hiking at her family's cabin in northern AZ. 

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Kiernan Mullaney, AVA

Kiernan recently started working at Arizona Equine in July 2024. She was born and raised in Gilbert, Arizona. She graduated from EVIT's veterinary assistant program with her AVA, and she is currently attending Pima Medical Institute to obtain her CVT. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her 4 dogs and her family. She also can be found at dirt track races watching her boyfriend race micro-sprint cars. 

Amanda Biesty

Amanda recently started working at Arizona Equine in July 2024. She was born and raised here in Arizona. She has two cats and two horses, and she has ridden in many different disciplines over the years. Amanda earned her bachelor's degrees at Asbury University where she double-majored in Equine Studies and Training as well as English. Amanda currently does some free lance editing work, and enjoys reading, painting, hiking, and riding her horses.  

Kirstin Ostwinkle

Kirstin recently started working at Arizona Equine in July 2024. She was born and raised in Arizona. She attended Pima Medical Institute where she trained to be a vet tech and graduated in 2021. She has been working as a large animal technician since. Kirsten has a special interest in equine limbs and musculoskeletal disease. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her boyfriend and their dogs, as well as hunting, camping, horseback riding and attending rodeos. 

Danielle Hillier

Danielle has been the receptionist at Arizona Equine for 10 years! She was born and raised in California, and moved to Arizona in 2002. She has 1 kid and 1 grandchild, as well as 3 dogs. When not working down here in the valley, she travels to her family's house in Show Low to escape the heat. 

Patti Taylor Howard

Bio coming soon!

Oliver and Ebony

Oliver and Ebony have been at Arizona Equine since they were kittens! They make sure to keep the clinic running smoothly.