Jack Sadler - Vice President and Director of Communications

Jack Sadler has been involved with Dogwood Stable since 1976 (the year he graduated from Washington and Lee), when he worked for trainer Frank Alexander and groomed a filly named Moona's Dust - who was owned by Dogwood! In 1981 he left the race track and went to work as the assistant trainer on Dogwood's farm in Greenville, Georgia, and made the move to Aiken when the operation relocated in 1986. He moved into the office in 1990. Jack and Susan are the parents of two young adults - J.T. and Callie.

Bill Victor - Treasurer

Originally hailing from Lexington, Kentucky, Bill Victor worked for Nelson Bunker Hunt's Bluegrass Farm for three years before moving to Aiken and joining the Dogwood staff in 1991. He's a graduate of UK and a huge supporter of the Wildcats! Bill is responsible for all aspects of the finances of Dogwood Stable and the various partnerships. Bill and Liz have young twins - Coleman and Ava, and a toddler named Lila Rose.

 

Mary Jane Howell - Public Relations Director

Mary Jane has spent her working life in the Thoroughbred industry after falling in love with Secretariat at age 13. She has worked in the press boxes of the NYRA tracks and Atlantic City Race Course, was a groom for the late Hall of Fame trainer P.G. Johnson, and worked at Robert Levy's Muirfield East for 10 years. She came to Dogwood in 1998 and her duties include editing the Dogwood newsletter, managing the Dogwood website, handling press releases and a multitude of other pr duties (and she loves doing research for Cot's books!). Mary Jane has one teenager named Gabriel.

Missy Poe - Executive Secretary

Originally from Ohio, Missy worked at the University of South Carolina Aiken before joining Dogwood. She's gone from collegiate networking to learning about stakes races in one quick step. We call her our "Computer Guru!" She started with Dogwood at the end of 2003, and attended her first Kentucky Derby (Limehouse, 2004) the following spring. She can't wait for the next one! Twins run in Missy's family (like Bill's) - she and John are the parents of fraternal twins Jerrod and Joshua.