About Us
About Coral Acres Wellness Sanctuary
we strive to raise awareness
Through education, outreach, and collaborative efforts, we strive to raise awareness about the unique needs and inherent value of horses. Our organization is committed to promoting responsible horse ownership, ethical treatment, and the humane management of equine populations.
Our adoption program connects horses and other equines with loving, responsible adoptive homes, to reduce instances of abandonment and provide a second chance at life for those in need.
In pursuit of our mission, we engage with individuals and groups to create a supportive community that recognizes the vital role horses play in our shared history, culture, and environment. Together, we aspire to build a future where horses are revered, protected, and celebrated, and where responsible adoption becomes a cornerstone of compassionate equine care.
Mission
Coral Acres Wellness Sanctuary is a female-founded nonprofit dedicated to the well-being of horses by prioritizing consent, compassion, safety, and partnership within our community.
Vision
Through compassionate care, education, and community outreach, we strive to create a future where every horse is valued, respected, and given the opportunity to thrive on their terms.
Values
Transparency. Kindness. Equity.
3 F’s: Friends, Forage, Freedom
Where we are now
CAWS was officially founded in July 2023 by 3 former colleagues and 1 volunteer at a horse rescue. After many years of experience working in nonprofit and animal rescue, our founding team decided it was time to create our own nonprofit. Today, Coral Acres Wellness Sanctuary is a foster-based rescue. We have rescued our first horse, Biscuit and look forward to being able to change many more lives in the future. As we move into 2024, our goal is to get out into the community and share our passion with as many people as possible.
our community
Looking to the Future
CAWS will be a place where people and animals can feel welcome and find sanctuary. We will have a space where we can rescue, rehab, retrain, and rehome animals. This will include all animals that we have space for and who are within our experience level to care for properly. In addition to the rescue operation, we will provide a space for practitioners to come in and provide their services to the community. We will have overnight cabins to allow retreats and clinics to be all encompassing. We would love to invite gestalt coaches, yoga instructors, mental health providers, and others to utilize our space to provide their services to our community. We will also have programming to support underserved individuals in our community to experience how healing animals can be.
Meet the Team
Board of Directors (Volunteer)
Marissa
President
Raised on a farm in Nebraska, Marissa moved to Colorado to work with a sport-horse trainer before transitioning into public service. Her work in both the private and public sectors provided her the opportunity to develop leadership and administration skills. She strives to ensure our organization acts with integrity and transparency while providing compassionate care and attention to equine friends. Always an avid volunteer she has donated her time to fostering kittens and cats, as well as using her handy-woman and first-aid skills at local horse rescues and for friends. She currently works as an IT Auditor with the state and when not at her desk may be found snuggling one or two of her foster fails.
Board of Directors (Volunteer)
Megan Stauffer
Secretary of the Board
Megan brings over 15 years of experience in marketing, illustration, and web design with a background in wrangling and equine nonprofits. With a deep passion for horses cultivated through years of hands-on experience, Megan brings a blend of creative skills and practical knowledge to support the nonprofit’s mission.
Contact Megan at secretary@coralacres.org
Board of Directors (Volunteer)
Jason Kaiser
Treasurer of the Board
As a Colorado native, Jason has spent his life learning how various machines operate, and how to build anything he sets his mind to. Currently he works as an Operations Coordinator at a power plant, supervising all aspects of the facility and staff. By joining the board at CAWS, Jason hopes to share in his jack-of-all-trades experiences with the growing organization by providing key intel on not only facility design and management, but also with a fresh eye approach to business development.
Contact Jason at treasurer@coralacres.org
Staff (Volunteer)
Jessi Summer
Executive Director & Founder
With a lifetime of nonprofit experience as both a volunteer and staff member, Jessi brings a passion for animal rescue to the CAWS team as her driving force. Working with her master’s degree in Nonprofit Management, Jessi sees the future of this organization as pairing her life dreams with her deep-rooted love of animals in a tranquil environment. She has been in Colorado since she was four, and currently lives in the Sedalia area with two rescued dogs, two rescued horses, and a pair of rescued donkeys.
Contact Jessi at jessi.summer@coralacres.org
Staff (Volunteer)
Janice Anglim
Director of Development & Founder
Janice is a lifelong volunteer with a passion for the power of animal nonprofits. Over the past ten years, she has worked with many animal nonprofits in all aspects of the organizations including program management, direct animal care, fundraising, program development, volunteer management, administrative support, social media management, community outreach, event planning, and more. She also brings twenty years of people leadership and operations experience to CAWS. She has a passion for ethical horsemanship and is currently working toward her ESMHL certification.
Contact Janice at janice.anglim@coralacres.org
