ABOUT THE STABLES

A horse stable in central urban Milwaukee

MKE Urban Stables provides equine-assisted services and programs to youth and veterans

With the construction complete in May 2020, we became the first facility in the nation to combine equine-assisted therapy, community engagement programs, and mounted police patrol with a total of 24 horse stalls, indoor and outdoor riding arenas, classrooms, multi-purpose community room, and plenty of parking.

Our mISSION & VISION

Connecting people with horses and each other, to build community through service, care and healing.

OUR TEAM AND HORSES

Our team is comprised of professionals in equine excellence

Arion

Arion is a 12-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred who loves helping veterans build confidence. He’s a little bit sensitive and likes it when people respect his boundaries, which makes it easy for many of our clients to relate to him. Once you gain his trust, Arion will follow you to the ends of the earth.

Franny

Franny has a lot of personality in a small package! She has an incredible ability to know what our clients need in the moment and can show an immense amount of patience when a client needs it. She can often be seen standing perfectly still so that our clients with the most profound disabilities can groom, pet, and connect with her.

Hawkeye

If you ask Hawkeye, he’d tell you he’s easily as big as the tallest police horse at the barn! Hawkeye is very brave and handles even the scariest obstacle courses with ease. His confidence is inspiring and contagious!

Prissy

Prissy is the matriarch of the stables and she knows it! She may seem stubborn, but we suspect Prissy is actually the smartest at the barn… out of the equines (though if you ask Prissy, she’d say out of the human staff too!)  Prissy is great at letting clients think they’re the one in charge be it by leading her through an obstacle course or grooming her. But let’s be honest, Prissy is calling all the shots.

PJ

PJ is the youngest equine of the herd and his spunky attitude shows it! He enjoys trying new things and helping kids learn how to be a confident leader. While he is very protective of his herd, he’s a bit of a softie. PJ loves dogs and getting kisses on his little pink nose.

mary Mcintosh

Executive Director

Mary McIntosh - Executive Director MKE Urban Stables

After 13 years of successful leadership of two high-performing schools in Milwaukee, Mary McIntosh joined our team.

She most recently served as the president of St. Thomas More High School, where she was responsible for all administrative operations of the school, including finance, technology, and development. Before St. Thomas More, Mary was the president of Notre Dame School of Milwaukee. With a degree in Finance from UW-Whitewater, she brings other business and non-profit experience with strategic planning, team-building, and marketing and communications.

Mary lives in Waukesha and enjoys nature and the great outdoors with her four dogs, a golden retriever, and three border collies.

BOARD MEMBERS

2021 & 2022 Membership Roster

Officers

PRESIDENT
Kent Lovern
Chief Deputy District Attorney,
MKE District Attorney’s Office

VICE PRESIDENT
Ed Krishok
Managing Director, Urban
Ecology Center

SECRETARY
David Lubar
President & CEO, Lubar & Co.

TREASURER
Jim Phillips
Attorney, Godfrey & Kahn SC

Members

Mary Avery
Consultant, Avery Consulting Group, LLC

William Coleman
President, Coleman & Williams, Ltd.

Marianne Canter
Consultant, Canter Consulting, LLC

Steve Ethier
Sr. Vice President, Stadium Operations – Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club

Lisa Froemming
Retired Philanthropy Executive

Mahleah Calderon Henes
Psychotherapist

Elizabeth Idleman 
Asst. GC and Asst. Secretary, Northwestern Mutual

Richard Lincoln
Consultant

Dan Nelson, Jr.
President & CEO, Nelson Schmidt Inc.

Jill Pelisek
Lawrence G. Regner Executive-in-Residence & Adjunct Professor, Lubar School of Business, UW Milwaukee

Fred Royal, Jr.
1st Vice President-NAACP Milwaukee Branch; Manager of Youth Services – The Center for Self Sufficiency

Carl Wesley, Ed.D
President & CEO – The Center for Self-Sufficiency

2022 ANNUAL REPORT

MKE Urban Stables