Stanford Equestrian

  Join us on Friday morning when we welcome Jana Cain as our speaker. Jana is the Western Coach for Stanford’s Equestrian Team.  The team, based at Stanford University’s historic Red Barn Equestrian Center, has between 35 and 45 active members riding Hunt Seat Equitation, Dressage, and Western Horsemanship. The team looks for both accomplished riders with strong show experience as well as beginners dedicated to learning more about the sport while actively involved in all aspects of horsemanship and care. For more than 30 years, Stanford has competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. The other schools in their region include Cal Poly – S.L.O., College of the Sequoias, Santa Clara University, Sonoma State University, U.C. Davis, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, and Reedley College.

  In order to create a fair playing field, IHSA competitions are based on “catch riding,” with riders drawing a horse provided by the host school. Riders accumulate points in their respective classes for their individual standing and for the team. The Stanford Equestrian Team has had many riders advance and compete with success at Regionals, Zones, and National Championships.

  When not on, around, or talking horses, Jana is the Associate Director and Recruiting Relationship Manager at the Career Management Center in the Graduate School of Business. Jana is involved in on-campus recruiting and activities. She cultivates and manages 150+ strategic relationships as the point of contact across nine industries. She develops tailored, scalable solutions for student and employer recruiting challenges while conducting deep dive industry research to identify potential recruiting partners and sources of high level career opportunities. Her Industry partners include Media and Entertainment, Healthcare, Sports, Retail, Consumer Products, Nonprofit, Education, Design, and Food and Agriculture.

Jana is a former Stanford Equestrian Team Horse Manager and competitor for the Stanford Equestrian Team. She has had a life-long love of horses and spent many years in the barn working with her own horse (Slowly But Shirley, a feisty Quarter Horse mare who is a competitive eventer). Jana came to Stanford and quickly became a fierce competitor for the Western Team, with a show career that culminated with a 3rd place finish at Nationals in ’98. After earning her MBA Jana returned to Stanford to work at the Graduate School of Business and resume her role coaching the Western Team. Jana is an avid Stanford Football fan and can be found at every game when not traveling with the Equestrian Team.