lutheranch’s
year-round staff

Clare-Marie Hannon
Executive Director

Gretchen Ahrens
Program Director

Shane Dathe
Operations Director

Sarah Carrol
Assistant Equestrian Director
Sarah is a local resident and has lived in Haralson County for the past 7 years. She has been a PATH International certified Equine Specialist in Mental Health & Learning (ESMHL) for over 3 years and is working to also become a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor. She loves to teach ground lessons on horsemanship and believes learning these skills can help develop important life skills for young people. Sarah studied Outdoor Education at Toccoa Falls College in Toccoa, GA and enjoys using her knowledge to help develop new programs here at Lutheranch. She is especially passionate about play and nature-based learning programs for young children, as she has little ones of her own…Tripp and Amelia. Her other “baby”, Ranger, lives at the Ranch and works in our riding programs! When she isn’t riding horses or playing outside at the Ranch, Sarah loves to paint, bake, read, garden, and tend to her other pets at home.
