Betty Weibel – Author

About the Author

Betty Weibel is a lifelong equestrian with a successful career as a journalist and public relations professional. The former newspaper reporter has written hundreds of news articles and features and continues to write about equestrian and travel topics for publication. She published her first nonfiction book with The History Press in 2014, The Cleveland Grand Prix: An American Show Jumping First.

Today, she is a principal in Yopko Penhallurick LLC, an award-winning Chagrin Falls public relations agency, and she is APR certified by the Public Relations Society of America. She also conducts workshops and consults on topics such as maximizing special events, media interview skills and marketing communications.

A graduate of Lake Erie College, she served on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio History Connection and has served on the Board of the Chagrin Valley PHA Horse Show (and is a former co-chairman), Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center, and the Ohio Humanities Council.