Caitlin Lane, who has worked in equestrian sport management everywhere from the Washington International Horse Show to the World Cup finals, the Pan American Games and the Tokyo Olympics has been named equestrian sport manger for the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics in Los Angeles.
Caitlin Lane.
“Looking forward to the journey ahead and working alongside an incredible team,” she said in announcing her appointment.
A graduate of Washington and Lee University, where she was the first rider to be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame, she was a standout in intercollegiate equestrian competition and a three-time Old Dominion Athletic Conference Rider of the Year.
She noted in an interview after her Hall of Fame Induction, “I feel fortunate to keep working with the sport and with something I am passionate about, and I have gotten to travel and work at some amazing events.”
Caitlin has specialized in logistics and operations management, ranging from sport logistics to venue build-outs, field of play preparation and sponsorship activation, bringing a detail-oriented approach of execution to the sport’s most elite competitions and venues. At the Tokyo Games, she served as jumping and dressage coordinator.