FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Contact: Meredith Downey
Director of Marketing & Education
(859) 276-6793
mdowney@toba.org

Lauren Monnet Joins TOBA as Director of Membership and Owners Concierge

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lauren Monnet has been named as the director of membership and owners concierge at the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Monnet joins TOBA after serving as the fundraising and development manager for a national healthcare non-profit organization in Lexington, Ky. Monnet was born and raised in Tulsa, Okla. and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., where she double majored in International Business & Management and Spanish.

“I’m excited to join the TOBA team and look forward to expanding our membership through outreach and industry involvement, as well as enhancing our benefits program, including the Owners Concierge,” said Monnet.

Monnet will be responsible for the continued development of the association’s membership, as well as the Owners Concierge program which is designed to provide owners with a higher level of personalized on-and-off-the-track care.

About TOBA
TOBA, based in Lexington, Ky., was formed in 1961 and is a national trade organization of leading Thoroughbred owners and breeders. TOBA’s mission is to improve the economics, integrity and pleasure of the sport on behalf of Thoroughbred owners and breeders. Projects managed by TOBA include the American Graded Stakes Committee, Claiming Crown, Ownership Seminars, Breeding, Conformation & Pedigree Clinics, TOBA Owners Concierge, OwnerView and the Sales Integrity Program. TOBA provides international representation for U.S. owners and breeders on the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee, International Cataloguing Standards Committee and International Breeders Federation. Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) is the charitable arm of TOBA. TOBA Media Properties, a subsidiary of TOBA, owns The Horse magazine, Eclipse Press and is co-owner of BloodHorse LLC. TOBA is represented on the board of directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium as founding members.