A senior administrator with a focus on medical and health information systems, Mary Hiller serves as executive director of MedExpert International for nearly two decades. When she isn’t working, Mary Hiller is an equine sports enthusiast who particularly loves the polo, Hunter/Jumpers, dressage and medical applications of the horse world.

Most equine activities evolved from military traditions. Hunter/jumper events required horses to gallop over miles of uneven and obstacle-strewn terrain. Polo emphasized the handiness and agility of horse and rider. Dressage was originally structured between military barracks and required the “general’s” horses to execute movements that would save a general and block attacks from the front, rear or both. Fantastic athletic moves such as those seen by the Vienna’s Lipizzaners, still train those airborne maneuvers.

And a medical use of horses is close to Hiller’s heart. Horses provide a natural conduit for medical application. “Hippo therapy” allows individuals who may not have the physical or mental ability to respond to traditional physical and occupational therapy a magical chance to sit on a horse and allow their bodies and minds to be taken into an area that subconsciously executes both physical and occupational therapy. Hiller worked for years with the founder of National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy (NCEFT) to design and support this program; it is now utilized by a spectrum of children and adults… ranging from a two-year old with a non-responsive medical issue to US Veterans on their road back to mental and physical recovery.