Sabrina Zeender, 49, has been appointed Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) secretary general following a proposal to the organization’s Bureau from its president, Ingmar De Vos, which received unanimous support. Zeender, who first joined the FEI in 1991, has been interim secretary general since De Vos’ election to the FEI presidency on Dec. 14, 2014.

Zeender holds a bachelor’s degree in science in communications and history from Boston University and a diploma in sociology, politics, and management of sport science from the Universities of Lausanne, Leicester, and Montpellier.

Zeender has served as FEI director of governance and executive affairs since 2011. She has previously held the positions of human resources, finance, and administration coordinator; sports administrator; and manager of the Secretary General’s office. She left the organization briefly in 1995 to work in her family’s business in the United States, returning to the FEI in 1998.

Prior to working for the FEI, Zeender was with Telecom Japan TV Productions in New York and the Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur in Lausanne, Switzerland