30 under 30 2021

“With a population of just under 300 people, today’s guest comes from one of the most remote places in the lower 48. Located in a town named after Michael Jordan the 19th century gold prospector (not the basketball star), the small southeastern Oregon town of Jordan Valley is known for their Big Loop rodeo, big...

“It’s almost as if we have a field reporter on the episode with our repeat guest and good friend Bryce Albright, the Executive Director of the Dude Ranchers’ Association, who is also a member of the COWGIRL Magazine 30 Under 30 program. While this will most likely not be Bryce’s last time on the podcast,...

“Growing up in a small rural community southeastern Ohio, Erin DeLong graduated with degrees in Marketing and Public Relations, and has been the Marketing Manager for Rocky’s Western Division, Durango Boots, for over five years. Erin is a part of our COWGIRL Magazine 30 Under 30 collaboration. Tuning in from her home state of Ohio,...

Growing up in a military family, Julia Ayres moved all over the country and continued to grow her love of the Western lifestyle no matter where she was living. This led her to get a degree in equine sciences and, ultimately, to become an honoree in the 2021 COWGIRL Magazine 30 Under 30 Class. As...

Peyton Bennight has been the Rodeo Specialist and Marketing Specialist for YETI for just over three years and she calls her transition to the position a “God thing.” Working with the rodeo and ranch sponsorships, as well as digital assets that they use in the rodeo and ranch community to ensure that they are authentic...

A graduate from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelors of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications, Taylor Morton started a job just four days post graduation at Justin Brands, Incorporated. Growing through the company into her current role as the marketing manager, Taylor gets to work with some of the coolest people like country stars...

Shelby Winchell knew from an early age that she had a passion for education and the Western industries, coming from an agriculture and rodeo based family in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Shelby is well aware of the importance of the Western industries to the country as a whole and, after winning a college goat-tying title, she was...

Shaina Zollman grew up in the cowboy town of Pendleton, Oregon, and went on to follow in her family’s legacy of Pendleton Round-Up participation and volunteerism when she was a part of their court as first a princess and then the queen. After her years as a titleholder, she got involved with cow horses and,...