Your Horse, Our Priority

Besides handling the day to day duties of running the backside of the agency, Lucinda works with clients and prospective clients on their farm and liability insurance needs. She is a licensed insurance agent and holds the hard earned Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist (AFIS) designation.

Lucinda successfully showed Hunters for almost 30 years, winning many Equitation Medal Finals and Year-End Hunter Championships, both as a Junior and as an Adult. She was an active NCHJA (NC Hunter/Jumper Association) Board Member for years, and judged NCHJA “C” level hunter shows for over 25 years. Lucinda also enjoyed sitting on the Board of Directors of the NC Horse Council for several years.

In 2003, Lucinda made the switch from showing hunters to showing reining horses, achieving her first reining goal in 2007 when, riding her ‘Mr Jerry Jac,’ placed 2nd in the very competitive and prestigious NRHA Rookie of the Year Finals. In 2014, Lucinda tried her hand at showing Futurity horses for a few years, finding it to be quite a fun challenge. Most recently Lucinda and “Made By Magnum” (Bentley) achieved the 2020, 2022 and 2023 NRHA Prime Time Non Pro World Champion Titles.

Cathy came to Star H in 2016 with 10 years’ experience in writing farm coverage while at Johnson Insurance/Johnson Farm & Ag Insurance in Mocksville with a focus on poultry/hog/crop farms.  Licensed in 2003 she started in personal lines, moving to farm/small business in 2007.  Cathy has earned both Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) and Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist (AFIS) designations.

Cathy is married to Donald, and they have 2 grown sons, Mark and Randy who live in south Charlotte and Sedalia, NC respectively.

As a young girl Cathy had a pony named Prince for years, then moved on to Dusty, her thoroughbred/quarter horse mix.  She and Dusty had many adventures together, never in the show ring, just pleasure riding until his untimely death a mere 6 weeks prior to her and Donald’s wedding.  Marriage, raising a family, various jobs has kept her from owning another horse, but she has lots of fond memories to pull from.

Now she enjoys babysitting her grand-dog Daisy when Randy and wife Hunter are out of town.

Allison Trottier began riding saddlebreds at age 8. She moved from saddleseat to hunters when she attended UNCG, where she became the equestrian team captain during her sophomore year. Allison graduated with a B.A. in Nutrition with a minor in Health.

Allison, husband Ben and son Anderson love their dogs and many times are found to have a foster living with them. Allison has a quarter horse named Dr. J whom she learned the discipline of reining. Although he’s retired, she has ridden two other reiners to compete in Beginner and Green Reiner classes, earning Top 5 finishes in both the VRHA and SERHA reining associations.

 Allison now is showing in the NRHA Rookie classes as well as club level Ranch Riding classes.

Marissa joined Star H in February 2018 after relocating here with her husband, Tim, from Chicago, IL. Her primary role here at Star H is accounting, but she assists with day to day operations as well as the mortality department’s checking and distribution of policies.

Marissa is a seasoned office support manager with over 30 years’ experience. Her experience in the corporate world of Chicago began in accounting but quickly grew to include other roles that involved human resources, business administration and other undefined roles as needed. Before relocating, she spent the last 20+ years with the same employer, taking on a multitude of tasks that helped her expand her knowledge and experience in the business world.

In addition to her administrative work, Marissa is involved in fostering dogs for local rescues. She has four dogs, Bailey, Otis, Bella and Gunner, who she adopted from various rescues. She also loves fitness, competing in body building shows in her early years of weightlifting. She is married to Tim, and has two grown children and four grandchildren.

A lifelong horsewoman, Jackie Grubbs, is a natural fit for Star H Equine Insurance. Riding and showing hunters since the age of 10, Jackie has always enjoyed being around horses. She currently has one horse, Misty. Misty, who has a little “red headed mare sass” is her trusty hunter she’s owned since age 2.

Jackie comes to Star H from a very customer oriented position in the Eyecare industry where she helped folks find the best solution for their eye care needs. She fitted many of us at Star H in glasses before joining our team. Jackie is married to Justin, a Duke Energy Lineman. He is not a horse person, yet supports Jackie and tries to every day to learn more about the horse world! Jackie most recently became a proud new mom in 2023.