Our Team

Ken Olson - director

Ken is from minnesota and has been in midland for two years. he graduated with his bachelor of fine arts degree with an emphasis in stage management and technical design from the university of minnesota - duluth in 2013. following college, he embarked on several national tours with the illusionists live from broadway, hgtv's property brothers and various musical productions. ken joined norwegian cruise lines for three years as production manager and production stage manager on ncl's mega ships before joining monster jam as tour manager in 2017. most recently, ken was the managing director at midland community theatre for two years before joining the county as the director of the midland county horseshoe. he is thrilled to be working on the new era of the horseshoe with local businesses and organizations for all horseshoe events.

YVETTE TYLER - EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

JAMES BARELA - HORSESHOE BOOKING & EVENT MANAGER

born and raised in midland Texas, James graduated from utpb in 2020 with a bachelors in Political science and minor in communications. he has been a part of midland county since 2019 working as support services for the library. he is thrilled to stay in midland county and start his role as booking and event manager!

KRYSTIAN CHACON - MARKETING MANAGER

Krystian attended The University of Texas Permian Basin where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing. Working in the news business for 2 years, he gained more field experience as the Marketing Coordinator. He brought his knowledge and skills to the Horseshoe and is excited to be in his role as Marketing Manager.

Rick Woody - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF SUPERVISOR

Rick has lived in Midland for the past 17 years. He graduated from The University of Texas in San Antonio with a master’s in business administration in 2007. He has brought his wealth of knowledge to the Midland County Horseshoe operations team since 2008. He takes great pride in making sure that each event runs efficiently and that the customer is always taken care of. He is excited for the many opportunities to come.

DIRK WEAVERLING - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

TEDDY INSKEEP - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

FREDDIE DAVIS - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

JACOB HINOJOSA - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

VACANT - HIRING! - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

GLEN BOWERS - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

VACANT - HIRING! - HORSESHOE EVENT STAFF

JOEL TUTTLE - HORSESHOE FACILITIES SUPERVISOR

JAMES OGLESBY - HORSESHOE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

VACANT - HIRING! - HORSESHOE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN