Anne Buchanan is a retired science teacher, education consultant, and high school principal who spent her career devising ways of making baffling concepts relatable, meaningful, and useful, and teaching teachers how to create and present lesson plans. She has a lifetime of training and experience in how to teach, how to learn, and how to think. Buchanan has also been riding horses for over 50 years and explored a wide variety of disciplines and breeds herself, as well as teaching riding lessons to people with vastly varying ability levels, belief systems, goals, and personality types. Buchanan was the Director of Administration for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG). She is based in Lexington, Kentucky.