The executive director of the New York-based Backstretch Employee Service Team, Nancy Underwood, is closing in on her one-year anniversary in this challenging but gratifying role.
BEST, in its 35th year as a nonprofit organization, serves the backstretch communities at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course in countless and meaningful ways by supporting the people who give themselves over to the demanding job of caring for the Thoroughbreds.
Underwood served as BEST’s program director for the backstretch community in Saratoga for 10 years before taking on her current position in January 2024.
“Our responsibility is to make sure that we have a healthy workforce,” Underwood said. “We oversee all of the medical, mental health, social services, addiction programming, and education programming. We do that in a lot of different ways.”
With the holiday season in full swing, Underwood emphasized the importance of the BEST team…
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