Laura Reed is in her tenth year as both the head coach of the Mount Ida College Equestrian Team and the director of the Equine Management program in the school of business.

Reed, who has been showing horses since she was 9 years old, has won a total of six national Hunter Pleasure and Hunt Seat Equitation titles. She also earned the Amateur Hunter Pleasure World Championship in 2001 and won the World Championship in Hunt Seat Equitation and Reserve World Hunter Pleasure Junior Exhibitor in 1995 when she was 17 years old.

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Reed coached the Mustangs to three regional reserve Highpoint Championships in each of the past three seasons.