BCA Officers
Stacy Able
President
Stacy Able has been involved with the Barbet since 2004. A founding member of the Barbet Club of America, she was President in 2009-2012, 2014-2016, and Vice President in 2018-2022. Always working for the breed and specifically within the AKC, Stacy was instrumental in the application of the Barbet into the AKC FSS (Foundation Stock Service) program, which laid the groundwork for the breed as it stands in the USA today.
Currently, Stacy is serving as President of the club, and actively shows her Barbet in AKC (American Kennel Club) as well as CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) events - many of her dogs past and present have earned AKC Championships and Canadian Championships. Stacy also enjoys working and training with her dogs outside of conformation. She has competed and titled Barbet in Rally, Fast Cast, Trick Dog, and Therapy Certifications.
Kemah Plusk
Vice President
Kemah brings substantial AKC experience as well as a long history with Sporting dogs. Kemah has served as show chair for various Golden Retriever regional and independent specialties, was a Director for numerous GRCA National Specialties, and held board and committee positions for the GRCA.
Kemah and her husband Ron currently live with 3 Golden Retrievers and 2 Barbet. Kemah has owned, loved, shown, and bred Golden Retrievers since 1993. Barbet entered her life in 2020 and she looks ahead to promoting the breed and helping the club move forward. Kemah is currently the advisor to the BCA National Specialty committee as well as an excellent addition to the breed mentoring program. Kemah has flown with Southwest Airlines for 38 years.
Susie Rohr
Treasurer
Susie and her husband live in southern Indiana, where they raised two children and have always enjoyed having dogs in their lives. Susie started training dogs at a young age in the 4-H program. Later her children also showed dogs in 4-H and Susie has been a leader & trainer of the local county club.
In 2016 Susie first discovered and met the Barbet and fell in love. She acquired her first Barbet, Harper, in 2017 and things definitely took off from there. She started showing in performance events, then was bitten by the “dog show bug” and began participating in conformation events. Susie has titled Harper in obedience, rally obedience, CGC, trick dog and championship conformation. She proudly handled Harper to her bronze grand championship in 2021 all as an owner-handler.
She has been a member of the BCA since 2017 and looks forward to working with the club.
Judy Descutner
Secretary
My husband David and I live on my family’s 200 acre farm in Hickory, PA where we enjoy our Barbets and Whippets. Both breeds have a great sense of humor that really keeps us entertained. Throughout my life I have bred and shown horses and dogs.
I truly love conditioning and preparing my dogs for the big shows, and I am proud of our results from the past year with Best of Breed wins at The National Dog Show, the AKC National Championship, Westminster Kennel Club, Morris & Essex Kennel Club, and the Barbet Club of America shows.
A fun fact about me is that I belonged to the first Barbet Club of America in the mid 90s when there were only a handful of Barbet in the US. I got my first Barbet in 2009 and joined the newly reformed BCA. Since then I have held the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, Newsletter Editor, Show Chair, and chaired the AKC Barbet Standard committee. The breed gained full recognition in the AKC sporting group as my term as President expired. I was named Delegate of the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Assoc and stayed on the BCA Judges Ed committee. Finally getting to show our dogs with full AKC recognition has been a great reward to all the hard work of our club members.
