Larissa Brown has been passionate about horses her entire life. She was given her first pony in 1978 because she wouldn’t stop riding her parent’s beef cattle. She began her employment career giving riding lessons and working at an Appaloosa breeding farm. She has managed a Thoroughbred Racing Training Stable, a Polo Stable and has worked at a Hunter barn. To add to her repertoire, she became a Register Veterinary Technician in 1997. In 2006, she joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a Logistics Officer with a specialty in Finance and has been employed at 22 Wing/Canadian Forces Base North Bay as the Deputy Wing Comptroller/Wing Business Planner. In 2009, Larissa and Rob married. They settled in Corbeil, ON in 2014 and proceed to build her dream life – Ad Astra Stables.

Robert Brown was an Air Force dependant and has lived all over the world, including the United States, East Africa, Europe and of course, Canada. After university, he joined the RCAF in 1975 and eventually qualified as an Aero Space Controller. He continued to travel throughout his career and has been deployed to many areas, including Central America, the Middle East and Afghanistan. Rob retired from the RCAF in 2014 and together with Larissa, carved a horse farm from the northern Ontario bush. Rob hosts a group of ex-service personnel who have Operational Stress Injuries.