Mark Tashjian is a professional polo player and native of Oakham, Mass., with more than eight years of experience teaching polo and running polo clubs. He first learned to play polo at the University of Connecticut, where he earned his B.A. in economics. He has played in such far-ranging places as Dubai and New Zealand, and umpired and shoed the horses for the 2012 World Snow Polo in Aspen, Colo.