Education Teams/Staff – PSIA-AASI Eastern

What is an interesting fact about you?	Both of my daughters have initials that are snowboard tricks– JIB&CAB.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I love to fish, snowboard, shoot trap, and be in the water. I am a quilter and like to paint.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am the Director of Facilities Management and Operations at the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. I am in charge of all the construction, facilities, food service, and transportation for two high schools, one middle school, and seven elementary schools. I most recently spent the last thirteen years running all capital construction projects at Bennington College and continue to work at Bennington with sustainability reporting. I began working at the Hermitage, and continue to volunteer at the adaptive programs at Bromley and Mount Snow. I am the PTA president of my daughters elementary school. Most importantly, I am JIB and CAB’s mom.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Greek Peak in central NY. My father worked part time on nights and weekends. My mother volunteered at the adaptive program. I grew up teaching skiing, then snowboarding.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I asked Terry Barbour when I was 15 if I could try out for New Hire. He let me and hired me to teach both skiing and snowboarding.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Everyday is a gift. Anything is possible. We are all lucky beyond measure.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	How could I pick just one? There are so many.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Anywhere and everywhere.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Take care of your feet! I can not tell you how many times I have frostbitten my toes. They hurt, even in the summer.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I love to garden, house projects, and puzzles.
What would be your personal motto?	Best. Day. Ever!
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Kim Seevers. How could I not? She is awesome at everything she does.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Snowboard Examiner.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Get on the snow as much as possible and finish my CS2.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	I would really like to train and take the Level 3 Alpine exam. It has always been on my list.

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Robert Bevier

Snowboard Examiner Emeritus Adaptive Examiner EmeritusAdaptive Steering Committee

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Katherine Chandler

Adaptive Examiner

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Yuri Czmola

Adaptive Dev Team

Lindsey Harris

Adaptive Examiner

Home Resort/School Killington/Pico VT

About Me

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Jimmer Hayes

Adaptive Examiner Alpine Dev TeamAdaptive Ed Staff Coach, Adaptive Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Gore Mountain NY

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I love summer as much as winter.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Gore Mountain
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor (volunteer)
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	When candidates do well and I am able to hand them their hard-earned, certification pin!
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Aspen Highlands
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Diversify your skill set and do not be afraid to take chances.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Fishing, Boating, Kayaking, Snorkeling, SCUBA Diving, being on or in the water with my family
What would be your personal motto?	You will never know if you do not try.
Name three words that describe you.	Passionate Loyal Kind
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My Father. He (and my Mother) taught me the value of family and shared his love of skiing with my Mother, brother and myself.

Joseph Hurley

Adaptive Clinic Leader Snowsports Management Committee

Home Resort/School Bromley VT

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I was a master tech working on automobiles for 28 years. I held masters in Chrysler, Ford, Chevy Old’s, VW as well as ASE
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	The first place that I skied was a little place called Prospect Mount just our side of my town.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I volunteered at an adaptive program at Ascutney Mountain.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	One of the most valuable lessons that I have learned is to always be ready to learn from your experiences and adapt your teaching style to any lesson that you do.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Working with some of the veterans that have given so much of themselves. Seeing them accomplish the beginner terrain.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Any place that has snow and where every I am.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Never stop learning. Keep adding to the tool box of tricks and let your inner child come out when teaching.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I enjoy cycling, golf, camping
What would be your personal motto?	That there are no Limits to what I can accomplish
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Kathy Chandler for all that she has done for the Adaptive community.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	I hope to finish up my level three alpine and continue on track to become an examiner.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	To be able to continue sharing some knowledge hope to bring new people into the sport.

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Kevin King

Adaptive Dev Team

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Geoffrey Krill

Adaptive Examiner Adaptive Steering Committee

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Michael Ma

Adaptive Examiner Adaptive Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Mount Snow VT/NY

Show Notes

What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	When I am not working on snow, I am probably working with startups as either and advisor or an investor. Much like snowsports, I love teaching in any form when it drives growth. There’s no place to see that like working with a startup.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	My job as a clinician is to try and make everyone right. I’ve taken that to my off-snow career, and it’s paid dividends.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	First place: Watching my son get his Level 1 at Stowe last year and our long talks in both preparing as well as debriefing. Second place: Awarding Level 1 pins to some adaptive athletes I had coached years earlier at Ski Spectacular. Third pace: Making National Team in 2021.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Mount Snow has been and always will be my heart, but I took at trip to Thompson’s Pass in Alaska for a week of incredible riding.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Empathy is the most important skill you bring as an instructor.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	I want to help make the snowsports world look a little bit more like the America that I live in everyday. We have so much work to do here to make our sport more accessible, diverse and equitable, so all can enjoy the beauty of the mountains.

Dan McIntyre

Adaptive Clinic Leader

About Me

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Edward Meltzer

Adaptive Examiner Adaptive CoordinatorAdaptive Steering Committee Chair

David Micalizzi

Adaptive Examiner

Home Resort/School Loon Mountain/NEDS MA

About Me

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Shawn Russell

Adaptive Dev Team

Norm Staunton

Adaptive Examiner

Home Resort/School Vermont Adaptive VT

About Me

Mary Ellen Whitney

Adaptive Clinic Leader

Home Resort/School Jiminy Peak, MA NY

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I love adventure travel and have visited over 40 countries around the world, and 46 US states.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I play the flute and sing in a band.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am the Founder and CEO of STRIDE Adaptive Sports, an organization that educates and provides recreation and sports for people with different abilities since 1985.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Heidelburg Ski Area, PA – 1974
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski instructor – Camelback PA 1980 – 83.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Every lesson is adaptive! Literally ANYONE can ski.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Being a clinician for the National Adaptive Academy
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Aspen Highlands or Alta Utah
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Get a job in the industry in order to afford your habit!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Yoga, fitness, international travel, biking and sailing.
What would be your personal motto?	Be kind to yourself and others.
Name three words that describe you.	Achiever; Fun; Active
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My husband – intelligent; kind and giving.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	An Adaptive Physical Education Teacher – and I fulfilled that dream!
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Finish building the STRIDE Adaptive Community Center and Gym headquarters in NY.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Transition of leadership for STRIDE, so I can retire.

Bart Woodworth

Adaptive Clinic Leader

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Austin Young

Adaptive + Alpine Examiner Education Committee Member

Mark Absalom

Alpine Examiner Snowsports Management Committee

Home Resort/School Ski Big Bear at Masthope Mtn. PA

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I was lucky enough to run my first Ski School when I was just 20 years old as a senior in College. It was my internship!
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I have had the pleasure of running five ski schools in Pennsylvania in my career.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Timber Hill PA– Two T Bars and a Poma lift!
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	There’s always room to improve, both skiing and teaching.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	There are too many. However, I knew I was hooked when one spring day we stopped on the side of a winding trail to take in the scenery and enjoy some delicious wine and cheese with my fellow instructors.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Tennis, Golf, Sailing, Swimming, Pickle ball, travel, playing any sport with my family and friends.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Mike Porter. Met him at a National Academy when it went to Austria. He took a bunch of ragtag skiers and introduced us to the true meaning of off-piste! He made everyone better in the group and made it look easy.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Get FS1certified.

Mark Aiken

Children’s Examiner Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Stowe VT

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Eric Anderson

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Wisp Resort MD

About Me | Show Notes

Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Angel Fire Resort New Mexico at age 5
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor at age 16
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Money isn’t everything : )
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Sooo many great times. I can’t chose a Favorite
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Anywhere the ground is white and the skies are blue
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Spend time with individuals that are better at there jobs than you. Watch, listen, learn, and apply
What would be your personal motto?	Make yourself uncomfortable at least once a day. Do hard things.
Name three words that describe you.	Adventurous, Active, and Reserved

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Victor Antonelli

Alpine Examiner

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Jason Audette

Alpine Examiner

Terrence Barbour

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Sugarbush/ Mad River Glen VT

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Erik Barnes

Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Ragged Mountain Resort NH

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What is an interesting fact about you?	I started my career as a frontline Ski Instructor and worked my way up to become a General Manager
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Perseverance, goals we set are not always obtained instantly. Things take time, commitment and effort. If we always remember we are in a learning environment whether leading a project or participant in it. Our goals will be achieved.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	It was my first experience within PSIA at ProJam. Five days on snow, skiing with a clinician that was all about skiing. The information shared was pointed and minimal, but the time skiing was infinite.

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Ellen Beck

Alpine Examiner

William Beerman

Alpine Examiner

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James Billingslea

Alpine Dev Team

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Thomas Bird

Alpine Examiner

Mermer Blakeslee

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Windham Mountain NY

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I’m a fanatical ornamental gardener. I write fiction (novels, short stories) and poetry.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Windham Mountain, NY, my home mountain, which was called in 1960, Cave Mountain.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	That learning is more rewarding than knowing.
What would be your personal motto?	“Let the beauty you love be what you do.” Rumi

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Brandon Bock

Alpine Dev Team

Jeb Boyd

Alpine Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Loon Mountain NH

About Me

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Matthew Boyd

Alpine Examiner

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Timothy Bradley

Alpine Examiner

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Michael Breeden

Alpine Dev Team

Kathleen Brennan

PSIA-AASI Eastern CEO PSIA-AASI Eastern Office

Resort Address Waterville Valley NH

About Me | Show Notes

Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Blandford Ski Area
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	People skills developed as a snowsports instructor are vital to success no matter where your career takes you.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Golf, cycling, and gardening.
What would be your personal motto?	If a task is once begun never leave it ’til it’s done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.

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Michael Bridgewater

Alpine Examiner

Katie Brinton

Alpine Examiner Eastern Board Vice Chair

Home Resort/School Okemo VT

About Me | Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I’m a proud theatre geek. My undergraduate degree is in Joint Honours Drama and English, and I once played Hamlet in a production of Hamlet at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I’m an editor at Ski Area Management magazine and its sister publication, Adventure Park Insider. In the winter, I am also a staff trainer and instructor at Okemo Mountain.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Okemo—so things have come rather full circle from that first day on the Ski-Wee slope.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Like many before me, I started as a children’s instructor (ages 3-6). Those first seasons involved a lot of hard work and hot cocoa, but there is nothing like ripping glades with a pack of 5 year olds.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Reading, mountain biking, dog walking, hiking, swimming, water skiing, writing, crosswords, Jeopardy.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Veterinarian, actress, astronaut, singer, zoo keeper. I ran the gamut of childhood aspirations.

Tina Buckley

Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member

Home Resort/School Blue Mountain PA

Show Notes

What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Training Supervisor (Ski) in Winter, Adventure Park and Team Building Supervisor in Summer at Blue, Trainer for Snow Operating all year round. PSIA/AASI ACE and Development Team, PSIA/AASI Education committee member
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany at the age of 3
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor at a local Ski School in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. After going through an intense ITC in German, my first lesson was a semi-private beginner lesson for two Irish men, taught in English.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Learning never stops and if it does not challenge you, it will not change you.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Making the Development Team last season, alongside my fellow ACE’s Mark and Maureen. It is so much sweeter when you walk that road together.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Biking, Paddle Boarding, swimming and hiking with my dog.
What would be your personal motto?	Give every day the chance to become your best one!
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	I wanted to become a Highschool teacher for English and Phys Ed.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Continue what I started last season and work towards becoming an examiner

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David Capron

Telemark + Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine Dev Team Coach

Joey Carey

Alpine Examiner Snowsports Management Committee

Home Resort/School Sugarbush VT

About Me | Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I went viral on tiktok with 1m views talking about Gnar.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I work at the resort full time. Outside of skiing, I’m involved in the regional outdoor recreation development for the Mad River Valley, active master planning for our bike park at the resort, and collaborating with supporting departments link rentals and mountain operations to improve our winter product experience.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I started skiing as a baby with my parents at Pats Peak. I started teaching there when I turned 15.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Humility and people skills are more important than hot feet.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Too many favorites to list –
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Snowbird
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	The wise man considers 90% of the journey half way.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Mountain Biking Sailing Hiking Camping Doggo time
What would be your personal motto?	One more run.
Name three words that describe you.	Really good time
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	A Ski School Director

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Frank Cartwright

Alpine Examiner

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Alexandra Cessna

Alpine Examiner

Candace Charles

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Plattekill NY

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I’m a competitive Olympic Lifter.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	In the winter I work at Plattekill Mountain, located in the beautiful Catskills, and provide staff training and coaching. In the summer I’m a Guide and the Director of Visual Impact for Trek bikes in Saratoga Springs.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Gore Mountain in upstate New York.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	There isn’t a one size fits all lesson because every student comes with different expectations, goals, past experiences, etc. and the fun is to try to tailor learning to work with individuals.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Jackson Hole was a really special trip. On the East Coast, Sugarbush is one of my favorite places to visit.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Take time to get some free runs in with coworkers and trainers whenever possible. It helps keep you grounded in your love for the sport and peer coaching is super helpful to bounce ideas around and try new things.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Mountain biking, lifting, hiking and kayaking, as well as playing with my adventure dog Timber.
What would be your personal motto?	Good Vibes Only

Thomas Chase

Alpine Examiner

About Me | Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I was a percussion minor in college and still play some
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	My other career has me leading a group of Systems Engineers who are responsible for the performance of the NASA spacesuit, working for Collins Aerospace in CT. I designed and improved many of the components of this system over my 38 year career.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	The first place I ever skied was at Butternut in Great Barrington MA. Funny that I should end up working there!
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	I really enjoy any run that is steep! It’s that Killington upbringing!

Suzy Chase-Motzkin

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Hunter Mountain NY

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I have been a mind/body energy healing facilitator for nearly 40 years and, I wrote a series of children’s life skills books and a musical dramady about a dead guy trying to contact his family.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	The more you know, the less you have to say while instructing. Less is more.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Building walls and things with rocks, gardening, and golf.
What would be your personal motto?	Seek to understand others and be kind.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	An actress. This industry is the perfect venue for performance skills.

Wayne Conn

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Okemo VT

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Stephen Cook

Alpine Examiner

Chip Coxe

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Cataloochee NC

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I am a 3rd generation trumpet player.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am a home builder/general contractor.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Sugar Mountain, Banner Elk NC
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Big Sky, Montana
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Music, Cycling, Golf

Ned Crossley

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Windham Mountain NY

About Me | Show Notes

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What is an interesting fact about you?	Created a Windsurfing Instructors and Programs Association (WIPA) for the USA just 4 years ago and it parallels PSIA-AASI. http://www.windsurfingipa.org
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I love to ice skate and if I could only teach one thing, it would be basic ice skating.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	After retiring, I’m actively teaching Skiing for Windham and PSIA- E and in the summer it’s windsurfing, windsurf foiling, and wing foiling.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	The first ski slope I ever skied was Hunter at the age of twenty-three. I averaged 6-10 times per year until the age of thirty-nine when I started to teach skiing at West Point.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Department of Physical Education ski classes for cadets at US Military Academy in 1985
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	I’ve got a lot to learn in all three arenas…. people, teaching, and technical….in all areas of life.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	EVERY SINGLE ONE of my ski teachers, mentors, and coaches that skied with me. That said, over 60 Alpine National Team Members and innumerable PSIA-E Examiners.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	The mountain that I’m on right now!
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Keep learning and exploring what the body and the ski can do.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Watching You Tube movement technique videos in many sports.
What would be your personal motto?	Work at your play and play at your work.
Name three words that describe you.	Share, care, and learn.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Michael Rogan is awesome and helping the world to teach skiing better.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	My favorite subject was “recess” then “gym”. So I made a living at physical education and coaching.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Ski on other continents.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Stay healthy and learn whilst sharing and caring for other students.

Ali Cummings

Alpine Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Okemo VT

About Me | Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I was an 11 year member of the PSIA National Junior Education Team, JETS , whose focus was on developing children snowsports education in the USA.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I fly fish, taught at an off- road driving school and worked at a hunting lodge in Montana. I also ran a landscape garden service for many years and now have extensive perennial gardens at my farm.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am a Broker/Owner of my own Real Estate firm serving most of Vermont. Our farm in southern Vermont is a wedding venue in the summer time. And I serve as a National Association of Realtors Board of Director member.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Timber Ridge in Windham VT
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I started my teaching career at Magic Mountain in Londonderry Vt when I was a senior in High School. I then taught at the Stratton Ski School and eventually became the program manager for the children programs at Stratton.
What would be your personal motto?	Master it, then mentor… Make a difference .

Doug Daniels

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Sunapee NH

About Me | Show Notes

What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Director of Skier Services & Summer Operations at Mount Sunapee Resort.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	My Parent’s Backyard – Mount Ascutney VT
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Junior Instructor- Mount Ascutney –

Chris Dayton

Alpine Examiner Education Committee Member

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Benjamin DeBenedictis

Alpine Examiner

About Me

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Matthew Dembinski

Alpine Examiner

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Raymond Deverry

Alpine Examiner

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Keagan Dewey

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Stowe VT

Show Notes

What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	In the winters, I work as an instructor and staff trainer for the Stowe Ski and Ride School. When the snow melts, I operate an organic fruit and vegetable farm in Central Vermont.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	While I was too young to remember it, I began skiing at Woods Valley Ski Area in Westernville, NY. When I turned 16, I got my first job there as a ski instructor.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Whether it is a ski lesson, or any other social setting, it is crucial and rewarding to meet people where they are at.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Find some like-minded friends to ski with and spend as much time together on the mountain as you can. I don’t regret a single day I dropped everything else to go ski with my friends.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I enjoy playing my guitar, mountain bike rides with my dog, and cooking an elaborate meal with fresh ingredients.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	I thought I wanted to be a math teacher. Turns out I am a bit too restless for traditional classrooms, but still want to share the beauty and insight of geometry in motion.

Gregory Dolbec

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Stowe, VT Maine

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Brian Dolin

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Windham Mountain NY

Show Notes

Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Catamount
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor

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Richard Downing

Alpine Examiner Emeritus

Maureen Drummey

Children’s Examiner Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Snow Resort VT

Show Notes

Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	I learned how to ski on a small bump in Northern New Jersey called Craigmeur Ski Area. It was just up the street and we skied every day after school.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	My first job in the snowsports industry was as a ski instructor.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	The most valuable lesson I’ve learned in my snowsports career is to have fun and enjoy the great outdoors.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	My favorite memory from my career so far was teaching 5 women and every single one was from a different country. We had so much fun doing silly activities that enhanced their skills teaching them how to ski and enjoy the mountain.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	My favorite place to ski is Snowbird, Utah.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Career advice I would give to a younger person working in snowsports, is enjoy what you do and share your passion with others.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	When I am not on the snow, I enjoy boating with my friends and family, paddleboarding and hiking with my dogs.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	When I was a child, I wanted to be a marine biologist.

Michael Duricko

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Blue Mountain PA

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Matthew Ellis

Alpine Examiner

Christopher Ericson

Alpine Examiner Alpine Certification Committee ChairAlpine Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Belleayre NY

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	At one point or another, all of my children have been Snowsports Instructors and at one time, we had three generations of instructors at Belleayre at the same time.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I plan for disasters, literally.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am the Director of Training and Instructor for Belleayre Mountain, work as a Trainer for SNOW Operating coaching staff on Terrain Based Learning and work for the Westchester County Department of Health year-round as a Deputy Commissioner.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	As a child, first experiences sliding on the snow were at Fahnestock Ski Area, which is right off the Taconic State Parkway. About 200 vertical feet.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Teaching SkiWee at Belleayre Mountain in 1987.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Active listening to your client and reading their body language. The lesson is not about you.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Show people how to have fun in the winter playground and to feel safe.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Fishing, hiking, spending time with the family

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Quinn Ferguson

Alpine Dev Team

Austin French

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Sugarloaf Mountain Resort ME

About Me

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Philip Freudenberger

Alpine Examiner

Robert Gallo

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Mount Peter NY

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I’m a retired NYC Correction Captain
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Cooking gardening I keep bees
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Run operations for a water treatment company
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Ski stoney point
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Instructor
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	The importance of someone trusting you
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Teaching a grandfather and grandson in a family lesson
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Snowbird
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Find a great mentor
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Cooking
What would be your personal motto?	Get out there
Name three words that describe you.	Got your back
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My dad, well respected dignity
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Continue to raise my children in a way they are a benefit to the community
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Same as above

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Christine Garbacz

Alpine Dev Team

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Nathan Gardner

Alpine Examiner

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Ray Gilmore

Alpine Dev Team Children’s Dev Team

Pam Greene

Alpine Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow & Mount Snow Ski and Ride School VT

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I am an only child with eight siblings (truth).
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I was a professional chef for over 20 years. I am a certified kayak instructor and yoga instructor.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am the Executive Director of Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow (a non-profit). That is my full-time year-round job. In the winter I also do staff training for the Mount Snow Ski and Ride School as well as working PSIA events.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Snow Ridge, NY in utero.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Wherever I am with friends and snow and sunshine.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Kayak, bike, hike, practice yoga, walk my dog, and play golf (badly).
What would be your personal motto?	Never stop learning

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Emily Gregg

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Beaver Creek, CO NY

Show Notes

Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	My Dad built a small rope tow in our back yard in Minnesota!

Joshua Haagen

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Mt. Abram ME

About Me

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Douglas Hammond

Alpine Examiner

Joseph Hanzalik

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Sunapee NH

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I am an avid wake surfer.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	When I am not managing the Mount Sunapee Ski and Ride School, I can be found working on various construction projects throughout the off season.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Maple Ski Ridge in New York
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Junior Instructor for the Schenectady Ski School at the age of 14.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Don’t ever lose sight of the passion which brought you where you are today.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	With a life long career in the industry, I have so many memories but the one that sticks out the most was having my mentor Freddie Anderson at almost every level of achievement pinning ceremony.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Whistler Blackcomb
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Stay driven to your passion! Your passion and energy that you bring to our guests is contagious and keeps our sport alive.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Wake surfing with my family and spending lots of time swimming and hiking with our 2 Golden Retrievers, Maggie and Beau.
What would be your personal motto?	Only easy day was yesterday.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	I would like to train and make the upcoming Alpine Eastern Team

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Jimmer Hayes

Adaptive Examiner Alpine Dev TeamAdaptive Ed Staff Coach, Adaptive Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Gore Mountain NY

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I love summer as much as winter.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Gore Mountain
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor (volunteer)
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	When candidates do well and I am able to hand them their hard-earned, certification pin!
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Aspen Highlands
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Diversify your skill set and do not be afraid to take chances.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Fishing, Boating, Kayaking, Snorkeling, SCUBA Diving, being on or in the water with my family
What would be your personal motto?	You will never know if you do not try.
Name three words that describe you.	Passionate Loyal Kind
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My Father. He (and my Mother) taught me the value of family and shared his love of skiing with my Mother, brother and myself.

Matthew Heller

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Snow VT

About Me | Show Notes

What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Summer Car detailing and rustproofing Winter Ski and snowboard rental supervisor and alpine staff trainer
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Doe Mountain in Pennsylvania
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski race coach
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Keep going!
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Keep going

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Jenni Hogan

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Windham Mountain Club NY

Show Notes

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Keith Hopkins

Alpine Examiner

Peter Howard

Alpine Examiner Eastern Board Chair/PresidentAlpine Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Sugarloaf ME

About Me | Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Musician
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski instructor/snow maker
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Zermatt
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Ocean sailing on multihulls
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Winston Churchill

Mac Jackson

Alpine Examiner Emeritus Children’s Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Sugarbush VT

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	My first pair of skis were made of wood with screwed on metal edges.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I learned to tele-ski at Mad RIver Glen after being a nordic racer in hi
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	My back yard, then at Oregon Ridge (Cockeysville, Maryland) in 1960
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	ski instructor at Ski Liberty
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	To be empathetic in the learning process for more success
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Skiing in Austria for the National Academy
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Mad River Valley (Sugarbush & Mad River Glen) Alta – Snowbird Alberg Austria
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	To be safe, have fun and share what you love about skiing/riding
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Golf, biking,
Name three words that describe you.	Patient, calm, supportive
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Mermer Blakeslee She told me to go for full certification when she was on Dev. Team and not listen to the examiner (told me not to go). Then became my coach from Dev. Team and beyond. She is always encouraging me to be better. I also admire her for her accomplishments.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Farmer and started farming at 15
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	To get stronger
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	to get stronger

Laura Jenks

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Sugarbush VT

About Me

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Eric Jordan

Alpine Examiner Eastern PSIA-AASI Board Rep

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Eric Kelley

Alpine Examiner

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Meghan Kelsey

Alpine Dev Team

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Amy Kizak

Alpine Dev Team

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Charles Knopp

Alpine Examiner

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Jeffrey Korajczyk

Alpine Examiner

Sue Kramer

Alpine + Children’s Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine Examiner Coach

Home Resort/School Bromley Outing Club VT

About Me

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Michael Logsdon

Alpine Examiner

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Luca Luca Arrigoni

Alpine Dev Team

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Lucas Martin

Alpine Examiner

Jeannie Masters

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Pats Peak NH

About Me

Paul Mawhinney

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Roundtop Mountain Resort PA

About Me

Patrick Mccord

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Whitetail PA

Brian McVicker

Alpine Examiner Education Committee Member

Home Resort/School Liberty Mountain PA

About Me | Show Notes

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What is an interesting fact about you?	Helped Build the largest flying trapeze school in the nation and worked in that industry teaching and training for over 20 years.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I am a live load aerial rigger. (Safely and accurately helping aerial artists to hang from different spaces and structures) I play a mean air guitar
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Handyman, repair, construction. Business Coach. Personal Trainer. Rigging inspector for Aerial Arts facilities.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Mt Baker in Washington state. 1980.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski School Sign Dork, and Children’s instructor.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	You never know who’s watching or who you may inspire, so act accordingly.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Getting to ski the continental divide, by the light of the full moon, in the trees from midnight to 5am, in a foot of fresh snow with 8 of my fellow instructors one of which was my little brother.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Copper Mountain Colorado
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Stay involved with PSIA and continue as long as you can. Being a ski instructor is the best job on the planet, and the longer that you do it, the more you realize, just how amazing life can be. The friends you make and the people you help are endless.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Hiking, Mt. Biking, fly fishing, photography and kayaking.
What would be your personal motto?	Be Kind and enjoy the journey, for it IS the destination.
Name three words that describe you.	Dedicated, Solutionist, Goofy.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Astronaut or storm chaser.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Finish writing a book
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Find the next path for me to leave the world better than I found it.

Nathaniel Mead

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Holiday Valley NY

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I worked 4 summers in Colorado at Steamboat Lake State Park while in college.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I like building furniture with antique lumber. I made my kitchen table out of hemlock that was from the 1770’s.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	In the winter I’m the weekend supervisor at Holiday Valley. I assist running trainings and prepping our staff for certification exams as well. I work for NYS as a law enforcement officer year round.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Holiday Valley in 1997.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Adult ski instructor
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Persistence.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Ski instructing with my father. He was the one that got me interested in it.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Utah.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	It’s a long winter. Why not enjoy by instructing!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Water skiing, fishing, hunting, and spending time with my family

Art Menichini

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Montage Moutain PA

Show Notes

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What is an interesting fact about you?	I can’t sit still, ever. At least that’s what my wife says.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I’m a pretty good paintball player. As Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.” Except, in paintball, no one dies and the rush is incredible.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am the Technical Director at Montage Mountain in Pa.; I coach at Breckenridge Co. and I do a couple of events a year for PSIA-E. Although that will change this year since I made the ETS team. In the summer I operate and manage two construction companies. We primarily build 1-4 car and larger residential garages.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Elk Mountain, I was a junior in high school and some buddies and I cut school to go up and ski. The best part was only one guy skied once before so he was the “expert”, the rest of us never skied. I was hooked from that first day!
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Oh God, there are so many! I think the most valuable are the people skills I developed over the years. From how to read people in lessons, work with employees through workplace issues right up to how to handle sales questions and the customers we service.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	It has to be earning a spot on the ETS team this past March.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Anywhere! As long as it’s white, slippery, and tilted. White is optional, long story!
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Do your best every day, don’t mind the little things and always put you best foot forward. This job will not always be fun or easy. The good days will always outnumber the bad and this career is a heck of a ride!!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Golf, paintball, hunting and shooting.
What would be your personal motto?	Tough times don’t last, tough people do.
Name three words that describe you.	Tenacious, energetic, respectful.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	There are a few, besides my Mom and Dad, it has to be my uncle Ray Capozucca and Al Bellucci. Both men, for different reasons, came from nothing, with a lot of hard work and smart decisions, built a great life for themselves and their families.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Astronaut
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Complete my ETS understudies and have a full understanding of our exam process and criteria.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Retire so I ski all winter and play golf all summer.

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Dave Merriam

Alpine Dev Team

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Drew Miller

Alpine Dev Team

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Stephen Moore

Alpine Examiner

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Kelsy Morganwalp

Alpine Dev Team

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Peter Novom

Alpine Examiner

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Erroll O’Brien

Alpine Dev Team

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Isa Orr-Tokle

Alpine Dev Team

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Anthony Parissi

Alpine Examiner

James Polinchok

Alpine Examiner Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School HoliMont NY

About Me

Jim Pottinger

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Seven Springs PA

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I love to do woodworking and flipping houses!
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I was the founder, team director, and head coach of the Pittsburgh East NICA Mtn Bike team. I also coach for NINJA Mountian Bike Performance and the Hidden Valley Race Club.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Laurel Mountain, PA
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor at Hidden Valley, PA
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Traveling to Vermont every fall to train with the best skiers in the world!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Mountain biking
What would be your personal motto?	Ski & Bike to Live, Live to Ski & Bike
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	To maintain my current level of performance on the snow and dirt!

Dave Rayboud

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Stowe Mountain Resort VT

Show Notes

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What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	During the winter I am a Ski & Ride School Supervisor and Staff Trainer at Stowe Mountain Resort, and a member of the PSIA-E Education Staff. During the summer I can be found doing many jobs, but they mainly revolve around working on cars, creating online content, and carpentry/landscaping work.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	I grew up in England, so my first time on skis was indoors! My first real taste of skiing was in Park City, UT though.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	There’s A LOT of technical information out there. The best skiers know how to self coach; the ability to take nugget of information and explore and experiment with it on their own time.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Never stop learning. I learn something new every day I put on my skis. Even if it’s only 1 run down the bunny slope, I make sure I walk away with something. It doesn’t always have to be positive or a big ah-ha moment. It could be as simple as “today I wore the wrong lenses” or “hop turns are really difficult in fresh snow”. I say this because when faced with making a similar decision down the line you have some beta to go off of. This information can be become invaluable come exam time.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	When I’m not skiing, I can usually be found creating content for social media, working on my cars or mountain biking.
What would be your personal motto?	“Figure it out”. You’re not always going to get given the answers. This can ring true when talking about skiing. Sometimes you just need to figure things out for yourself. And looking back in history, if people stopped figuring stuff out, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Remember, nearly everything you do in life someone did for the very first time once. They just figured it out!
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Make the ATP!!

Keri Reid

PSIA-AASI Eastern Director of Education and Programs Alpine Steering Committee Chair, AASI + Adaptive Steering Committee, Ex-OfficioPSIA-AASI Eastern Office

Home Resort/School Okemo VT

About Me | Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I am bilingual, French/English
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Hiking, mountain biking, running (after my two children), good food in good company, and creating art.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Junior Ski Instructor, age 14 at Ski La Reserve in St-Donat Quebec.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Keep stepping out of your comfort zone, that’s where the growth happens.

Tom Riford

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Wisp MD

About Me | Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	In 1995 I broke eleven bones, both lungs collapsed, lacerated my liver, squished my gall bladder, and had a severe concussion combined with major blood loss.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I can speak Australian.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I manage Tourism, Film, the Arts, Marketing and Communication for the State of Maryland, and I am the Executive Director of the Maryland Marketing Partnership, which is a Public-Private Partnership.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	First time skiing at Song Mountain.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor at Greek Peak.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	You’re never really finished learning.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Coming back from my injuries, after a decade of being out of the industry, and becoming an examiner again.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Where I am at that time, rain or shine.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Stay with it.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Biking. Hiking. Mowing the damn lawn.
What would be your personal motto?	Always volunteer for charities.
Name three words that describe you.	Kind, thoughtful, steadfast.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Terry Barbour. What’s not to admire?
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	A pilot.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Living to my next birthday would be good.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	See above.

Kristi Robertson

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Stowe Mountain Resort VT

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I’ve been teaching skiing at Stowe for 45 years.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I’ve owned a gardening business for 30 years.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	The learning never stops and no matter your age you can still make improvements and continue to get better.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Making Dev team, I was a single mom and wasn’t sure where I stood amongst my peers.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My daughter, she is a strong, smart, independent woman and the mother of my incredible loving grandchildren.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Help more people learn to enjoy this sport as much as I do. Ski more for fun.

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Charles Rockwell

Alpine Examiner

Keith Rodney

Telemark + Alpine + Children’s Examiner Nordic Steering Committee + TM CoachTelemark National Team member

Home Resort/School Mount Snow VT

Show Notes

Angelo Ross

Alpine + Children’s Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeEducation Committee Chair

Home Resort/School Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, Laurel Mountain PA

About Me

Christa Ross

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Seven Springs PA

Show Notes

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I trained as a graphic artist and spent 16 years doing animation for a video production company.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	For the last 14 years, I have worked as a real estate agent in Pittsburgh.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Hidden Valley Ski Resort when I was about 8 years old. It did not go well. My mother always reminds me of this fact.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I started teaching skiing at Seven Springs in 1987, mostly because I wanted the pass and I wanted to ski all the time.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	It is not an overstatement to say that the people I have met while being an instructor have changed my life. My best friends, my family, and those that I have met briefly but encouraged me to pursue this passion have all come from this sport. I can’t point to a single favorite memory, but my snowsports career is the defining piece of my being.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Honestly doesn’t matter where; give me a bluebird day or a snowstorm and a run that I can play in the trees or the bumps on, and I couldn’t be happier.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I spend my off season in the woods on the mountain bike.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	When I was younger, there were trainers, mentors, and ed staff that made me into the teacher and the skier I am today. Now I look around and realize it is my job to step into that role for others. So my goal for the next five years is to give those coming into the sport the same encouragement, development, and occasional beat down that I got so they can achieve their goals.

Charlie Roy

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Cannon Mountain NH

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I live in a Tiny House.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	PSIA Examiner, Cannon Mt. Instructor and Trainer, Implementation Consultant, Woodworker
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Under the Zoomer Chair at Cannon Mt!
What would be your personal motto?	When it comes to skiing, I’d take Quantity over Quality!

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Kenneth Sauer

Alpine Examiner

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Philip Schwartz

Alpine Dev Team

Lisa Segal

Alpine Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Park City Ski Resort NH

About Me | Show Notes

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What is an interesting fact about you?	“Love to create”- painting, ceramics, stick sculpture and clothing.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Went to Culinary School-Pastry Chef- once owned/ran a bakery in Cape Porpoise Maine.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Summers- I work as a events supervisor, my weekends are filled with catering party’s and weddings for other’s on NH Seacoast.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Indian Head little resort in southern New Hampshire.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Ski Instructor at Cannon Mountain Franconia NH. at 16 years old. This was one of my first jobs in high school, teaching others how to ski.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Failure is Growth- “Press on”
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	USST Women’s D Team Project at Mt. Hood. The opportunity to be the PSIA liaison on this project-helped to create free ski curriculum. Worked in conjunction with female head coaches and U19-U16 athletes from across the country.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Snowbird Ski Resort- never ending challenges!
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Be kind to yourself-spend time learning about your emotions and what makes you tick….”Positive Self Talk”!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I enjoy painting -landscapes right now…
What would be your personal motto?	Breath…Slow down “Empathic Joy”
Name three words that describe you.	Creative Hardworking Kind
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My father- Buzz Harrington INTEGRITY, HARD WORKER, PERSISTENT and GRIT created a person who was admired, loved and a shining example of what you can be!
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Still growing up….
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Working and training with my colleagues in the Intermountain/ Eastern Divisions along with USSA Leaders to increase my knowledge and growth. To then share with our PSIA members USSA athletes and coaches.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Being a leader/coach/trainer who can share consistent information from division to division and organization ( PSIA) to organization (USSA). Give back to those who have helped me grow so much.

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Chris Setchell

Alpine Dev Team

Gail Setlock

Alpine Examiner Snowsports Management Committee Chair

Home Resort/School Gore Mountain NY

About Me

Robert Shostek

Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Elk Mountain PA

About Me

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Aleks Smith

Alpine Examiner Eastern Board Member

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Brian Smith

Alpine Examiner

Harold Smith

Alpine Examiner Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School Attitash, NH ME

About Me

Ali Spaulding

Alpine Examiner Education Committee Member

Show Notes

If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	What you think will be one year teaching snow sports, will actually turn into a lifetime.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Hiking, mountain biking, swimming, boating.
Name three words that describe you.	I’m known for my laugh, having fun and 99% of the time I have a smile on my face.

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Liz Starr

Alpine Dev Team Alpine Dev Team

Ilya Stein

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Hermitage Club at Haystack VT

Show Notes

What is an interesting fact about you?	I was born in Russia.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am a Guidance Counselor at Bennington High School
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	My first job in the snow sports industry was at Okemo in Ludlow, VT.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Palisades Tahoe
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Take advantage of all the free training and education and don’t forget to have fun along the way.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I love whitewater canoeing and disc golf.
Name three words that describe you.	Fun, energetic, passionate.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	I would like to become an examiner.

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Kyle Steinmetz

Alpine Dev Team

Doug Stewart

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Stowe Mountain Resort VT

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Jes Stith

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Liberty Mountain PA

About Me | Show Notes

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What is an interesting fact about you?	Graduate of Salisbury University. Married the love of my life, Thora, in 1990. We had our daughter, Lydia, in 1997. Love skiing and Bicycle riding.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I enjoy the rewards of training hard and being physically fit.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Owner of Gettysburg Bicycle and Trainer at Ski Liberty.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	First skied with my Aunt Jan at Camelback in 1972.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I became an instructor at Liberty in 1979 and loved every minute of it.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Patience is a virtue and willingness to accept criticism.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Being able to attend the Master academy at Pro Jam and driving home in an ice storm. Knocking the box off the table at Elk and watching everyone scatter. Thanks guys!
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	There are places that are special to me, Elk being one. But for big mountain fun Snowbird is hard to beat. I also have a strong fondness for my home mountain of Liberty where my father and I skied together and worked as instructors.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Be patience and choose you criticism wisely.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Spending time with family, my dog and my bicycle.
What would be your personal motto?	Go hard or go home.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	All the family members who have supported my skiing adventures, especially my wife Thora.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	I wanted to be a teacher and soccer coach, but ended up running my own business. All good!
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Become more refined as a skier and coach.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Stay healthy

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Mickey Stone

Telemark + Cross Country + Children’s Examiner Nordic CoordinatorNordic Steering Committee Chair

Mickey Sullivan

Alpine Examiner Education Committee Member

Home Resort/School Hunt Hollow NY

About Me | Show Notes

Tyler Sullivan

Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Bristol Mountain NY

Show Notes

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Rick Svencer

Alpine Examiner

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Lani Tapley

Alpine Examiner

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Timothy Thompson

Alpine Examiner Emeritus

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Erik Timmerman

Alpine Dev Team

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Matthew Tinker

Alpine Examiner

Ezequiel Usle

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Stratton VT

About Me

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Evan Vomacka

Children’s Examiner Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Loon NH

About Me | Show Notes

Troy Walsh

Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine ATP Coach

Home Resort/School Sunday River ME

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Nathan Waterhouse

Alpine Dev Team

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Peter Weber

Alpine Examiner

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David Wenn

Alpine Examiner

Stanley Wilkes

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Whitetail Ski Resort PA

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Dave (Wiz) Wisniewski

Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Liberty Mountain Resort DE

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Terry Xie

Alpine Examiner Eastern Board Member

Home Resort/School Wachusett Mountain MA

About Me | Show Notes

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Jessica Yates

Alpine Dev Team

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Bethany Yellis

Alpine Examiner

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Austin Young

Adaptive + Alpine Examiner Education Committee Member

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Martin Young

Alpine Examiner

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Dara Aber-Ferri

Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School Smugglers’ Notch VT

About Me

Mark Aiken

Children’s Examiner Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Stowe VT

About Me | Show Notes

Tina Buckley

Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member

Home Resort/School Blue Mountain PA

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Brendan Burdick

Children’s Dev Team

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Griz Caudle

Children’s Clinic Leader

MaryLu Cianciolo

Children’s Dev Team

Home Resort/School Chicago Snow Studio NY

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What is an interesting fact about you?	I have skied 82 different areas in the US, 6 in Canada, two in Chile, one is Bulgaria, France and Finland. I work to add a few every season.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I can winterize my RV by myself in less than 30 minutes.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Immigration Lawyer – Yes I can help you get that 90 day fiancé, but do mostly business immigration. Franchise Business owner of Great Clips Hair Salons
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Through Snowstar Ski Club in Milwaukee Wisconsin when I was 10. I checked a book out of the library and taught myself the basics before my first lesson. I guess that foreshadowed that I would own an indoor dry slope.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Instructor and adult race coach at Wilmot Mountain Wisconsin.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	All of us come from different backgrounds, but we can have civil conversations with anyone on lifts because we all share the love of snowsports.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	I organized a snowsports trip for my daughters synchronized skating team after the last competition. At the end of the day, one of the dads came to me crying. He was one of those beer league, 60 day a season skiers. He always imagined how he and his daughter could ski together on weekends and trips, but his daughter at that time 10 or 11 had a few lessons but did not take to the sport. On this day she was able to spend time with her teammates and it clicked how great this sport can be and asked him when they go go again. He was the happiest dad. I will always remember this day.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Whiteface, but Levi Finland at the 2023 Interski was the best snow I ever skied.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Have a day job that is flexible enough to allow you to have this career.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Camping Going to auto races
What would be your personal motto?	Skiing fixes everything
Name three words that describe you.	Tenacious, diplomatic, applauder
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Dolly Parton. No celebrity has gone from poverty to do more first by creating the Pigeon Forge vacation area to create jobs for her community and now with youth programs to help youth nationwide.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Lawyer
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Transition from being a helicopter mom to an empty nester without tears
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Visit and slide at 100 more resorts.

Benjamin Craig

Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School Catamount MA

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What is an interesting fact about you?	I grew up in Ohio and I’ve coached 3 different sports at the college level.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I can wiggle my lips/nose like a rabbit.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I’m a staff trainer at Catamount in MA/NY, & Magic in Vermont. Outside of snowsports, I’m a sales manager working for MGM at the MassMutual Convention Center & Arena in Springfield Massachusetts. I focus primarily on sporting events such as boxing, curling (yes that curling from the Olympics), cheerleading, dance, mma, volleyball, basketball etc.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Brandywine, Ohio
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Instructor at Alpine Valley, Ohio
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	This is supposed to be fun, remember this isn’t curing cancer so make sure it’s fun for you and your guests. We are getting the opportunity to do something most people in the snowsports industry or any industry would love to be able to do, so have fun with it.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	I have 2, getting to be on the chair alone with my kids when they first when up the chairlift, the excitement was awesome. The other was the look on my dad’s face when I surprised him with a new pair of skis, he didn’t really know what to do when the kid who he was buying toys for all my life turned the tables on him.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	The place I’m at the day, I really just love being on the hill. I do have particular love for Dartmouth Skiway, Mt Snow, and Alpine Valley (OH).
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	If you love this and really want to make a career in snowsports, treat yourself and the job like a professional. Get the certifications, stay late for the tech talks with the trainers (trust me we love to talk with new instructors), go home early from the social stuff and get on the hill early in the morning on your day off. Go to as many training sessions as you can, be the one at lineup ready to work! Don’t give up because it’s hard and know you may have to move to keep moving forward (I moved from Ohio to Vermont). Most of all keep the passion, and have fun.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I love coaching my son’s little league baseball, watching my daughter run cross country, racing sailboats and golfing.
Name three words that describe you.	Loyal, Passionate, Kind
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Keith Rodney, he is so passionate, and has worked so incredibly hard for so long with so many setbacks to make the Tele National Team. His passion for the sport is undeniable and I can’t even venture to count the hours we have spent in tech talks over the years.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	My mom found this recently from a stack of old school papers while cleaning out the basement and I’m told it was Businessman, skier, football player for the Cleveland Browns.

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Lynette Dawson

Children’s Examiner

Maureen Drummey

Children’s Examiner Alpine Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Snow Resort VT

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Greg Fatigate

Snowboard + Children’s Examiner Snowboard Examiner CoachSnowsports Management Committee

Home Resort/School Smugglers’ Notch Resort VT

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Ray Gilmore

Alpine Dev Team Children’s Dev Team

Mac Jackson

Alpine Examiner Emeritus Children’s Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Sugarbush VT

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Bonnie Kolber

Snowboard + Children’s Examiner AASI + Alpine Steering CommitteeACE Team Coach

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Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Most people don’t know I make giant puppets and masks for pageants and parades. I used to be a stilt-dancer for the Bread and Puppet Theater!
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Outside the snowsports industry, I have a homestead and keep goats, chickens, and honeybees. I also have a gardening business and run summer arts and outdoor adventure camps for children around northern Vermont. Within the snowsports industry – I am a Snowboard Instructor and Staff Trainer at both Stowe & Jay Peak. I am also an AASI Examiner and the Coach of the ACE Team.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	I was 22 when I learned to snowboard at Sugarbush the first winter I moved to Vermont. I grew up in Miami and went to college outside of Chicago so never had an opportunity before that! It was the year of the big Ice Storm in Vermont. I was working as a cocktail waitress so I got free lessons and $1 rentals, and I remember the instructor telling me if I could learn in these conditions I’d be able to ride anything. At the time I didn’t know what he meant, but in retrospect I recall being able to see the grass through the “snow”. Bulletproof was the word of the season.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	One of my favorite memories is teaching the kid of a ski racer family to snowboard; they literally dropped him off by the scruff of his neck and said “he’s all yours.” After years of fun in the snow, reading maps, making tracks in the woods and digging ourselves out of deep powder together, they told me he’s a different kid than before he started snowboarding, so much kinder and happier. That’s my favorite thing, not just teaching a sport, but sharing a way to make life more enjoyable.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Pretty much anywhere with some pitch on a powder day!
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Apprentice yourself to the people who inspire you. Don’t let anyone tell you what you are and are not capable of. Pursue your dreams. Be patient. Stay humble.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	paddleboarding, hiking, gardening, reading, mountain biking
Name three words that describe you.	Creative Fun Perceptive
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	When I was a child, I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grew up, but I knew I wanted to be happy. I also knew I loved teaching. I feel very lucky to have been able to follow my heart and find a wonderful career teaching snowsports!

Sue Kramer

Alpine + Children’s Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine Examiner Coach

Home Resort/School Bromley Outing Club VT

About Me

Kerri Petrillose

Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Peter NY

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James Polinchok

Alpine Examiner Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School HoliMont NY

About Me

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Meghan Price

Children’s Examiner

Keith Rodney

Telemark + Alpine + Children’s Examiner Nordic Steering Committee + TM CoachTelemark National Team member

Home Resort/School Mount Snow VT

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Angelo Ross

Alpine + Children’s Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeEducation Committee Chair

Home Resort/School Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, Laurel Mountain PA

About Me

Tim Shannon

Children’s Examiner Snowboard Dev Team

Home Resort/School Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain VT

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Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Avid Surfer, Mountain Biker, and Stand Up Paddleboarder, and apparently pretty good with computer software systems.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Senior Manager of Snowsports and Youth Programs at the Hermitage Club, Part Time Raft with Zoar Outdoor, Trails Advocacy and Management Organization Volunteer with SoVTA.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Jack Frost Mtn, PA
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Instructor at Jack Frost, PA
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Learning occurs during your highest highs and your lowest lows, and sometimes the feed back you need most hurts to hear.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Rider Rally 2017, a late season snowstorm in April really intensified the excitement. I’ll never forget hiking to the top of A-Basin in the howling wind. National Team member Brennan Metzler lead the charge dropping in off the peak into a powder-filled chute. This trip was my first time out west since becoming an instructor and I was on a line that I only ever dreamt of riding. Sweetening the pot was getting to watch a group of friends, new and old, and from near and far absolutely rip some of the most amazing lines of my lifetime.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Anywhere there’s trees, rollers, steeps, or something funky to jib.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Explore, find people that have a similar passion as you, and don’t take for granted the terrain you have at home.
What would be your personal motto?	Don’t just do, seek to understand how and why.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	In elementary school I wanted to be a professional baseball player. A 0.0 batting average in middle school paints the picture for how that was going to turn out. I then set my goals on being a professional Snowboarder. Turns out, I don’t love the heat of competition.

Harold Smith

Alpine Examiner Children’s Examiner

Home Resort/School Attitash, NH ME

About Me

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Mickey Stone

Telemark + Cross Country + Children’s Examiner Nordic CoordinatorNordic Steering Committee Chair

Not Available

Evan Vomacka

Children’s Examiner Alpine Dev Team

Home Resort/School Loon NH

About Me | Show Notes

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Mike Innes

Cross Country Examiner + Coach Nordic Steering Committee

Mark Lacek

Telemark Examiner Cross Country Examiner

Home Resort/School Gore Mountain NY

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Mickey Stone

Telemark + Cross Country + Children’s Examiner Nordic CoordinatorNordic Steering Committee Chair

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Julia West

Cross Country Examiner

Hal Westwood

Cross Country Examiner Nordic Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Notchview MA

About Me

Todd Ainsworth

Snowboard Examiner AASI Steering CommitteeSnowboard Teams Coach

Home Resort/School Vail, CO VT

About Me | Show Notes

Holly Andersen

Snowboard Examiner Adaptive Examiner

Home Resort/School Hermitage/BART/Adaptive at Mount Snow VT

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What is an interesting fact about you?	Both of my daughters have initials that are snowboard tricks– JIB&CAB.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I love to fish, snowboard, shoot trap, and be in the water. I am a quilter and like to paint.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I am the Director of Facilities Management and Operations at the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. I am in charge of all the construction, facilities, food service, and transportation for two high schools, one middle school, and seven elementary schools. I most recently spent the last thirteen years running all capital construction projects at Bennington College and continue to work at Bennington with sustainability reporting. I began working at the Hermitage, and continue to volunteer at the adaptive programs at Bromley and Mount Snow. I am the PTA president of my daughters elementary school. Most importantly, I am JIB and CAB’s mom.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Greek Peak in central NY. My father worked part time on nights and weekends. My mother volunteered at the adaptive program. I grew up teaching skiing, then snowboarding.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I asked Terry Barbour when I was 15 if I could try out for New Hire. He let me and hired me to teach both skiing and snowboarding.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Everyday is a gift. Anything is possible. We are all lucky beyond measure.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	How could I pick just one? There are so many.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Anywhere and everywhere.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Take care of your feet! I can not tell you how many times I have frostbitten my toes. They hurt, even in the summer.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	I love to garden, house projects, and puzzles.
What would be your personal motto?	Best. Day. Ever!
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Kim Seevers. How could I not? She is awesome at everything she does.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Snowboard Examiner.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Get on the snow as much as possible and finish my CS2.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	I would really like to train and take the Level 3 Alpine exam. It has always been on my list.

Clayton Ayers

Snowboard Dev Team

Home Resort/School Blue Mountain Resort PA

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What is an interesting fact about you?	I used to be in a rap group.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I work at Blue Mountain Resort year-round. I’m the Training Supervisor for the Learning Center and a Supervisor and Certified Rescuer for the Summit Adventure Park in the green season.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Greek Peak Mountain Resort in Cortland, NY.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Snowboard Instructor at Smugglers’ Notch in Jeffersonville, VT.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	How to analyze movements, feelings, sensations, and use that to coach others as well as myself.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Being at Stowe Resort in late March for the Level 3 certification awards. Friends and colleagues came out of the woodwork to celebrate.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Smugglers’ Notch Resort
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Study movement analysis and practice it while watching other people on the slopes, on TV, on Instagram, on YouTube, and everywhere!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Spending time with my wife and son, riding my dirt bike, playing guitar, harmonica, and singing tunes.
What would be your personal motto?	Work hard and stay optimistic.
Name three words that describe you.	Funny, talented, kind.
Who is someone you admire, and why?	My father, he is a man of many talents, loves the outdoors, works hard, takes care of his family and is modest.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	An archeologist. I loved dinosaurs!
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Become more physically fit, flexible, and eat healthier.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Become an Examiner in the Eastern Division.

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Amy Bailey

Snowboard Examiner AASI Steering Committee

Tony Bailey

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Stratton Mountain Resort VT

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Robert Bevier

Snowboard Examiner Emeritus Adaptive Examiner EmeritusAdaptive Steering Committee

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Nicholas Block

Snowboard Dev Team

Ian Boyle

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Jay Peak VT

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Toby Burrows

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Mount Snow VT

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Shaun Cattanach

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Stowe VT

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Loren Dailey

Snowboard Examiner

Brian Donovan

Snowboard Examiner AASI CoordinatorAASI Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Stratton Mountain VT

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is an interesting fact about you?	I come from a family that never skied or snowboarded. I was the black sheep and it has completely shaped my life and career.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I used to be pretty okay at playing soccer, and I can still terrorize a rec league from time-to-time.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team member, Snowboard Instructor and Trainer, AASI Examiner, and AASI-E Advisor for Education.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Peek’n Peak Resort in Western New York State
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Full-Time Snowboard Instructor
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	The goals of your student are way more important than the milestones that you think they need to achieve (i.e. beginners don’t need to get dialed at turning in their first lesson…they need to have fun and want to come back!)
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Making the 2021 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	To me: It’s more about the crew than the location…I’m more passionate about having the proper group of friends to ride with than worried about the place.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Picking a mountain to work at is more about the people and the culture than anything else. Pick a mountain with a rad group of co-workers and a great community and you won’t regret it!
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Mountain biking, skateboarding, watching baseball games, live music, playing soccer, and hunting.
What would be your personal motto?	They should keep score in tee-ball games…I learned life lessons about hard work, being competitive, and how to deal with losing and setbacks as a kid from playing sports and keeping score.
Name three words that describe you.	Loves to compete!
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Tom Vickery – I learn something from that man every time I’m around him. He challenges me to continually improve. Thank you Tom!
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	A cowboy…in fact, I assumed if you lived in “The West”, that it was still the wild west frontier with cowboys, saloons, and the whole works.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Represent PSIA-AASI well at InterSki 2023 in Levi, Finland.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	I’d like to be selected to the 2024 PSIA-AASI Snowboard National Team.

Terry Duffield

Snowboard Examiner AASI Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Stratton VT

About Me | Show Notes

Greg Fatigate

Snowboard + Children’s Examiner Snowboard Examiner CoachSnowsports Management Committee

Home Resort/School Smugglers’ Notch Resort VT

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Bryan Fielding

Snowboard Examiner

Ted Fleischer

Snowboard Examiner Emeritus

Home Resort/School Jay Peak VT

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Steven Franklin

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Green Mountain Academy VT

About Me

KC Gandee

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Gould Academy VT

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J.Mark Graham

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Holiday Valley NY

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John Hobbs

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Killington VT

Bonnie Kolber

Snowboard + Children’s Examiner AASI + Alpine Steering CommitteeACE Team Coach

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Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Most people don’t know I make giant puppets and masks for pageants and parades. I used to be a stilt-dancer for the Bread and Puppet Theater!
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Outside the snowsports industry, I have a homestead and keep goats, chickens, and honeybees. I also have a gardening business and run summer arts and outdoor adventure camps for children around northern Vermont. Within the snowsports industry – I am a Snowboard Instructor and Staff Trainer at both Stowe & Jay Peak. I am also an AASI Examiner and the Coach of the ACE Team.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	I was 22 when I learned to snowboard at Sugarbush the first winter I moved to Vermont. I grew up in Miami and went to college outside of Chicago so never had an opportunity before that! It was the year of the big Ice Storm in Vermont. I was working as a cocktail waitress so I got free lessons and $1 rentals, and I remember the instructor telling me if I could learn in these conditions I’d be able to ride anything. At the time I didn’t know what he meant, but in retrospect I recall being able to see the grass through the “snow”. Bulletproof was the word of the season.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	One of my favorite memories is teaching the kid of a ski racer family to snowboard; they literally dropped him off by the scruff of his neck and said “he’s all yours.” After years of fun in the snow, reading maps, making tracks in the woods and digging ourselves out of deep powder together, they told me he’s a different kid than before he started snowboarding, so much kinder and happier. That’s my favorite thing, not just teaching a sport, but sharing a way to make life more enjoyable.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Pretty much anywhere with some pitch on a powder day!
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Apprentice yourself to the people who inspire you. Don’t let anyone tell you what you are and are not capable of. Pursue your dreams. Be patient. Stay humble.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	paddleboarding, hiking, gardening, reading, mountain biking
Name three words that describe you.	Creative Fun Perceptive
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	When I was a child, I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grew up, but I knew I wanted to be happy. I also knew I loved teaching. I feel very lucky to have been able to follow my heart and find a wonderful career teaching snowsports!

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Mark Marino

Snowboard Examiner

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Thomas Morsch

Snowboard Examiner

Thomas Mulligan

Snowboard Examiner Education Committee Member

Home Resort/School Sugarbush, Bolton, Okemo VT

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What is an interesting fact about you?	That I enjoy working!
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I can play the tuba
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	In both winter and summer I am a carpenter, along being an instructor and trainer. In the summer I will raft guide a few weekends during the summer.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Behind my elementary school was where I first got to try snowboarding with my friends. Our Focus was hitting a jump we built ourselves.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	My first job was volunteering and being an instructors apprentice. My first paying job in the snowsports industry was a tubing attendant pushing people down the hill.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	My most valuable lesson learned is to stick with it and keep trying. Whether it happened to be a lesson that didn’t go well or being unsuccessful at a certification or try out.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	My favorite memory is the multiple adventures at the end of the work day with friends whether it was a session, multiple laps or getting lost in the woods.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Sugarbush or somewhere with transition features
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Keep it fun! It will keep it enjoyable and good things will come out of it
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	When I am not on snow, I enjoy working and building stuff, Mountain biking occasionally, whitewater kayaking and rafting.
What would be your personal motto?	Work smart work harder
Name three words that describe you.	funny, easy going, nerd
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Mr Brian Donovan, he was a great roommate, super fun, and funny. The amount of work he can do and still have a lot of fun is inspiring and impressive.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	I wanted to be a firefighter and drive the trucks.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Get to Snowboard in a few more states, try cross country skiing, and tele. Get confidence on a mountain bike and skateboard
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Snowboard in the Midwest, Buy another House, Snowboard in all the eastern division states.

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Daniel Munn

Snowboard Examiner AASI Steering Committee

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Danielle Needle

Snowboard Examiner Education Committee Member

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Jim Pearce

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Stratton Mountain MA

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Tim Shannon

Children’s Examiner Snowboard Dev Team

Home Resort/School Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain VT

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Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	Avid Surfer, Mountain Biker, and Stand Up Paddleboarder, and apparently pretty good with computer software systems.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	Senior Manager of Snowsports and Youth Programs at the Hermitage Club, Part Time Raft with Zoar Outdoor, Trails Advocacy and Management Organization Volunteer with SoVTA.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Jack Frost Mtn, PA
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Instructor at Jack Frost, PA
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Learning occurs during your highest highs and your lowest lows, and sometimes the feed back you need most hurts to hear.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Rider Rally 2017, a late season snowstorm in April really intensified the excitement. I’ll never forget hiking to the top of A-Basin in the howling wind. National Team member Brennan Metzler lead the charge dropping in off the peak into a powder-filled chute. This trip was my first time out west since becoming an instructor and I was on a line that I only ever dreamt of riding. Sweetening the pot was getting to watch a group of friends, new and old, and from near and far absolutely rip some of the most amazing lines of my lifetime.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Anywhere there’s trees, rollers, steeps, or something funky to jib.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Explore, find people that have a similar passion as you, and don’t take for granted the terrain you have at home.
What would be your personal motto?	Don’t just do, seek to understand how and why.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	In elementary school I wanted to be a professional baseball player. A 0.0 batting average in middle school paints the picture for how that was going to turn out. I then set my goals on being a professional Snowboarder. Turns out, I don’t love the heat of competition.

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Adam Steckler

Snowboard Examiner

Burleigh Sunflower

Snowboard Examiner

Home Resort/School Stratton VT

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Tobin Twelves

Snowboard Dev Team

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Thomas Vickery

Snowboard Examiner

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Eric Wright

Snowboard Examiner

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Michael Beagan

Telemark Examiner

Shannon Belt

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Black Mountain of Maine ME

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Kurt Byrnes

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Seven Springs PA

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David Capron

Telemark + Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine Dev Team Coach

Matt Charles

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Plattekill Mountain NY

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Karen Dalury

Telemark Examiner Nordic Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Killington VT

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Bruce Hennessey

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Maple Wind Farm VT

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What is an interesting fact about you?	For several winters I was a dogsled guide on Togwotee Pass in Western Wyoming. I was the first, and as far as I know, the only, musher to have their dogs and sled arrive into Brooks Lake Lodge without clients or musher aboard!
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I originally went to college for music as a French Horn and voice major. As a classically trained vocalist, I have performed in music theater and opera productions.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	My partner Beth and I run Maple Wind Farm in Richmond, VT which is a pasture-based diversified livestock operation producing pasture-raised eggs, chicken, pork and turkey, and 100% grass fed beef. We also have a small USDA meat processing plant on farm.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	At the Powdermilk Park rope tow near Rochester, NY!
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	I was a junior instructor at Bristol Mountain, NY in 1978.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	I have learned that looking at movements, tactics and teaching styles from a “right vs. wrong” mindset is much less effective than focusing on strengths of clients/instructors and building effectiveness through those strengths.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	9 day wilderness-based Advanced Backcountry Accreditation in the Tetons. Spectacular group, conditions and deep learning.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Teton backcountry
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Focus on improving your people and teaching skills, and treat exams as personal improvement opportunities rather than stressful performance tests.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Mtn Biking, Hiking, Rock/Ice/Mountain Climbing.
What would be your personal motto?	All problems are people problems. Focus on relationships and community for success.
Name three words that describe you.	Kind, Respectful, Enthusiastic
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Keith Rodney. Through many years of failing to attain certain levels (in multiple disciplines), he stuck with the process and constantly improved to reach the telemark national team. Despite many setbacks he kept a positive approach and just improved every day and every season.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	Astronaut
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Explore at least 3 new backcountry zones.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Retire and spend a ski season off piste in the Alps.

Mark Lacek

Telemark Examiner Cross Country Examiner

Home Resort/School Gore Mountain NY

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Jay Nation

Telemark Examiner Education Committee MemberNordic Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Winter Park, CO and 7 Springs PA

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Gregory Paquin

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Bromely Mountain, VT CT

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What is an interesting fact about you?	Performance coach for British Canoeing International in sea kayaking. I also still do some civil engineering heavy civil estimating in New England.
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I do run a sea kayaking company where I coach sea kayakers to become better rough water performers and expedition paddlers. I enjoy coaching performers in adventure sports whether it be Sea Kayaking or Telemark skiing. A lot of the same coaching tools apply in both.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	I run the Telemark skiing program at Bromley Mountain in Peru Vt for the last 12 years. I’ll continue to do this. Additionally, I have been working on the Telemark education staff. Now Examiner “A”.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	Taking a telemark instructors course with Dick Hall of North American Telemark Organization, NATO. Early 2000’s.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Teaching Telemark Skiing with NATO at Mad River Glen. NATO Telemark Festivals
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	Be passionate about what you do, keep on learning, and enjoy the ride doing it.
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	PSIA’s off-piste Telemark workshop weekends at Stowe, Mount Mansfield.
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	The steeps and trees at MRG. MRG is a great Telemark ski community vibe.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Sea kayaking and mountain biking.
What would be your personal motto?	Known for his calm and patient manner, Greg has a way of challenging people to do things they didn’t think they could do.
Name three words that describe you.	Calm, patient, thoughtful coach.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Learn the switch from 75MM to NTN telemark gear.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	Become examiner Telemark

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Ali Pirnar

Telemark Examiner

Shawn Riggle

Telemark Examiner Nordic Steering Committee

Home Resort/School Timberline Mountain WV

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Keith Rodney

Telemark + Alpine + Children’s Examiner Nordic Steering Committee + TM CoachTelemark National Team member

Home Resort/School Mount Snow VT

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Christopher Roundy

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Gunstock NH

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Donald Sensenig

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School Jack Frost Mountain PA

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Elizabeth Stefany

Telemark Dev Team

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Mickey Stone

Telemark + Cross Country + Children’s Examiner Nordic CoordinatorNordic Steering Committee Chair

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James Tasse

Telemark Examiner

Adele Wellman

Telemark Examiner

Home Resort/School HoliMont NY

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What is an interesting fact about you?	I discovered a new species of firefly (the synchronous firefly) in New York State. Insects are super cool!
Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?	I know how to repair rust on cars and enjoy learning how to fix things around the house.
What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer?	During the winter, I teach all levels and ages of skier and rider. I also teach telemark to whoever is interested, or even if they are not. I am a team leader and a staff trainer. I also am on the Telemark Dev Team. In the summer, I work t the largest state park in NY, Allegany. 100 square miles! I’m in charge of the environmental education department. My crew and I get to teach people about bears, butterflies, trees and how we all interconnect. We connect people with nature every day.
Where is the first place you participated in snowsports?	I was a professional sledder as a kid, then tried xc skiing as a senior in high school. I didn’t start skiing until I was 21. I learned on artificial turf in Gatlinburg, TN I was hooked after that! I got on the ski school staff there, moved to Snowshoe after a few years, then to Holiday Valley in NY and finally HoliMont since 2001.
What was your first job in the snowsports industry?	Lifty at Ober Gatlinburg, TN. I got to meet ski instructors and patrollers who eventually taught me to ski.
What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career?	When it comes down to the exam day, it’s just you in your boots. You need to do the work, the studying, the training. Seek out the people who will help you become better. It can be anyone across the disciplines, a racer or just someone who has been teaching forever. Then DO THE WORK!
What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far?	Hike and ski adventures with my friends from one ski area to another. We usually skied back in the dark. Sometimes on the super cold nights, the snowflakes glistened like diamonds in the dark sky. Magical!
Where is your favorite place to ski or ride?	Any time I am on snow is my favorite. It really doesn’t matter where I am.
If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be?	Just do it, decide, then seek out positive people as coaches and go after it. DO the WORK.
What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow?	Travel to fun places to mountain bike and see beautiful scenery.
What would be your personal motto?	Love what you do, the rest will come.
Name three words that describe you.	enthusiastic, determined, squirrel-like (if that is really a word)
Who is someone you admire, and why?	Anyone who has overcome some type of adversity. I respect them for things they may have gone through that I am not sure I could handle. I admire their guts and determination to not give up.
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up?	UPS driver, they drive a cool truck with no doors and get to wear shorts or a park ranger. Taking people on hikes to smell trees seemed like an amazing job.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year?	Make skiing the bumps look smooth (with a capital “OO”) and feel more at ease in the trees.
What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years?	I would like to learn to surf. As for skiing, increase my skills to become part of the Telemark Education Staff.