PSIA-AASI Eastern ABOUT US
Click to learn more about the teams that are leading us, and the staff that support our mission every day.
- Eastern Office Full-Time Staff
- Eastern Part-Time/Seasonal Staff
- AASI Steering Committee
- Adaptive Steering Committee
- Alpine Steering Committee
- Area Reps Coordinator
- Education Committee
- NextCore Action Committee
- Nordic Steering Committee
- Philanthropy Committee
- Scholarship Committee
- Snowsports Management Committee
- Staff Coaches
- The results are being filtered by the region: ME
Peter Howard
Alpine Examiner Past Board ChairAlpine Steering CommitteeAbout Me
There is always someone better at it ( what ever it is) than you. To be included in this is a fortunate privilege that only a tiny slice of humanity gets to experience. I hope helping people ski better contributes to their enjoyment of life.
Notes
| What is an interesting fact about you? | Learned to water ski in the Ohio river. |
| Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about? | USCG boat captain, bad blues guitarist, aerial lift operator, commercial truck driver, stone/brick mason |
| What jobs do you do – within and outside the snowsports industry, both winter & summer? | Sugarloaf staff trainer, guest teacher/coach. |
| Where is the first place you participated in snowsports? | East Vasselborough Maine. Back yard hill |
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Line instructor/snow maker |
| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Fitness and visual performance make the talk believable |
| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | Fore running downhill |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Crans Montana Switzerland |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Real estate Charlie Brown |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Sailing, road biking, building things |
| What would be your personal motto? | No one walks alone, lone walkers know no one. |
| Name three words that describe you. | Tenacious, prepared, wordsmith |
| Who is someone you admire, and why? | Margaret Thatcher and Pope Francis. ” Who am I to judge” “Consensus is the absence of leadership” |
| When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grow up? | No idea |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Write a book |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next five years? | Write a book |
Troy Walsh
Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine ATP CoachNotes
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Parking lot attendant and lift operator, at Lost Valley. Auburn Maine. |
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| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | A day in Australia, we skied in the morning then went fishing in the afternoon. Skiing, kangaroos and big brook trout! |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Snowbird is a special place. I also really enjoyed the times I visited Austria. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Most anything outside. Hunting, fishing hanging out with my dogs. |
- The results are being filtered by the region: ME
Shannon Belt
Telemark Examiner Nordic Steering CommitteeNotes
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | At 14 years old I started teaching skiing at West Mountain in Queensbury, NY. This year will mark 30 years teaching skiing |
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| What is a valuable lesson you learned in your snowsports career? | Never judge a skier by their outfit! You never know someones ability until you see them slide! |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Any where with good snow, good friends or family, which always leads to lots of laughter |
| If you could give a younger person snowsports/career advice, what would it be? | Enjoy every single Lesson. this may be your 100th time teaching an activity, this could be your students first! |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Bikes, surf, and kids….. there are always kids in the picture! |
| What would be your personal motto? | Maintain and healthy disregard for the impossible |
| Name three words that describe you. | Smiles, laughter, patience |
| What goal would you like to accomplish in the next year? | Still be able to ski faster then my son! |
- The results are being filtered by the region: ME
Troy Walsh
Alpine Examiner Alpine Steering CommitteeAlpine ATP CoachNotes
| What was your first job in the snowsports industry? | Parking lot attendant and lift operator, at Lost Valley. Auburn Maine. |
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| What is your favorite memory from your snowsports career so far? | A day in Australia, we skied in the morning then went fishing in the afternoon. Skiing, kangaroos and big brook trout! |
| Where is your favorite place to ski or ride? | Snowbird is a special place. I also really enjoyed the times I visited Austria. |
| What activities do you enjoy, when you’re not out on the snow? | Most anything outside. Hunting, fishing hanging out with my dogs. |

