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Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |
Mary Ellen Whitney
Adaptive Clinic Leader Adaptive Steering Committee
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. |