Operations & Office Staff
The Albany office team, plus the committees and volunteers who support our members.
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Our Staff & Committees
Choose a group to see our office staff, steering committees, and other volunteer committees.
- 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
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |
Tina Buckley
Children’s Examiner Alpine ExaminerEducation Committee Member
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 |

