PSIA-AASI

Sheckleton Elected Chairman

In elections held during its annual summer meeting, the PSIA-AASI Board of Directors elected a new chairman of the board and officers for the association’s executive committee. In addition, one incumbent board member was elected to another three-year term and two new board members were ratified. Each took office July 1, 2010.

Eric Sheckleton, who has served on the board since 2001 as the Northern Rocky Mountain Division representative, ran unopposed for a two-year term as chairman. He most recently served as the association’s executive vice president. An instructor trainer for Bridger Bowl Resort in Bozeman, Montana, Sheckleton was a member of the AASI Snowboard Team from 1997–2000 and currently serves as a snowboard examiner, alpine clinician, and children’s clinician for Northern Rocky Mountain Division. He is the first PSIA-AASI chairman to have started his career as a snowboard instructor. Sheckleton is also a Level I-certified nordic instructor.      

New Executive Committee Formed

In board-level elections to fill expiring terms on PSIA-AASI’s executive committee, the winners were John Peppler, who will serve as vice chairman, Peter Donahue, who will serve as secretary, and Ed Younglove, who will serve as treasurer. (Changes in board titles were approved on second reading prior to the elections. Former titles for these positions were executive vice president, communications vice president, and operations vice president, respectively. As part of the approved title changes, the position of president and chairman of the board is now known simply as chairman of the board.)

 (Above, left to right: John Peppler, Peter Donahue, Ed Younglove)

         
New Board Members Ratified

Three board terms were up for ratification during the summer meeting, that of board representatives for Northern Intermountain Division, Northern Rocky Mountain Division, and Western Division. Walt Coiner, who joined the PSIA-AASI Board of Directors in 2006 as the Northern Intermountain representative, returns for another term. Eliza Kuntz, a Level III alpine and Level I telemark instructor at Montana’s Red Lodge Mountain Resort, was ratified by the board to serve as the board representative for Northern Rocky Mountain Division, replacing Eric Sheckleton in that role. Neil Bussiere, a Level III alpine and snowboard instructor at California’s Mountain High Resort, received board ratification to serve as Western Division’s board representative. Bussiere is a former Western Division president. These board terms are for three years. Officers (chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer) serve two-year terms.

(Above, left to right: Walt Coiner, Eliza Kuntz, Neil Bussiere)

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