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| Marc Ganzi |  | Marc Ganzi is the CEO of Global Tower Partners, the largest privately owned telecommunications tower operator in the U.S., a company he founded in 2003. Marc has enjoyed a successful career as a real estate and telecommunications entrepreneur. Prior to GTP, Marc was a consulting partner for DB Capital Partners in New York City, president of Apex Site Management and co-founder of Eureka Broadband Corporation. Marc has been named an award finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Florida award in both 2009 and 2010. Marc is the captain of the Audi Polo Team, winners of the C.V. Whitney Cup and U.S. Open Championships in 2009. Mr. Ganzi grew up skiing for AVSC in the 1980's alongside teammates Peter McBride and Ryan Smalls. Marc later went on to race for the University of Pennsylvania ski team from 1989 to 1993. Marc joined the Board in 2009 and his son, Grant, trained with the AVSC alpine team this past season. |
| Board President Jeff Gorsuch |  | Jeff is in his last year as Board President at AVSC and is also chairing AVSC's Capital Campaign. He is a former U.S. Ski Team racer and owner of Gorsuch, Ltd., a high-end alpine clothing and equipment retailer. Jeff's energy and passion for AVSC's mission has made him a terrific leader and advocate for the Club. |
| Katy Frisch |  | Katy Frisch grew up outside of Syracuse, NY as a avid ski racer. She attended Brown University and was a member of their ski team until she graduated with an Engineering degree. She later got her M.B.A. from the University of Chicago School of Business. After working for Broadview International, an investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, Katy relocated to Colorado in 2000. Katy and her husband Adam are the proud parents of Felix (age 2) and Quintessa (age 6 mos.). Katy currently works part-time for her family cable television equipment business and has been a valuable member of AVSC's board since 2005. |
| Tim Belinski |  | Tim is the Vice President-Development for Joseph Freed and Associates. Tim worked as a CPA with a national accounting firm in Denver and then as Sport Obermeyers Chief Financial Officer. In 2007, he joined the Willits development team and currently oversees the development activities of Willits Town Center in Basalt. While at Obermeyer, he also led the planning and development of Obermeyer Place, which received numerous awards and recognition, including Builders Magazine 2008 Grand Finalist award for a mixed use community. Raised in Montana, he learned how to ski in blue jeans. His family is involved in the nordic and nordic combined programs at AVSC and his wife,Charla, serves on the school board of Aspen School District and works for Youth Zone. Tim also serves on Basalt's Wyly Community Art Center board and served two terms on the board of trustees of Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. |
| Chris Davenport |  | Two-time World Champion skier Chris Davenport is widely regarded as one of the premier ski mountaineers in the world today. Among his many ski mountaineering achievements, in 2007 Chris became the first person to ski all fifty-four of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks in less than one year. He has numerous first descents of peaks around the globe under his belt, and has spent his career traveling the world's great mountain ranges in search of perfect mountains to climb and ski. Chris has been featured in more than twenty ski films and recently Chris was the host announcer for all alpine ski racing at the Vancouver Olympics. He is also a TV commentator for ESPN, ABC sports, and Outside television. When not traveling the globe Chris resides in Aspen, Colorado with his wife and three boys. |
| Carlos Ronay |  | Carlos Ronay joined the AVSC Board in 2007. Carlos hails from Santa Monica, CA and is the son of a Native American father and a Mexican American mother. Carlos coaxed his car to Snowmass in 1964 and later returned to teach skiing with Fred Iselin at Aspen Highlands after serving in the military. He was Buttermilk ski patroller for 13 years and later drove a Snowcat for Aspen Skiing Company at Snowmass. Carlos sent three children through AVSC and currently lives with his companion Kathryn Rooney in Carbondale. Carlos has been a tireless advocate for AVSC's outreach efforts into underserved communities. |
| Laurie Laing |  | This is Laurie's second season on the AVSC Board. Originally from the Midwest, Laurie has been an Aspen resident for over 15 years. She has lived valley-wide and as a result, knows Independence Pass to Carbondale. An avid skier, cyclist, runner and snowshoer, she is a devoted mother of two, a great wife and real estate broker who lives for the great outdoors. Laurie is very involved in the community and is also currently involved in helping to create a new non-profit foundation for the real estate company she works for. |
| Tom Kosich |  | Tom is the CEO of Noodle, Inc., a San Francisco-based telecom provider. Tom is married to Debbie Haderle and they have three children, all who participate in AVSC. The Kosich-Haderle family have been strong supporters of AVSC as members of the National Council for the past six years and as a Board member since 2009. Debbie Haderle is an Emmy Nominated writer /producer in Hollywood working on such shows as Entertainment Tonight, Doctor Phil, Extra! and The Doctors. The family splits time between Snowmass Village and Los Angeles. |
| John Rigney |  | John Rigney recently joined AVSC's Board but has lived in Aspen for 20 years. Originally from Spring Lake, NJ, John came to the area "for a few months" after graduating Bucknell University and it soon became home. John is the Vice President of Sales and Events for Aspen Skiing Company, and sees many of our athletes excelling in various competitions across our mountains regularly. He and his wife Anna have three young boys Liam, Matthew and Ryan - who love who love skiing and recreating in this beautiful playground. |
| Ben Mollere |  | Ben hails from Miami, Fl originally and is the General Manager of the St. Regis Aspen. Prior to moving to the Roaring Fork Valley, Ben worked for 13 years in Miami as the Vice President of Sales for the The Biltmore. In 2005/2006 Ben was the Chairman of the Miami/Dade Beacon Council, regarded by most as the top business organization in South Florida. Upon relocating to Aspen, Ben said he saw first hand the benefit that AVSC brings to the community and he wanted to be a part of a "cause that involves the betterment of the next generation." He and his wife Marcia live in Basalt and are the parents of two children, Taylor and Jordan. |
AVSC Board of Directors - Executive Committee
Jeff Gorsuch - Board President
Katy Frisch - Vice President
Laurie Laing - Secretary
Tim Belinski - Treasurer
AVSC Board Members:
Chris Davenport
Marc Ganzi
Tom Kosich
Scott Miller
Ben Mollere
John Rigney
Carlos Ronay
Ryan Smalls
Mike Turchin
Melissa Wight
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