Administrator Directory

Board of Directors

  • Courtney Schreppel

    Courtney Schreppel
    Secretary
    Secretary

    Courtney grew up in the Adirondacks racing with the Polar Bear Ski Club. Her and her husband Jordan, a Polar Bear Coach, still love spending their weekends at McCauley Mt. Courtney is an elementary school teacher and continues to volunteer with the Polar Bear Ski Club on weekends. 

  • Todd Glick

    Todd Glick
    Past President
    Past President
  • Steve Burgart

    Steve Burgart
    Alpine Official
    Alpine Official

    Current NYSSRA Alpine Officials chair, past NFSC council chair as well as past NYSSRA treasurer and USSS TD as well as FIS TD. I have been skiing my whole life, had 4 children race through the NYSSRA system as well as NCAA afterwards. I have always had a passion for ski racing and raced one year at Boston College.

  • Aaron Dewey

    Aaron Dewey
    President
    President

    US Ski and Snowboard Divisional Coach Developer Trainer

    USSS L400

    PSIA Level 3

    I am very excited to be working with a group of dedicated, creative and passionate people that make up our committee members and chairs, our awesome staff and my friends on the board.

    Good luck to all our athletes and their families, as well as coaches, officials, and numerous volunteers this season.  You are all the true heart of this organization!

  • David Temes

    David Temes
    Vice President
    Vice President
  • Mark Sertl

    Mark Sertl
    Treasurer
    Treasurer

    Came late to skiing and started racing as a Junior, four great years racing Carnivals at St Lawrence and I continue Masters racing.  Coached the last 30 years as my kids went through the Bristol Mountain program and  I continue to coach and officiate.  I got involved with NYSSRA after my kids graduated to fill my new free time!  Mission accomplished!

  • Jeff Jenkins

    Jeff Jenkins
    Coaches Rep
    Coaches Rep
  • John Carbaugh

    John Carbaugh
    Athlete Rep
    Athlete Rep

    John Carbaugh is a U16+ coach at his home hill, Holiday Valley in Ellicottville, NY. Having grown up racing the NYSSRA circuit, he is now using his experiences to teach the next generation the joys of skiing and competition. Outside of racing John is a mechanical engineer who enjoys the outdoors often biking, rock climbing or golfing. 

  • Kristine Wallace

    Kristine Wallace
    Athlete Rep 2
    Athlete Rep 2

Staff Directory

  • Alicia Farone

    Alicia Farone
    Administrative Director
    Administrative Director
  • Stephen Mergenthaler

    Stephen Mergenthaler
    Alpine Sports Director
    Alpine Sports Director

    Looking forward to my 41st year of coaching. Fortunate to 

    have the opportunity to feed my passion for athlete development

    and coaches education in the NYSSRA organization. Ski fast laugh much!

Administrative Director Job Description

To manage, administer, and support the alpine ski racing programs for NYSSRA. This includes implementation of NYSSRA policies, goals and objectives, program coordination, financial reporting, member services and administration of NYSSRA. 

Alpine Sports Director Job Description

The role of Alpine Sports Director (ASD) is to develop, manage and administer the alpine ski racing programs for NYSSRA. This includes, but is not limited to, strategic planning and implementation of policies, goals and objectives, program coordination and supervision of the administration of NYSSRA.