Administrator Directory

Board of Directors

  • Nancy Bodnar

    Nancy Bodnar
    Secretary
    Secretary

    Nancy has been involved with NY state ski racing as an official in multiple capacities and has her level 100 coaching certification. She has coached U12 athletes at Winter4Kids and U8/U10 athletes at Windham mountain. Nancy has 4 children that have been ski racers, three have moved on to coaching.  Two continued to college racing and the youngest is a first year U16 who recently competed in CanAms.

     

  • 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
  • Trent Hickman

    Trent Hickman
    Treasurer
    Treasurer

    Trent first became involved with ski racing about 8 years ago with his U10 daughter at Windham Mountain and subsequently began coaching at the U12 and U14 levels after completing his Level 100 in 2021.  Trent also has PSIA certifications having completed Level 1 and CS 1. Trent loves the sport and has seen firsthand the growth, in both skiing and life, that flows from it, which is why he is passionate about supporting its development in New York.  Trent has also served on the NYSSRA Finance Committee for the last year two years.

  • 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. 

  • Jack Conneely

    Jack Conneely
    Athlete Rep 2
    Athlete Rep 2

    Hi! I'm Jack Conneely. I raced for Windham Race Factory for 10 years. I am very excited to work with NYSSRA to improve the racer experience and tackle different issues. I love ski racing because of the people I have met along the way that are some of my closest friends.

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.