TEST — NASTC Staff & Instructors

Jenny started skiing at age 5 at Sugar Bowl and ski raced in college. She started NASTC with Chris in 1994. She runs NASTC business development, client relations, resort relations, marketing strategy and sales.

Nick is the GM of Boyne Mountain Resort’s Ski Schools. He is the former CEO of PSIA. He began teaching at age 14 at Snoqualmie in Washington.

Ben Brosseau is a seasoned ski industry professional with over 20 years of experience dedicating his time to education and adventure in the mountains. Ben has been part of the NASTC team since 2015. Big Sky, Montana is home and where

A current member of the PSIA Alpine Team in his 4th term, Mike was one of our earliest staff members starting in 1998. He is a first-class instructor and an excellent all-mountain skier. Mike is also the assistant ski school director at Breckenridge and oversees the training program.

Zoe is a member of the PSIA-AASI National Team, a PSIA-NRM Alpine Pro Trainer, Big Sky Resort Training Manager, and professional river guide.

Richard is the current APSI Alpine Technical Director and National Alpine Team Coach (Australian Professional Snowsport Instructors).He is currently serving his 6th term on the APSI National Team and has almost 30 years of teaching experience around the globe.

As a Level 3 Instructor and Trainer for more than two decades, Dan teaches all types of skiers, trains all levels of instructors, and trains coaches. A former Big Mountain competitor and FIS racer, Dan has coached Masters racers, and was coach of the

Murph is the former director of skiing and vice president of Palisades Tahoe. A New Hampshire native, he began teaching and coaching skiing at age 15 at Crotched Mountain and has been in the ski industry for 34 years. He has been a clinician and

Deb is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Seattle. She was the first American female Olympic gold medalist in 12 years, winning the GS at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. She had 18 top ten finishes on the World Cup: 7 in downhill,

Former 3-term member of the PSIA Alpine Team, he is an instructor and trainer at the Aspen Ski and Snowboard School and has been a trainer for the North American Ski Training Center since 2000. He is just as passionate about teaching now, as he was

Michael grew up in Rhinebeck, NY, and has been teaching skiing since 1985. He is the General Manager at Portillo, Chile in the summer and a Trainer/Instructor at Heavenly Valley, CA, during our winters.

Robin has been teaching skiing since 1988. Robin is a current member of the PSIA Alpine team and the Director of Skier Services at Heavenly. Her year-round teaching and skiing were divided between Heavenly Ski Resort and Portillo, Chile

If you take your AIARE 1 or 2 with us, you may be lucky enough to learn from Wendy. When not being the Lead Avalanche Forecaster at Mt Rose Tahoe, teaching Professional Avalanche courses for AIARE, working as a surgical nurse in Reno, rebuilding her cabin (lost in the Dixie Fire) with a repurposed shipping container, harkening her archaeology education at Oberlin College / Italy, getting after it with friends on week-long hut tours in British Columbia, training with her avalanche rescue dog Carmen, or mountain biking and rafting, she graces us with her incredible teaching skills!

Originally from the East coast, Allie learned to ski at the age of 3. In 2010, she moved to Tahoe to pursue bigger mountains and a full time career in the ski industry. She has coached ski racing and taught skiing all over the west coast and the world. Allie is a USSS Level 400 Alpine Coach, Coach Developer and Alpine Official, has her PSIA Alpine Level 3, Children’s Specialist 2, Freestyle Specialist 1, Resort & Divisional Trainer, and Snowboard Level 1. With her eye on steeper and deeper lines, Allie started backcountry guiding in 2020. She is an AIARE Course Leader, has her Pro 1, and is an AMGA Apprentice Ski & Alpine Guide. Allie currently holds the position of lead alpine trainer at Sugar Bowl Resort. She is working towards her Pro 2 and the PSIA National Team this season. When not skiing, Allie enjoys whitewater rafting, kayaking, rock climbing and yoga.

Dave grew up in the great State of Maine and began skiing there in his early teens on the cold, icy slopes of Sugarloaf USA. After working for a couple of years as a computer programmerfollowing graduation from the University of Maine in 1985, the lure of the west proved too strong and Dave landed in Alta, UTin 1987. Working as a ski patroller from 1988 until 1993 got Dave started on his life long interest in Snow Science. Dave has been teaching Avalanche classes since 1993 and became an AIARE instructor in 2006.

In the winter of 1992-1993 Dave began his first job as an Avalanche Forecaster taking over the helm at the La Sal Avalanche Center in SE Utah and teaching his first avalanche courses for the Utah Avalanche Center. Dave then returned to Alta for 5 seasons of forecasting work with the Utah Department of Transportation from 1996 until 2001, also teaching avalanche classes offered by the Town of Alta. Dave returned to his forecasting roots in the La Sal Mountains in 2002 where he would stay on until 2011. Dave took a break from avalanche related work for 9 years to go make money elsewhere but returned to the snow world as an Avalanche Instructor in 2020 for NASTC. A backcountry enthusiast for 38 years and a lifetime of managing avalanche terrain personally and professionally has given Dave a unique perspective from which to share the AIARE curriculum, spiced up with real world tales.

Originally from the delta of Mississippi, Demetri is certainly not from the mountains, but has undoubtedly been shaped by them. After college Demetri pointed his sights west towards Lake Tahoe and never looked back. For the last fifteen years Demetri has been lucky to call California and the Lake Tahoe basin his home. During this time Demetri has honed his skills climbing and skiing all over the American west and beyond.

Throughout all of his trips and travels, climbing and skiing in beautiful places around the world, it has always been easy to come back to California. In his opinion, if you’re looking for the best skiing and rock climbing in one place, it is really hard to beat California and the Sierra Nevada.

Tammy is an AIARE Course Instructor, rock guide, and certified ski instructor. She is also a risk management consultant and diversity, equity and inclusion policy advisor. Her work “is at the intersection of human factors, technology, and inclusion.” She is super fun to ski with and always brings a huge smile to anything and anyone she is working with!

As the director of High-Alpine Mountain Guides, Michael is an internationally certified UIAGM/IFMGA mountain and ski guide. Although focusing the last 14 years on guiding in the Alps, he has over 20 years of guiding experience, including numerous ascents of Denali in Alaska and big walls in Yosemite. Michael has climbed extensively in the Alps from the Matterhorn and Eiger in Switzerland throughout the Mont Blanc range, all the way down to limestone crags in southern France, Italy and Spain. Certified by The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) in alpine, rock and ski disciplines, Michael sits on the technical committee as well as being a guide’s trainer and examiner for the AMGA. He is also the only American guide to be a member of both the French and the Swiss Mountain Guide’s Associations.

As a Level 3 Instructor and Trainer for more than two decades, Dan teaches all types of skiers, trains all levels of instructors, and trains coaches. A former Big Mountain competitor and FIS racer, Dan has coached Masters racers, and was coach of the Palisades Instructor Synchro team, competing at the world championships. More recently, Dan helped start and is the lead coach of the Palisades Tahoe Ski Club, an annual sell-out. He is the lead instructor for various camps at Palisades and helps NASTC with their three annual camps there in Dec, Jan, and Feb.

Murph is the former director of skiing and vice president of Palisades Tahoe. A New Hampshire native, he began teaching and coaching skiing at age 15 at Crotched Mountain and has been in the ski industry for 34 years. He has been a clinician and examiner for PSIA-W since 2000, and is a Homewood Mountain Resort Snowcat Adventures Guide, North Face Mountain Guide, and instructor for the Palisades Tahoe Snowsports School. He has two delightful children, Colton and Kaili, both avid skiers and Tahoe enthusiasts.