PSEF NEWS: April 2024
PSEF ANNUAL MEETING
PSEF held its Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 25th, 2024.
Changes in the PSEF Board Announced
Nate Freund will be stepping down from his role as PSEF President. Over the past several years, Nate has lead PSEF through a period of significant transformation including changes in leadership, key fundraising initiatives, and the completion of the A-Slope fundraising campaign. Nate will continue to actively serve on the Executive Board of Directors in 2024/2025. We appreciate his continued support.
The PSEF Board of Directors has confirmed its new Officers for the coming year:
- Melissa Karr, President
- Dan Cole, Vice President
- Tyler Weideman, Secretary
- Christopher Heald, Treasurer
Tom Aicher will be retiring from the PSEF Board of Directors. Tom had held the position of Secretary from 1994, when he took over for founding PSEF member Harry Ryan to 2023. Throughout his years of service, Tom has been the voice of the Pico Ski Education Foundation, helping to organize events and spearhead initiatives in support of the Pico Ski Club Racing Program. Tom's passion and dedication to the ski industry and to Pico Mountain is insurmountable.
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The PSEF Board of Directors would like to thank Tom for his unwavering dedication, support and leadership.
Also departing from the PSEF Board of Directors is Marnie Roussel, Jill Cerreta, Kim Williamson and Pete Lebish. We thank them all for their many years of service, support, and devotion to the Pico Ski Education Foundation and Pico Ski Racing Program.
Four new members have been appointed to the PSEF Board of Directors.
- Greg Boulbol
- Alex Fox
- Rachel Hummel
- Ami Kantawala
We look forward to working with them and anticipate that their diverse areas of expertise, strengths and backgrounds will be a great asset for our upcoming fundraising efforts.
2024 PSEF SCHOLARSHIPS
This year's annual PSC Race Award Ceremony was held on Sunday, March 24th where we had the privilege of announcing this year’s PSEF scholarship recipients. The PSEF Scholarship Committee issued its Report that over $10,000 in scholarships were awarded to PSC athletes for post season reimbursements and for the upcoming summer as well as next year’s race season.
Congratulations to all of our PSC Athletes for an amazing season. We are so proud of your accomplishments and look forward to seeing you again next winter.
Scholarship descriptions and guidelines can be found here
2024 PSEF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
ANDREA MEAD LAWRENCE SCHOLARSHIP
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
ANDREA MEAD LAWRENCE SCHOLARSHIP
U14 Arshya Worah & U14 Gavin Freund
SARAH WILL SCHOLARSHIP
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
ANDREA MEAD LAWRENCE SCHOLARSHIP
U16 Cayden Brown, U16 Hayden Luck & U18 Lily Vest
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
U14 Sam Loffredo
HARRY "REBEL" RYAN SCHOLARSHIP
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
KRISTEN KENOSH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
U14 Annie Porter
ANNE & JOE JONES SNOWMAKING CAMPAIGN & DEDICATION
We were honored to celebrate the unveiling of the A Slope Snowmaking dedication sign with the Jones family in January 2024. Since completing the project, the improvement of skiable terrain and the increase in space for PSC Race Program training on A-Slope has had such a positive impact. Again, we are incredibly grateful for the support we received to accomplish this considerable and most worthwhile undertaking.
THANK YOU
To all of those that make Pico Mountain such a special place, we THANK YOU.
We look forward to seeing all of the Pico athletes, coaches, volunteers, parents, supporters and mountain personnel next season.
STAY SAFE. BE WELL.