MMSC Board of Directors 2009/2010
Ron Biedermann- President
RB Klinkenberg - Treasurer
RB Klinkenberg began skiing at Smuggler’s Notch at age three, while his father was on the ski patrol. He started ski racing with the Cochran’s program around age 12. He raced both alpine and nordic throughout high school, culminating in winning the Vermont State Skimeister. RB was part of a small group of student who resurrected the Colby Ski Team after a lengthy dormancy and captained the team for 3 years, working with the athletic department, administration, and Board of Directors of the College to bring the program to varsity status. After college RB worked with the Swiss Challenge program in Zermatt for 4 summers, was a J5/J6 weekend coach at Waterville Valley, and participated on the Masters circuit for a couple of seasons. After living in New York City and Boston he returned to Vermont to work for Harrington’s of Vermont, where he is the COO. He currently lives in Burlington, he and his wife have two children in the MMSC programs.
Dave Merriam
Dave Merriam is the Director of Mountain Recreation at the Stowe Mountain Resort. His responsibilities include overseeing the Ski and Snowboard School and he has so since 1995. He moved to Stowe along with his wife Eva (Pfosi) Merriam in 1989 from Sugarloaf/USA in Maine after a stint at Colby College. “I was enrolled in the PreMed program,” recalls Dave, “but the call of the snow was so overpowering that I put those plans on hold, and never looked back. I skied on the US Demo Team from 1984 to1995 and I was the head coach from 1996-2004. Following being named to the Demo Team”, say’s Merriam, “colleagues encouraged me to move west to maximize my opportunities. So in the fall of 1989, Eva and I moved west to Stowe and we have been here ever since.” Merriam appeared in Warren Millers “Learn to Ski Better,” and “Learn to Ski Better II” and in Greg Stump’s first film “The Droids.” He was the instructional editor for Ski Magazine from 1994-97, was on the USSCA Educational Staff from 1988-2002 and coached at the Tecnica Summer ski camps from 1988-92. Dave and Eva (ex US Ski Team and NCAA All-American) live in Elmore and have two daughters, Hannah 13 and Lucy 15. Lucy is currently a first year J2 and skis full time with MMSC.
Don Rendall
Don Rendall and spouse Sandy has lived in Vermont for 25 years. Don is General Counsel of Green Mountain Power. He managed to graduate from Dartmouth and Duke University Law School. Don and Sandy have been enthusiastic ski club members since 1990, when their oldest, Sam, showed up as a rookie J5. All three Rendall kids, Sam, Kiki and Annie are MMSC and MMWA alums. Sam is a 2006 Dartmouth graduate, now living in Jackson, WY, where he works at Spring Creek Ranch. Kiki is a 2008 UVM grad, working at The Merchants Bank in Burlington. Annie is a 1st-year student at Dartmouth, where she will compete on the ski team. Don has served as President of the Vermont Bar Association, Chair of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, and is currently serving a tour as President of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Chittenden County.
David Gorham
David Gorham grew up and attended grade school in Marshfield, MA on the water south of Boston. Spent summers in York, Me. and winter weekends and vacations in Stowe. Attended college in Castleton, VT. Worked for my family’s Company that was started in 1912 in Boston by my grandfather. Eventually left to form my own company, Maxequip in 1994, an Industrial supply and distribution company. My wife Jan and I decided to move our family, Maks, Alex & Cottie to Stowe so that we could participate in a lifestyle we all enjoyed. Our boys are freestyle skiers and sports enthusiasts. As a family we enjoy many outdoor activities
Denise Gutstein
Denise Gutstein moved to Stowe from Rochester, New York ten years ago with her husband, Adam and their two children. Denise is the former president of Froniter Telephone and has a BSEE from Union College and an MBA in finance & marketing from the University of Rochester’s Simon School. Denise has been serving the Stowe community in the roles of Chair of the Stowe Education Fund, as one of the Stowe Electric Commissioners and in the past as President of the Stowe Cooperative Nursery School. Among the reasons we moved to Stowe, was the great sense of community, commitment and appreciation of the outdoors and healthy living. Our family loves snow sports and the MMSC community and program has been a tremendous part of our lives. Grant & Trent started in the program as J6s and are thrilled to be participating in the J4 program this year.
Jill Mullin
Jill Mullin lives here in Stowe for the past 8 years with husband Brian and 4 Ski racers, three of whom are still moving up thru the Junior Program. (Currently J4, J3, J2). Moved to Stowe from the Boston area. Graduated from the University of Maine with a BS in Health Science. Worked in Sales before starting a family. Has been co-chair of the annual Hall of Fame Silent & Live auction. No ski racing experience of my own, just a simple ski enthusiast.
Ashley Davenport Sargent
Ashley Davenport Sargent grew up in Manchester, MA and began skiing at age 3. She attended Shore Country day School in Beverly, MA and ski raced for Attitash Ski Team in Bartlett, NH. At 14, She was the recipient of the Jack Kelly Fair Play Award in 1991 for Bike Racing in the Olympic Festival, St. Paul, MN. As a High Schooler, She attended Stratton Mt. School and Green Mountain Valley School. She ski raced on the U.S. Ski Team for 5 years and specialized in World Cup SG and DH Disciplines. Attended Dartmouth Language School for German Instruction. She attended and ski raced for Middlebury College and went on to earn an International Business degree from University of Denver in 2001. She is Married to Nick Sargent, a Stowe High School Graduate, a MMSC athlete 1980-1988, a MMWA Board member and Burton Snowboards employee. They are raising their three children in Stowe and enjoy skiing and snowboarding with them.
Brian Huber
Bryan Huber grew up in Lancaster PA and attended Bucknell University. In 1988 he moved to Burlington, VT for medical school and completed his orthopaedic training at Fletcher Allen. After a research fellowship at The Hospital for Special surgery and a four year stint in Spain as orthopaedic surgeon with the US Navy, he and his wife Sandy decided to settle in Stowe. Currently, he has appointments at UVM Department of Orthopaedics, Copley Hospital, North Country Hospital and University of New England, Maine. He serves as Medical advisor to Stowe Ski Patrol, Team physician at Johnson State and is a member of the US Snowboard Medical team. Special interests include knee/shoulder reconstruction and customized partial knee replacement. He is an avid snowboarder and his son Hans is looking forward to many years at MMSC.
Phil Schoepke
Phil Schoepke grew up in Bethesda, Maryland as part of a family that religiously traveled to the small ski hills of the Poconos on weekends. Maryland is not a winter sports mecca, so Phil pursued swimming as his competitive passion, where he attained national ranking in high school and college. But Phil was plagued by the skiing bug, and he kept moving north, to Bucknell University to pursue a chemical engineering degree and then to the University of Massachusetts for a masters in engineering and the University of Chicago for an MBA. He was a research engineer with Polaroid Corporation early in his career, then ascended to partner in management consulting firm Pittiglio Rabin Todd and McGrath. Phil now lives in Stowe and consults independently to manufacturing firms wanting to improve their operations. Phil began a short ski racing career after college in adult racing programs in the Boston area, where he met his wife Deb, and on the masters circuit, but now leaves the competitive skiing to his children Sandra (J4), Emmy (J5), and Sam (J6). Phil can often be seen skiing the Front Four on his tele skis and further refining his swimming technique at the Swimming Hole.
Paul Reed
John Giebink
Terry McNabb
Peter Merrill
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