SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE THROUGH OPPORTUNITY
MEET THE BOARD
RMD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2023-24
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT - ROGER PERRICONE
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
Roger Perricone is a lifelong Colorado skier. His passion for the sport is derived from his parents, both skiers, began at an early age with weekend jaunts to the Colorado ski country from his home in the Denver area. Since then, he has been attentive to skiing as both a passion and as a livelihood working for the Steamboat Ski Area in various positions since graduating from Colorado State University. As a ski patroller he provided his safety and medical services at many World Cup events in Colorado and through this experience migrated into the event production aspect of the sport as the event director at Steamboat. Roger has been heavily involved with snow events including Alpine, Freestyle, and Nordic Combined World Cup events, several NCAA Skiing Championships, and as a four-time host of the NASTAR National Championships.
Perricone has served a multitude of organizations affiliated with skiing. He served as the president of the Steamboat Winter Sports Club and remains as a director to this Board of Directors. He has held the chairmanship of the Alpine Competition Committee for the Rocky Mountain Division and has been a member (including the chairmanship) of the Rocky/Central Alpine Competition Committee. Perricone’s involvement in the sport includes serving as a Board member to the Rocky Mountain Ski Race Officials Organization prior to moving onto the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mt. Division and is currently a tenured alpine official for the International Federation of Skiing (FIS). As a FIS official he serves as the Rocky Mt. Division coordinator for both Technical Delegates and Alpine Course Homologations.
After a short run as a Director to the Rocky Mountain Division BOD, following his resignation as the chairperson of the Alpine Committee, Perricone accepted the trust of the Board of Directors to serve as president of the organization in 2002 and has served in this position since. His belief that all the athletes competing in their respective disciplines deserve the best opportunity for success possible. This remains Perricone’s moniker and drives his efforts in directing the Rocky Mountain Division of the US Ski and Snowboarding Association.
VICE PRESIDENT - VACANT
This position is currently open. We are actively seeking an appropriate candidate to fill this position. If you are interested in filling this position or would like to nominate a current US Skiing member in good standing, qualified individual, please send us a message.
TREASURER - JASON NAPOLI
Jason Napoli is President and Chief Investment Officer of High Country Capital Management, a Registered Investment Advisor firm with offices in Vail, Grand Junction and Montrose, CO. Jason and his team work with high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutions designing strategies to help them preserve, grow and transfer their wealth. Jason also held key positions at some of the country’s largest investment firms including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a Fund of Hedge Funds in Chicago, and Wells Fargo Private Bank. In addition, he managed portfolios for high-net-worth clients at TIAA-CREF Trust Company in Denver, CO. Jason has B.A. from Regis University in Denver and an M.B.A, from the University of Colorado.
Jason and his family reside in Eagle Vail, CO and his two sons are U12 and U16 alpine racers for Ski and Snowboard Club Vail. He has had a life-long passion for winter sports having competed as an alpine racer for his three-time championship winning high school ski team in Connecticut. Jason enjoys giving back to the sport that his given him so much joy having volunteered his time as Treasurer and President of the Board for the Crested Butte Snow Sports Foundation among many other non-profit board positions he has held. He feels strongly about the discipline, commitment, character and grit ski racing brings to youth on and off the hill.
AVON, CO
When not on the ski mountain, Jason can be found spending time with his family mountain biking, hiking and traveling.
Jason looks forward to continuing to help strengthen the RMD programs so it remains the strongest region. He’d like to develop plans and strategies to identify young athletes and provide the resources so they can achieve their personal best. This will build the pipeline so RMD athletes can continue to become elite at the international level. In addition, Jason wants to solidify the RMD as the premier region in order to attract and retain the nation’s best athletes so they can pursue their athletic dreams at the highest level.
SECRETARY - TONIA SHAW
FRASER, CO
Tonia Shaw joined the Rocky Mountain Division Board of Director in January of 2021. She felt it a good fit since she had grown up ski racing and her position on the Board of Directors compliments her actual career.
She has been a member of the Rocky Mountain Race Officials for Alpine Competitions since November of 2016. She furthered her RMD Official licensing in 2019 adding both Freestyle and Nordic disciplines to her USSA officiating licensing.
Tonia's primary role is Event Organization within all of the disciplines under the US Ski and Snowboard Association, behind a multitude of events including the FIS level US Ski Team's Freestyle Mogul Selections on a near annual basis to kick off each event season at Winter Park Resort.
Tonia is currently the Competition Director for Winter Park Resort on a year-round basis, organizing events from Mountain Bike races to Snowboard Competitions. As a former Alpine racer herself, her heart lies in Alpine with soft spots for all snow based sports.
She is also the proud mother of an 8 year old daughter who has been a member of the US Ski and Snowboard Association since 2018.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
ESTHER DELLIQUADRI
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
Esther has been a pinnacle member of the RMD Board of Directors since 1983. She has seen a lot of evolution and growth over the years. Her involvement and achievements include the following:
2004-PRESENT RMD BOARD OF DIRECTORS (on the BOD since 1983)
2004-2015 RMD - ACC
2001-2017 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SKI RACE OFFICIALS – PRESIDENT
2000 RECEIVED HALSTEAD MEMORIAL AWARD – RMD’S HIGHEST AWARD
1997-PRESENT FIS TD
1996-PRESENT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SKI RACE OFFICIALS - BOARD MEMBER
1991-PRESENT INSTRUCTOR - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SKI RACE OFFICIALS
1990-2004 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF RMD & MEMBER FINANCE COMMITTEE
1986-1990 PRESIDENT RMD
1988-1996 CHAIRMAN USSA JUNIOR ISSUES COMMITTEE
1985-1997 MEMBER USSA ALPINE COMPETITION COMMITTEE
1983-1986 RMDVICE PRESIDENT OF COMPETITION
1982 RMD NATIONAL POINTS CHAIRMAN
1979-1983 RMD MEMBER AGE CLASS SUBCOMMITTEE ACC
AWARDS
USSA - 2017 - THE TRUE NORTH AWARD
2013 - WEST FAMILY AWARD
1992 - RUSSEL WILDER AWARD
RMD - 2000 - HALSTEAD AWARD
CB BECHTEL
MEMBER AT LARGE
FRISCO, CO
Formerly - Alpine Representative, Ability Sub Committee
Age Class Sub Committee.
US Ski & Snowboard – Certified level 300 Alpine Coach
RMSRO - Certified Alpine official
USASA – Certified level 300 Freeski Coach
CB has been a coach, head coach and program director for 37 years. He is currently the Executive Director of Team Summit Colorado. During his career he has been on the organizing committee for 7 Alpine World Cups and the 2015 Alpine World Championships.
Brian Krill has three daughters, two grandchildren, and his wife is a professor with a Ph.D. in Theatre. He has been a professional educator and nonprofit professional for almost thirty years working in competitive mountain athletics and the nonprofit sector since he graduated from The Colorado College in 1994. He has a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University, where he was recognized with the “Karen A. Patterson Award for Community and Organizational Change,” and was owner and lead consultant of Peak Nonprofit Consulting, LLC. Mr. Krill was an administrator, teacher, and coach in independent schools and ski clubs for a decade and has extensive sales experience serving as a sales manager in western CO for seven years. Mr. Krill was also a professor at Western State Colorado University from 2010-2013, where he taught advocacy, academic writing, public speaking, and philosophy courses. Mr. Krill acted as the Interim Director of the Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation in 2012 and 2013.
In 2013, he brought this broad background and resources related to education, competitive snow sports, business, nonprofit leadership and management, and fundraising to U.S. Ski and Snowboard as the Club Development Manager and to further launch the new Club Development Program. In 2015, he was promoted to Director of Sport Education, tasked with providing education, certification, and recognition to all U.S. ski and snowboard clubs and coaches nationwide. In August 2016, Brian transitioned to Jackson, WY to assume the role of Executive Director for the Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club. Beginning in July 2020, Mr. Krill took the position of Executive Director & Head of School at Sugar Bowl Ski Team and Academy. In his tenure there, he successfully led the organization, an accredited boarding and day high school, and a full-scale ski team through the many challenges of COVID, as well as managing a successful re-accreditation process for the school.
BRIAN KRILL
MEMBER AT LARGE
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
DISCIPLINE REPRESENTATIVES
DIRECTOR - STEFAN HUGHES
ALPINE RACING
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO
BIO COMING SOON
DIRECTOR - CHELSEA LYNCH
ALPINE RACING
BRECKENRIDGE, CO
BIO COMING SOON
REPRESENTATIVE - KELIA ZIGICH
ALPINE RACING
GEORGETOWN, CO
Kelia is a trained Level 300 US Ski & Snowboard Alpine Coach with 10 years of experience coaching a wide variety of ages and abilities from Age Class athletes to College USCSA. While living in Boulder, she worked at Spyder Active Sports as well as part-time coached youth U10-U14s skiing and biking at Eldora (EMSC/SMBA). From 2016 to 2022, Kelia coached at Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) in the U14/U16 & Women’s FIS Programs, where she gained valuable experience coaching and training athletes at the highest level of competition. In 2022, Kelia made the move to Loveland Ski Club and took on the positions of Head Alpine U16 Coach and Director of U16 & FIS Programs.
DIRECTOR - AARON WALTERS
FREESTYLE / MOGULS
BIO COMING SOON
DIRECTOR - CHAD BOWDRE
JUMPING /NORDIC COMBINED
BIO COMING SOON
PRESIDENT - KEN GAY
RMSRO
ROCKY MTN SKI RACING OFFICIALS
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
Born in Denver, Ken grew up skiing in Winter Park before moving to Steamboat, where he currently lives. He accidentally started his kids racing when he put them in the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club to teach them to ski, and he began officiating when he realized they loved racing and the whole family was going to spend a lot of time on the hill. He has been volunteering with Rocky Mountain Ski Racing Officials (RMSRO) for twenty-one years and has taught clinics for over a decade. He became a member of the RMSRO board in 2010 and has been the president of the organization since 2017. As a RMSRO board member, Ken started a volunteer recognition program to thank and recognize volunteers and to help experienced officials be easily visible on the hill with orange vests. He has also recently started monthly TD update calls, in which he leads Rocky TDs through debriefs of their recent TD assignments to help everyone learn from their experiences. Ken also currently serves as the TD coordinator for the Rocky region and is a member of the USSA Alpine Competition Committee.
Beyond the discipline of alpine, Ken has devoted significant time to telemark ski racing. He served as the president of the United States Telemark Ski Association (USTSA). He is a FIS telemark TD and chairs the FIS TD working group, along with serving as the FIS representative for USTSA. Ken was the chairman of the Race Organizing Committee and Chief of Race for the 2015 FIS Telemark World Championships, hosted at his home hill in Steamboat Springs.
Ken continues his day job as a technology executive in the hospitality industry.
RMD ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES
M.R. HOSTETTER
ALPINE
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
BIO COMING SOON
JACKSON TRUE
FREESTYLE
FRISCO, CO
BIO COMING SOON
ERIK LYNCH
JUMPING/NORDIC COMBINED
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
