ALUMNI MAGAZINE/SprING 2013 - Green Mountain Valley School

SPRING 2013
ALUMNI MAGAZINE/Spring 2013
GREEN
GREEN MOUNTAIN
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Sebastien Chaplais
VALLEY
VALLEY SCHOOL
SCHOOL 1973
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working in public service
Carlisle TuggEy McLean ’96
Clark stevens ’99
Brett Heyl ’00
IN THIS ISSUE
GREETINGS FROM ALICE
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FACULTY NEWS 2-3
NORDIC & Alpine Updates ALUMNI PROFILES 4-5
6-11
GMVS Turns 40 12
alumni on and off snow 13
CLASS NOTES
14-17
ALUMNI FACES
18-19
supporting GMVS
20-21
campus NEWS
22-23
GMVS Sponsors
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Class of 2012
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EDITOR
Martha Kikut
ALUMNI PROFILES
Kim Reynolds
Ava Kikut
Contributors
Justin Beckwith
Martin Guyer
Kerry Jackson
Photographers
Cindy Mumford
Gioa Kuss
Sebastien Chaplais (Brett Heyl profile)
Graphic Designer
Mike Olson
Special thanks to Louisa Moore and
Jeanne Hullett
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GREETINGS FROM ALICE
Dear GMVS Alumni,
This is my favorite time of year. The blush of lime green on the trees is poised to burst
into the leafy green canopy that so aptly gives Vermont its well deserved nickname, the
Green Mountain state. Frisbees spin high over the soccer field held aloft on the warming
air reminding us that spring has the power of renewal and the potential for fresh
beginnings. This is especially true for seniors who are counting down the days to
graduation. They excitedly gather to secretly plot their unique graduation entry wondering
how to ever top the “helicopter drop”? And of course, there are the speeches! Those
wonderful heartfelt speeches that so beautifully crystallize the GMVS experience – an
experience that resonates - it is a gift that keeps on giving.
What is it about the GMVS journey that has instilled in so many graduates a desire to give
back and enter careers in public service? Ski racing is, after all, an intensely individual
sport! Whether it is in the classroom or on the hill, GMVS students have always lived by
the mantra: aim high, work hard, persevere, and your dreams can become reality! On its
face, the mantra seems simple to execute. But this belies the challenges and demands
inherent in the sport of ski racing. Success and failure, hope and disappointment, energy
and exhaustion are the warp and woof of life at GMVS. I am reminded of Randy Pausch’s
observation in his book, The Last Lecture: “the brick walls are there for a reason. The
brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to
show how badly we want something.” Whether it is standing at the top of a downhill,
completing a 50k Nordic race in sub-zero weather, running the “puke” during Reach
the Peak, spelunking a dark, narrow cave, or facing the crush of final exams, resolve is
tested and character is formed. Each ascent strengthens the determination and fortitude
necessary to meet challenges and reach goals. Awareness of these innermost strengths
empowers GMVS graduates to go forth into the world confident in their ability to effect great
change. The GMVS experience is transformative and students who stand at the podium
on graduation day recognize that something special has transpired. Although they may be
uncertain where their journey will ultimately lead, they know that they will never be content
to spend their lives in idleness. They will always seek new brick walls to scale. Fueled by
the power of their convictions and confident that all ends are achievable, it is little wonder
that so many of our graduates have chosen public service and have been responsible for
initiating and stewarding positive change in their communities and beyond.
The 40th Reunion is time to celebrate the shared experience of the GMVS journey that has
so indelibly marked your lives. Undoubtedly, each of you has a clear recollection of standing
at the base of a brick wall that seemed to be erected especially for you. When you return
to GMVS for the 40th, take note and appreciate our tree lined campus and remember
“a civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit.”
(Greek proverb).
I look forward to seeing you June 14th!
Alice Rodgers
Head of Academics
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Faculty News
celebrating milestones
luc robilard
After a long career coaching, GMVS legend Luc Robillard will be retiring this
June. Luc, who is married to fellow faculty member, Jennifer Robillard, has
no plans to slow down. He will be busy preparing for a Cross-Continental
trip from Vermont to Ushuaia, Argentinia, no doubt running into the hoards
of people who seem to know him wherever he goes. Luc will be missed on
campus on a regular basis, but we are fairly certain we will still see him around.
Celbrating 25 years
Celebrating 25 years of service this year, Randy Graves has worn many hats at
GMVS. He has taught a diverse range of classes in math, history and science.
Bringing his expertise as a World Cup technician with Rossignol skis, he
founded the ski room and was the ski tech for many years. Randy has been a
dorm parent, ski coach and helped build the GMVS gym. Judging by the vast
number of alumni Randy stays in touch with, his most endearing quality is
surely the close connection he makes with students. Thank you Randy!
Jere Brophy has also been with GMVS for 25 years. To the outside world,
Jere might be best known for his commentary in Notes from Campus, but
on campus he is the Dean of Faculty, College Counselor, Athletic Director,
Alpine Race Director and German teacher. Jere’s contributions to the school
over the years have been innumerable. He is an extremely versatile teacher
and, in addition to German, has taught American Literature, Pre-Calculus and
Physics. Most notable is the tireless work he does helping our seniors during
their college application process. Thank you Jere!
Coach Charlie Powel ’05 Moving Fast!
Charlie Powell ’05 to compete in
Formula car race series
In his rookie season, set to begin this summer, Charlie will enter into the Skip Barber Formula Race Series.
Sixteen races from April to October will be hosted on some of the nation’s most famous road courses.
This series has produced some of the best drivers in the world, competing in Indy Car and Formula 1.
Charlie began early in 2012 with the Skip Barber program learning basic skills and race tactics. He already
has competed against other top rookies in the nation with the Indy Car Academy and is confident for the
upcoming 2013 season!
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faculty additions
mike day
Mike Day, until recently the USST Head Men’s World Cup Technical Coach, has signed on to
be Head Men’s Coach at GMVS. Mike spent the past three seasons working primarily with
Ted Ligety, who under Mike’s tutelage is a four-time World Championship winner and two-time
Overall World Cup GS winner.
Day, who will assume his Head Coaching position officially on April 15, has already started
working with GMVS in setting up programs, learning about athletes and planning for conditioning
and summer skiing.
Ben Sinclair, a fifteen year member of the Park City Ski Team alpine coaching staff, has accepted
a position as a FIS Men’s Coach at GMVS. Sinclair will be reuniting with GMVS’ new Men’s
Coach, Mike Day. The two worked together at PCST for many seasons.
Sinclair will start his new job officially on June 1, in time to join GMVS for summer on-snow
projects. He has already begun to familiarize himself with GMVS methodology and systems.
A Level 300 Certified USSA Coach, Sinclair has been on USST’s staff for multiple international
children’s competitions in Topolino and Whistler. In his role as Head U16 Coach with PCST,
Sinclair managed all aspects of programming for that group of athletes, from long-term planning
to day-to-day on snow and conditioning training.
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Ben Sinclair
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Day’s extensive coaching resume includes stints as Head J1/2 Coach with the Park City
Ski Team and Head Men’s FIS coach at Carrabassett Valley Academy. Day gained great
understanding of the material side of alpine skiing in his six years as National Alpine Race
Director at Fischer Sports USA.
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SPRING 2013
Nordic Program Excels in Many Ways
by Head Coach Justin Beckwith
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The nordic team enjoyed success on many levels this season. For the second year in
a row, all of the eligible members of the team qualified for Junior Nationals, held this
year in Fairbanks, Alaska. Three of our skiers earned All-American status by placing in
the top-ten during the Championship. PG athlete, Maddy Pfeifer, was nominated by the
New England coaching staff for the Dave Quinn Award, honoring the athlete who best
exemplifies the ideals of the cross country ski sport, including special attributes such
as love for the sport, leadership, overcoming hardship and work ethic.
Heidi Halvorsen represented the US Ski Team for the second year in a row at
Scandinavian U18 Championships, where she had breakthrough international results,
including a fifth place finish in the individual sprint and skied the anchor leg of a best
ever second place finish by the US girls.
The Gumby women flexed their muscle throughout the year at Eastern Cups, winning
three of eight races, with Halvorsen and Pfeifer each taking a victory in sprint races and
Halvorsen winning a distance race to boot. The men had solid results too, with senior,
Devlin Shea, posting the fastest qualification at the Mountain Top Eastern Cup, where
he went on to place sixth. Junior, Ian Moore, ended his regular season with a splendid
fourth place result at the Bond Brook 10 kilometer skate race.
The program continues to support local junior skiing development. Elliot Ketchel
finished his first season at GMVS after making the transition from the Mad River Bill
Koch League. Our athletes participated in regional junior races, trained with local skiers
and GMVS hosted camps and racing opportunities for local and regional youth skiers.
We head into the summer looking forward to hosting NENSA affiliated training camps
and hosting visitors from throughout the country.
ALPINE
The Women’s Side- by Kerry Jackson
the Men’s Side- by Marty Guyer
As the winter comes to a close, the Women’s Alpine
Program looks back on another successful season.
Last season’s report on the Men’s FIS program spoke
of great momentum and awesome energy! Let’s review
some of the season highlights of 2012-2013 and see
just how successful the boy’s program has been.
Head Coach, Dani Koch, feels especially grateful
for all of the improvements to the infrastructure on
Inverness, saying “They really paid off for us. With the
snow-making and t-bar, we were able to start training
right after Thanksgiving.” In fact, the girls enjoyed
fantastic training right through the holidays, and were
even able to run some successful GS training--an
accomplishment so early in the winter.
In the month of January, the main focus was on
training, as opposed to constant racing and they
opted to train at home quite a bit.
Another important programmatic decision was to put
a greater emphasis on speed events at the September
Valle Nevado camp. Dani believes that decision
paid off, as he was able to send Mika Smith and
Lexi Skovran to the first speed NorAms at Copper.
“It was great to see their overall improvement in the
speed events. Both girls are now ranked in the top
5 nationally in their age group, in both Downhill and
Super-G.”
Also noteworthy is that Sammi Stolar and Lexi
Skovran both qualified for U18 Nationals at Mammoth
Mountain this year. Sammi was ranked in the top 5
nationally going into the event and she has maintained
her ranking right through the end of the season. Lexi
showed a good overall performance at Mammoth and
ended up sixth overall in the event.
A number of girls were able to improve their point
profiles over the course of the season, and Dani is
proud of their efforts. With the great spring snow
conditions, the girls kept racing and training right up
and into Spring Break.
U18 Vermont state titles for SL, GS and SG all hang
around the necks of GMVS boys (Geoff Pyke SL,
Gabe Rosen GS and Alva Swing SG). We have a
group of top ranked juniors regularly competing at the
Nor Am level and going head to head with some of
best ski racers in North America (Sandy Vietze, Brian
McLaughlin, Danny Duffy, Drew Duffy, Ryan Mooney,
Max Stamler).
We have had athletes on top of the podium at every
level of Eastern racing. Numerous boys were invited
to U18 and tri-regional US Ski Team camps and early
season time trial races. Four athletes qualifyed for U18
Nationals at Mammoth Mountain (Jack Schibli, Drew
Duffy, Ryan Mooney and Max Stamler).
Our FIS program is still all about awesome energy
and has continued to build great momentum. The ski
racing results speak for themselves. Being ranked
best in your age group in the U.S., climbing to the
top of the podium or becoming a coach’s pick for
a college ski team are all amazing achievements.
These successes validate our training model and
our coaching methods, but I want to define our FIS
program’s success in a different way.
Our real success is in all of our boys feeling they have
worked hard and with purpose this season. They
learned to be part of a strong team. And, yes results
matter, they matter a lot. But what matters even more
is developing a winner’s attitude. I would say that if
we measure the success on attitude, our boys’ FIS
program is on the top step of the podium.
Ski to win!
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Clark Stevens
FROM CLARK HOUSE TO WHITE HOUSE
GMVS Class of 1999
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By Ava Kikut, Class of 2013
It is forty degrees and sunny, weather that would
call for t-shirts this time of year in Vermont,
yet it still feels too chilly for sitting comfortably
outdoors on 18th Street in Washington D.C.’s
Adams Morgan District. Nevertheless, we are
both willing to sacrifice some comfort for a quiet
seat outside Starbucks, since all the nearby
coffee shops and restaurants are packed. GMVS
alumnus Clark Stevens has a youthful look not
usually associated with the job of Assistant
Press Secretary to the President of the United
States, yet somehow it works. He looks right at
home in jeans, beat up brown leather shoes and
black Northface jacket.
Although Stevens’ attire indicates today is a
day off, he has spent the weekend responding
to reporters’ questions about the President’s
immigration plan, reiterating that the White
House supports the bipartisan effort in
Congress. Apparently, the broadcast I had heard
in the taxi a few minutes ago had been wrong.
After Stevens sets the record straight, he begins
filling me in on the series of events that led him
to his current position.
Stevens graduated from Colby College in 2003
with a BA in Government. The same year,
he began his career in politics working as an
intern for Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential
campaign. According to close friend Jen Santini
’99, Stevens’ father, a Republican political and
media strategist, was someone who had “very
much influenced him,” and politics had always
been a part of his life. Stevens’ GMVS Clark
House dormitory roommate, Andy Peters ’99,
remembers Stevens as a news junkie. “Before I
could rise from bed,” Peters said, “Clark would
be on the computer reading The Washington
Post...and informing himself of the daily news
and Washington politics.”
Stevens made good use of his research and
knowledge by engaging in political debates,
sometimes with headmaster Dave Gavett, who
still remembers sitting in his office “arguing
politics with Clark.” Although Gavett refers
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to this time as, “back when [Stevens] was a
Republican,” Stevens does not consider his
early political views as anything more than
“underdeveloped.” He clarifies that his father’s
politics were often associated with him when
he was in high school but “as I got older and
developed my own opinions, it wasn’t really
where I came down on things.” At Colby,
Stevens’ personal views became more
defined and his passion for politics continued
to blossom.
A ski academy might seem an unlikely place
for educating the now Assistant White House
Press Secretary. Stevens grew up racing in
a small ski club in Virginia where he watched
older racers head off for ski academies. Stevens
wanted to ski in high school and he knew that
his parents could only be persuaded to send
him to a school that would provide an excellent
education. Stevens found an ideal combination
of academics and ski racing at GMVS and, with
a little help from Alice Rodgers, convinced his
parents. In the fall of 1996, a fifteen-year-old
Stevens pulled onto the GMVS campus in a
turquoise Volvo Sedan for his sophomore year of
high school.
The Volvo, said Peters, was “loaded with CD’s of
the widest range of music you have ever seen!”
Perhaps this collection was so vast because
Stevens could not listen to a whole song without
getting excited for the next one. “Halfway
through he would be like ‘Oh I want to listen
to this now,’” Santini recalls. “He became very
passionate about anything that was of interest
to him.”
Stevens’ affinity for music was evident
throughout his GMVS theater career, concluding
his senior year with a lead role as Seymour, a
nerdy shop employee, in Little Shop of Horrors.
Gavett gave Stevens the role because, “aside
from being a talented actor and singer, he was
little.” Snatching an opportunity to do one of
his dork impressions, Gavett puckers his lips,
slouches his shoulders, and continues with a
After the primaries, Stevens helped with the general
election in Virginia. On November 4, 2008, President
Obama won his first election and Virginia elected its
first Democratic presidential nominee since 1964,
another “great day” for Stevens.
In the year after the campaign, Stevens continued
moving up from press secretary at the Federal
Emergency Management Agency to press secretary
at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A
few months into his new position, the BP oil spill
crisis started. Since DHS was the lead organization
in managing the response, Stevens found his time
entirely consumed by work.
His description of that time bears a striking
resemblance to the intensity of ski racing.
Stevens glances at his business Blackberry. This is the
third time he has checked it in the past few minutes,
but his skill of responding to reporters’ emails while
also holding a conversation is evident; his answers
to me have all remained equally thoughtful until now.
Stevens makes an abrupt movement and then relaxes
again. “Do you need to go?” I ask him. “No. I just have
to take this call in ten minutes.”
I remember the pictures I brought of Stevens in high
school with Peters, Santini, and other GMVS students
from their generation. I am not sure how he will react
but when I pull the stack out of my purse and place it
on the table, his face lights up. Stevens pauses and
chuckles at each picture. “These are great.”
As the White House Spokesman flips through some
of his high school memories, I catch a glimpse of the
boy who once bounced through campus, singing
and giving hugs to his peers. I ask him to sum up his
GMVS experience. It is the sense of community that he
remembers most fondly. “I really enjoyed the people I
went to school with. I enjoyed the faculty and staff. It
was a unique collection of people…where everyone is
driven and trying to succeed in something they care
about, which I think is unique.”
Hundreds of miles from Waitsfield, Vermont, outside
the Starbucks on 18th Street in Adams Morgan, the
Assistant Press Secretary stands up to throw away his
coffee cup and prepares to take a call.
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In October 2007, Stevens headed for New Hampshire
to become a member of a new team: the Barack
Obama presidential primary campaign. “I thought
the message of trying to bring folks together to work
towards a common goal and the common good
was really important and I wanted to work for him,”
says Stevens, his brown eyes shining with sincerity
tempered by the trace of prudence in his voice. For
most Americans, speaking about the President,
whether with praise or criticism, is casual. But Stevens’
job is to represent his boss, and to no reporter—GMVS
student or otherwise—will he do so lightly. “He’s
obviously someone I am very proud to work for.”
Now the same student who would pop out of bed
early to read the news spends most mornings working
with Press Secretary Jay Carney preparing the daily
briefing. Stevens briefs reporters on the President’s
agenda on energy and immigration issues. He also
works closely with the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the Departments of Energy, Interior, and
Homeland Security.
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The physical resemblance hardly exists between the
skinny teenager Gavett cast as Seymour ten years ago
and the Assistant Press Secretary before me now. Yet
memories of the show remain fresh in Stevens’ mind.
“That was a great day.” He grins as he describes the
final night performing in the show, after the GMVS
boys had won the state soccer championships. “I
actually remember, very vividly, coming out with the
trophy.” Peters attributes a portion of the soccer
team’s success to Stevens’ contagious playful energy,
“which made him such an important leader and
component of the team. I would imagine every group
or team he engages with feels the same way.”
“For about six months that was all I did. Every day,
every weekend, working on that all the time.” The
work paid off in November 2010, when Stevens found
himself
once again surrounded by people working around
the clock on a common purpose, this time in the
White House.
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nasal voice, “with his pants pulled up and big glasses,
we turned him into a nerd pretty fast.”
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Brett Heyl
Sebastien Chaplais
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The Contender
GMVS Class of 2000
~ By Kim Reynolds
Although a chance encounter at the J3 Junior
Olympics in 1995 led Brett Heyl ’00 to GMVS,
little else has been left to chance in Heyl’s
impressive athletic career. After falling in the
final JO event, Heyl stood up and found himself
next to Adam Julius. “We talked for a while,
mostly about how I was leaving the next week
to go kayak in North Carolina,” Heyl said. “We
really hit it off, and I knew that I wanted to go
to GMVS.”
Heyl was just fourteen when he arrived at
GMVS that fall. He had just competed at his
first kayaking Junior World Championships
in the Czech Republic (Heyl paddles K-1
whitewater kayak slalom) a few weeks before
starting classes. He managed to train for
and compete in both ski racing and kayaking
through his junior year when he decided to
compete exclusively in kayaking.
“There is something irreplaceable about the
experience of sitting in a start gate, hearing the
countdown ’3, 2, 1 Go!’” Heyl said. “There are
many technical examples of how skiing helped
my kayaking, but even combined they do not
match the importance of those hundreds of
skiing starts. By the time I was eighteen, ’3, 2,
1’ had become my mental trigger to focus,”
he said.
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“Brett worked super hard,” said Julius, Head
U16 Coach at GMVS. “He was a great kid,
intense, and he rose above the pressure he
was under.”
After GMVS, Heyl made the US National
Canoe/Kayak Team and moved to Washington,
DC to train with the team coach and attend
George Washington University. He trained for
four years, working with his coach two to three
times per day. He admits it was hard to strike
a balance between training and school, but he
was training with a purpose; the goal was the
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Four Americans made it to the final qualifying
round, which was a World Cup on the Athens
Olympic course. To stay in contention, Heyl
needed to be in the top ten. After his first
run, he didn’t think he would make it, but as
he watched the remaining racers, he stared in
disbelief. The moment came when there were
not enough people left to knock him out of
the top ten. “I was going to the Olympics!” he
said. “Calling my parents to tell them was one
of the sweetest moments of my life. They had
sacrificed so much for my athletic success;
it was wonderful to be able to give them that
moment,” he said.
Heyl remembers the opening ceremonies of
the Olympics as “unimaginable.” Although the
competition did not go as well as he wanted
(he placed 15th), he said he made good friends
from other sports, and it was the experience of
a lifetime.
2008—London or Bust
In 2008, Heyl was one of the best paddlers in
the world. “I had succeeded in my goal of the
past four years of being brutally honest about
the areas in which I was lacking, and forcing
myself to get better and train harder,” he said.
Sebastien Chaplais
“I was going to the Olympics! Calling
my parents to tell them was one of
the sweetest moments of my life.”
Brett Heyl, Class of 2000
After the convention, Heyl began doing
advance work for President Obama, First Lady
Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and
former President Bill Clinton. “Advance is an
interesting world in which a small group of us
would go ahead of a principal and plan, create,
and execute the event,” he said. He credits his
training as an athlete to his success in advance
work. “You have to be able to self-motivate and
work hard. Also, when we are creating venues,
the visualization skills learned by being an
athlete were indispensable.”
Kim Reynolds is a writer and editor who
lives in Warren, Vermont. Two of her
children are currently students at GMVS.
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After returning from England and taking a
brief break, Heyl received an offer to work
for the Democratic National Convention in
Charlotte, NC. He began assisting the team
that was running the stadium event of the
Convention (due to severe weather this event
was cancelled). “It was an amazing team, and
we worked very well together,” Heyl said. “My
boss had been the First Lady’s trip director
before being asked to run the stadium event for
the President’s campaign,” he said.
Although his work on the advance team has
come to a close, and Heyl will move on to
other pursuits, he feels that GMVS solidified
the tenacity he has to stick to his goals and to
weather the storms on his route to success.
“GMVS is an interesting dynamic in which
students are both friends and competitors,”
he said. “It is a conflict that doesn’t get the
attention that I feel it deserves. However, it
prepared me for the exact same dynamic I
encountered in my ten years on the US National
Team,” he said.
His advice to current students is to, “Become
best friends with your dream. It is what will
carry you over the long journey.” He admits
that dreams are worthless without goals you
can control and attain. “If you can map your
way from where you are now to your dream
with goals, then there is nothing standing in
your way,” he said. “But goals are often hard to
achieve, and not always fun. It is your dream
that will push you though the hard times, and
allow you to keep moving forward.”
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A public service path
Heyl was honored to work on the most recent
inauguration for President Obama. He was part
of a small team working for the Swearing-in
Ceremony. “It was a wonderful experience, and
one that put me between the President’s wishes
and those of Congress (who constitutionally run
the inauguration). It was eye-opening to say
the least!”
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But one bad run in the qualifying competition,
and Heyl’s dream of London was shattered. “I
had one bad run at the worst possible time, and
in a blink it was over.”
That defeat nearly broke his spirit. “It was
crushing,” he said. “But over the past four
years, I have learned that if I can bounce
back from that place, then I can handle any
disappointment. Overcoming that fear of failure
has been great for me as a person,”
To Heyl’s credit, in addition to being an
Olympian, is also a four time US National
Champion, three time Pan-Am Champion, and
placed second in the 2008 World Cup Overall.
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Carlisle Tuggey McLean
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moving forward giving back
GMVS Class of 1996
~ By Kim Reynolds
Carlisle Tuggey McLean ’96 dares anyone
to provide her with a more challenging job
than the one she currently holds. As General
Counsel to Maine’s Governor Paul LePage, she
advises the Governor in legal matters and acts
as liaison between the Governor, twelve state
agencies, and the State Attorney General’s
Office on dozens of ongoing administrative
and legal cases. She also serves as the
Governor’s Senior Natural Resource Policy
Advisor, guiding the Governor on policy
positions involving Maine’s natural resources.
Of the job she says, “It’s an opportunity to help
improve the state of Maine and to also test my
own skills and boundaries. I attribute (or blame
– whichever is more fitting) my perpetual
push to be challenged in large part to the
experiences I had as a teenager at GMVS,”
she said.
In her day-to-day capacity, Tuggey McLean
operates much like an in-house counsel at
a company (the state employs about 10,000
people), advising the Executive branch on
pending lawsuits and proactively pursuing
litigation to enforce state laws. As Senior
Natural Resource Policy Advisor, she works
on policy matters involving marine resources,
agriculture, forestry, state parks, state public
lands, conservation, inland fish and wildlife,
and on legislation.
Tuggey McLean has an impressive resume
leading up to her current role in state politics.
After leaving GMVS, she attended Bates
College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science
degree in 2000. She then went on to pursue
a Juris Doctor/Master of Environmental
Management from Pace University School of
Law dovetailing her studies with a Master’s
degree from the Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, graduating from both
in 2005.
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During graduate school, she targeted places
and opportunities during the summer months
that would later enhance her career, something
she encourages all graduate students to do.
“It provides perspective beyond academia and
gives you a glimpse into what you’re working
toward,” she said. During those summer
months, she worked in the Freehills Law Firm,
Australia’s largest law firm, in Sydney, assisting
on major infrastructure projects, public private
partnerships, and the purchase and sale of
large corporations. At the New York State
Attorney General’s office in New York City, she
worked on litigation in both state and federal
court; at the Trustees for Alaska, a non-profit
environmental law firm in Anchorage, Alaska,
she assisted staff attorneys in advocacy on
behalf of the environment.
“I have pulled on all three of those experiences
as I have transitioned in my professional life,”
she said.
After graduate school, she went on to work
at one of Maine’s four largest law firms,
Preti Flaherty, where she specialized in land
use, permitting, and compliance matters for
both large and small clients prior to taking
on her present role as General Counsel to
Governor LePage.
GETTING OUTSIDE AND
GIVING BACK
Along the route to her impressive career,
Tuggey McLean has found time to ski, sail,
and pursue the outdoors. She married a
third generation Mainer who had never skied.
She had never sailed; but they each taught
the other their sport. Now Tuggey McLean
sails in the Gulf of Maine Racing Association
(GMORA); she is also a member of a J24 crew
in Casco Bay, Maine. “We have been sailing
together for five years. We are the only allfemale crew in the fleet, and we won second
place for the fleet last season.”
“Being part of such a special and
unique place endowed me with an
understanding that the world has a
tremendous amount to offer and you
just have to think big and dive into
opportunities as they arise.”
Carlisle Tuggey McLean
Class of 1996
Tuggey McLean has also run a marathon
and two half marathons with her husband,
something she finds particularly ironic. “I
was never a fast runner,” while at GMVS.
The two-mile (a physical test requisite that
is no longer required) proved to be a real
challenge, and took her several attempts
to pass.
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“As difficult and challenging as it was at the
time, I believe those challenges contributed
to my interest in staying fit and healthy as
an adult, and I now very much enjoy running
– something I could not have imagined from
the hills of the Mad River Valley Circa 1994.”
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She volunteers with SailMaine, a nonprofit community based sailing program
in Portland that aims to connect people
of all ages, abilities, and income levels to
sailing in Maine. In addition, a large part
of her volunteer work has centered on the
Maine Cancer Foundation, contributing
to organizing the Annual Breast Cancer
Awareness lunch as well as involvement
with the Pink Tulip Project, which directly
funds breast cancer research while
connecting participants with gardening.
Her community involvement goes back
to her days at Bates when she worked on
the weekends at the Gould—Sunday River
weekend program. Then, post graduate
school she coached ski racing at a small
local mountain in Maine working with young
athletes (U14s) on the weekends. “I decided
to coach kids in an effort to give back to
the sport some of what I had learned, and
particularly to encourage children of all
abilities to push themselves to excel and do
their very best.” she said.
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GMVS/40TH
June 14 -16, 2013
WE INVITE YOU TO A WEEKEND OF STORIES, LAUGHTER, FUN &
a little fitness! Reconnect with Classmates and Staff
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Meet Alums from all 40 years & share old Photos/Video
Hear from the Founders: Al, Ashley, Bill and John
Go on a GMVS Morning Run
Alumni Soccer Game
Hike up Inverness
Dinner at Flatbread, Lunch at the Den
Dancing to The Who, Pink Floyd, and Madonna, and more
Sleep in your old dorm – Pound Cake, Clarke or Witch’s Hat
Official Invite and more info to come via YouTube, Facebook, email and snail mail.
Make sure we have your contact info by emailing us at alumni@gmvs.org.
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alumni on and off snow
NCAA championships middlebury ski bowl
Sara Kikut (’11), Doug Lewis, (’82)
Devin Delaney (’09)
Christina Gush ’98, Doug Lewis ’82,
Scott Kennison ’97, Andrew Brodie ’93
CONGRATULATIONS TO GMVS ALUMNI 2013 ALL AMERICANS
Kane Boynton ’12, University of Michigan
Simona Croccolo ’12, Castelton State College
Devin Delaney ’09, Denver University
Sara Kikut ’11, Dartmouth College
Emma LeBlanc ’10, Brown University (Number 1 in McConnell Division)
Graham Quisenberry ’12, Babson College
Ali Spencer ’10, Castelton State College
PARK CITY IMPROMPTU GET TOGETHER
Chuck List ’88 hosted a Ski Academy Get Together in March and reports that 19 ski
academy alumni and their families attended and had a great time.
Jamie Preston ’81, Sean Railton ’79, Adam Comey ’88, Mark Cosslett ’80,
Bjorn Danielson ’86, Sue Larson ’92, Seth Lehner ’87, Kristina Nicholas ’89,
Chuck List ’88, Jason Webster’88
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CLASS NOTES
It is with great sadness that we
announce that our friend
and GMVS alum, Thomas Tafuto ’83
passed away on February 26, 2013.
Alumni Photos are numbered after
names and are in collages following
Class Notes.
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No Notes submitted- we would love to hear
from you!
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Jamie Preston ’80 (4) (13) (21)
We still live in Park City, with summer sojurns
to Lake Champlain. When working, my primary
focus is legal counsel to Backcountry.com.
But, ideally we are out skiing, biking, golfing,
windsurfing, or trying to learn kitesurfing. Best
of all is time with my daughter Sonja, now 5,
whose favorite sport, thankfully, is skiing!
I continue to serve on the GMVS board, and
am happy to have pulled Jamie Armstrong into
service. The direction of the school is exciting
and I hope the 40th spurs even more alumni
involvement. I see a lot of Alums in Park City,
and recently had a great day with Tom Charland
’83 and Eric Jordan ’82 at Snowbird. We run
into Sean Railton ’79, the Lathrop twins ’02 and
Chuck List ’88 on a regular basis. See you in
June!
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Doug Lewis ’82 (15) (21)
Kelley and I spent another winter season out in
Park City skiing as much as possible. While I
was busy calling the World Cups for Universal,
Kelley was busy organizing ELITEAM. At the
Town League race we ran into the Lathrop twins
’02 who dominated. Spent many a day with
Sean Railton ’79 and also caught a glimpse of
Jamie Preston ’82. So psyched for GMVS’ 40th
in June. Hope to see everyone there!
Jeff Olson ’84 (11)
Jeff submitted a picture: “Redeploying the
American Farm” with an organization called
Veterans to Farmers and our vertical growing
technology: http://www.futuregrowing.com/
Galleriffic/TGJennings.html
Darian Boyle ’86
I was a pioneer in Woman’s Freeskiing and on
the skiercross circuit for many years. Several
racing highlights include: 2000 World Extreme
Sports Award Voted “Best Female Freeskier in
the World”; 1999 Crowned World Skiercross
Champion; 1999 X Games placed 2nd in
skiercross; 1998 US Open Skiercross Champion
and 1993 finished 2nd overall on the World Pro
Mogul Tour.
Life as a Champion athlete opened the door
to a career in television broadcasting. I have
been working as a Sports Reporter and TV host,
traveling and exploring the globe.
A few years ago, I immersed myself in the
family business and am President of Typhoon
Boat Works--a Custom Boat manufacturing
company for fishing and cruising boats. Stand
up paddling and surfing is my passion. With
thanks to sponsors, I travel and compete in
stand up paddling, host stand up paddle camps
and have my own stand up paddle radio show
called “Stand up with Darian”.
Cassy ’81 (Benjamin) and
Tom ’80 Johnston (10)
Tom and I live in Boulder Wyoming. We have
three children in college. We raise cattle and
hay. We both have other jobs to support Tom’s
ranching habit. I am a dental hygienist, and
volunteer for our local ski club. Tom works for
USSA as a technical adviser.
Kristen Cook ’86
I am living in Bow, NH with my husband Peter
and two boys Jonathan (10) and Evan (8).
Recently I started working at St. Pauls School
in Concord NH, as a nurse in their Health
Center. It’s been fun to work with high school
students at a boarding school, brings back lots
of memories from my GMVS days!
Doug Beaman ’81
I am still living in Hood River, Oregon with
my wife, Michele, and my two kids, Isaac
and Casey.
Jim Sink ’87 (19)
Megan and I were blessed with the birth of
our second child, Mackenzie. Now her brother
Brennan, 4 years old, has a pal. We are still in
Austin, Texas and enjoying balancing the two
Nina Skylling-Atkins ’90 (9)
Aaron, Aksel and I went home for Christmas this
year. Seven Springs did not disappoint. Skied
and spent quality time with the family! We are
still living in Truckee and enjoying the northern
CA life. Skiing at work one day and golf with
our son the next. I could not have imagined a
better life!
JP Daigneault ’92 (14)
Hey, I’m in Sochi right now (well, Rosa Khutor
Alpine Center, 1 hour up the road from Sochi)
doing my best imitation of fellow Alum Doug
Lewis. I’m announcing the IPC Alpine Skiing
World Cup finals and also the FIS Europa Cup
finals. As I was in Whistler during the 2010
Games, I’m again surrounded by pros (Chris
Davenport and Doug Lewis there). This time
around I’m doing English-language announcing
to complement in-house Russian announcer
Denis Stoikov. Denis is some kind of a big deal
on Russian sports TV. Here are some clips
of Denis at work: http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=1M1HvFGGKoY
These are test events for the Games which
will open here in less than a year. The place is
amazing ... I don’t know how to explain it, really.
The sheer scale of everything here is mindblowing. Imagine starting from scratch with a
huge mountain (think Whistler) and then building
Las Vegas at the bottom and developing the
slopes, lifts, and everything else that a mountain
resort has to have. This is Rosa Khutor Alpine
Center. You know the big M40 snow guns?
There must be between 500 and 1000 of them
here. New, Pisten Bully Snowcats? Between
50 and 100 at least. And on and on. All new
Doppelmeyr lifts (gondolas, 6-pack chairs,
Bryn (Miller) Ambauen ’95 (18)
I am loving living in Bend, Oregon with my
husband Beny Ambauen (just celebrated 10
years of marriage) and two and a half year
old daughter Zayda. Still lead a very active
lifestyle skiing, mountain biking, stand-up
paddleboarding on the river and hiking among
other things.
Anna Baxter ’96
I’m in my second year of business school at
UCLA Anderson and am making the most
of student life in sunny California. Once I
graduate (mid-June), I’ll be joining Adobe in
San Francisco. I’ll be sad to leave LA, but am
looking forward to getting to know a new city
(and to being a few hours closer to my sister
and her family). In the week between graduating
and re-entering the working world, I’m planning
on heading east for the 40th celebration. I hope
to see many of you there!
Caitlin Kozicki ’98 (5)
We are still living in Denver and having fun
teaching our daughter to ski.
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Brandon Dyksterhouse ’93 (14)
Hi All - After three fantastic years in Whistler,
BC I am finally returning to the U.S. for a job in
Colorado with Front Range Ski Club (FRSC) and
Echo Mtn. I will be joining their staff as Chief of
Operations and will be heading up summer and
winter development. I am extremely sad to be
leaving behind JP Daigneault (Co-worker 20122013) but am happy knowing that the BC Ski
Team is in great hands. FRSC is a new, privately
owned ski resort (August 2012) that caters to
high-end early season race training. Next fall we
aim to host numerous National Teams, NCAA
schools, and clubs and academies alike. If all
goes well I will be renewing a partnership with
GMVS to further establish our beloved school
as the best Ski Racing Academy on the planet!
I hope that everyone is doing well and look
forward to seeing you all at the 40th. All 4 now
~ Dykster
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Ken Zemach ’87 (8)
My current focus this year is on raising money
to fight MS, as I have a close family member
with the disease. To do so, I’m racing in the
2013 Badwater Ultramarathon, a non-stop
135 mile race with cumulative 13,000+ feet of
climbing, across Death Valley to half way up Mt.
Whitney... in the middle of July. You can support
my insanity in spirit, and the MS Society directly
by donating on my personal fundraising page
here: http://tinyurl.com/action-stops-ms
detacheables, POMA). Many of the slopes have
lighting systems. Amazing luxury hotels and
lodges all over the mountain and I’d say they
are only 25% done building everything here.
It is a 24/7 (not a metaphor - really around the
clock) construction zone. The countdown is on!
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kids, lots of travel for work, and enjoying all that
Austin has to offer.
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Camille Campanile ’00 (7)
My husband Ray and I welcomed our fourth
child into the world on February 8, 2013! Big
sister Francesca (8) and big brothers Raphael
(6) and Gustavo (4) are thrilled with their new
little brother: Alessandro Serafino Campanile!
Alessandro weighed in at 7lb.s 4 oz. and was
21 & 1/2 inches long at birth! We are all over the
moon about him :)
Madaileine ’00 and TJ Kingsbury ’97 (1) (3)
TJ and I welcomed baby #2 in November-Duke
Dillon Kingsbury! Older brother Killian recently
turned 2 and made his skiing debut just last
weekend! Lots of sleepless nights and chaotic
days but we wouldn’t trade it for the world! We
actually managed to get away for the first time
without both kids last week and competed in
a snowshoe half marathon race. I think we will
be sore for months to come, but so much fun.
We’re looking forward to seeing everybody in
June!
Jenny ’02 and Abbi ’02 Lathrop
“Team John Lathrop”; Abbi and I with our
finance’s, both named John, are competing
to defend our 2012 team championship title
in the Park City Town Race Series this year.
Competition is stiff with many past national team
athletes competing in the beer league. We are
continuing our ski racing careers the best we can
while living “real life” with 8-5 jobs in beautiful
Park City, Utah. :)
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experience of a lifetime and tons of travelling the
world chasing snow. We just got back from the
World Championships in La Molina, Spain where
we medalled in both events we participated in
(bronze in SL and silver in GS). Unfortunately,
the athlete that I guide has decided to retire
the year before the paralympics. I will not be
skiing next year but on the other bright side
of the medal I will be planning my wedding:)!
Alessandra DeMarchis (’05) came up north
this past December to visit. Together we went
wedding dress shopping :)! When I am not skiing,
I have the other best job in the world. I have
been working for the last four year as a Physical
Therapist in a rehabilitation center near my house
in Gatineau, Québec.
Chelsea Forsthuber ’06
I have been living in Encinitas, CA for the last
two years and recently started working for
FRENDS as their marketing coordinator. Started
by a group of professional snowboarders, the
company has shifted from action sports to
women’s fashion. A very exciting change of
pace for me! I still work for ESPN during X
Games, and love having the opportunity to get
back to Vermont a few times a year (my brother
Mikkel, class of 2000, is getting married in May).
My company also puts on a music festival every
June at Stratton Mountain called the Frendly
Gathering. Otherwise, I just love life living on
the beach right outside of San Diego, attempting
to surf and paddle board and living a healthy
lifestyle.
Austin Nelson ’03 (6)
I’ve been living and working in Aspen for the
past four years. Last winter Nelson Riley (’01)
and I started The ApresBike, a pedal powered
party bike in Aspen. We also traveled to Alaska
to ski Girdwood and Valdez this past April. While
skiing in Valdez, I fell into a 60ft hidden crevasse
and shattered my left tib/fib. Flew to New Haven,
CT to undergo surgery, five plates and sixteen
screws... Began skiing again 8 months later
and just attended the World’s 1st Deaf Alpine
Skiing Championships in Nesselwang, Germany
where I placed 11th in Downhill, 6th in Super G,
6th in Super Combined, and 5th in GS.
Cody Transue ’06 (12)
I just returned to China from a month long trip
in Nepal and India. Living in southern China the
past two years has made me really miss anything
resembling winter so I packed up with a friend
of mine and went off to Kathmandu. My friend,
our awesome Sherpa guide, and I spent 14 days
trekking in the Khumbu region reaching a max
elevation of 18,519 ft on the summit of Kala
Patthar which rests within Everest’s shadow.
I then took off on a whirlwind tour of India’s
“golden triangle” which culminated in seeing the
Taj Mahal and sleeping outside in a desert village
in between short camel trips. So now I’m back
in Shenzhen teaching again for the next four
months while I search for a new job back in the
states. So if anyone out there knows of one, let
me know!
Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier ’05 (2)
This past year has been a really exciting year so
far. I was a guide for a visually impaired athlete
on the Canadian Para-Alpine National ski team.
Taking up this new role as a guide has been an
Caroline McHugh ’08
This past September I moved to Frisco, Colorado
where I currently work as an Environmental
Analyst for SE Group. Life in the west is
fantastic, although snowfall has been somewhat
Meghan Luck ’09 (20)
This past fall I began working for a global actionresearch policy network out of the Harvard
Kennedy School of Government called WEIGO
(Women in Informal Economies: Globalizing and
Organizing). My work there has exposed me to
some truly inspiring people and ground-breaking
research on economies in developing countries.
This spring I am in the first semester of my senior
year at Harvard, and I am looking forward to one
more college summer before real life kicks in next
January. I credit GMVS for breeding in me a spirit
of international adventure, and now my eyes are
set on London, where I am planning to relocate
in January of 2014. Most of all, I am looking
forward to a spring break in Sun Valley, ID, where
I can satisfy my ever present craving for the
mountains.
Michelle Seares ’09
I will be graduating from Colby College this May
with a degree in Government and Jewish Studies
and will be attending law school in the fall,
most likely at George Washington University in
Washington, DC. I am most interested in health
law and policy but that can always change!
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Simona Croccolo ’12
As GMVS graduates, we are given many
opportunities and choices. One choice we face is
whether to continue to compete as skier , and on
what level. My choice was to attend Castleton
State College in Vermont. As a freshman, I
was able to contribute to the success of the
Castleton State women’s ski team. For the first
time the Castleton women’s team was nationally
Congratulations to the 2013
GMVS College graduates
Jeff Bak ’08, Whitman College
Zachary Barkan ’06, University of Vermont
Adrienne Barrett ’09, University of Connecticut
Haley Best ’09, St. Lawrence University
Elizabeth Cochrane ’09, Colby College
Brett Depper-Goldstein ’09, Colby College
Evan Diamond ’09, Dartmouth College
Jenna Duncan ’09, George Washington University
Laura Gelabert ’09, HEC Montreal
Dylan Grald PG ’09, University of Vermont
Emily Hammel’09, Middlebury College (2013.5)
Eric Harwood ’09, University of New Hampshire
Katherine Jondro ’09, Clarkson University
Natasha Kosik ’09, University of Colorado
Daniel Kuzio ’09, Bates College
Erika Lacasse Courchesne’09, Universite de Montreal
Natacha Lefebvre ’09 Universite de Montreal
Marie-Elaine Lepine PG ’09, University of New Hampshire
Zoe Livingston ’09, Bates College
Meghan Luck ’09, Harvard College (December ’13 graduation)
John McGlenn ’09, Montana State University
Amy McLaughlin PG’12, Williams College
Maggie McLaughlin ’09, Boston University
Andrew McNealus ’08, Middlebury College
Paige Pasquini ’09, St. Lawrence University
Michelle Seares ’09, Colby College
Carl Spielvogel ’09, Bowdoin College
Andrew Spielvogel ’09, Harvard College
Nicholas Thimm ’09, University of New Hampshire
Christian Woolson ’08 Middlebury College
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Natacha Lefebvre ’09 (16)
I am studying occupational therapy and
graduating from University of Montreal this year!
Next year, I will start my Master’s degree in the
same program. I’m still dating Fred Durand ’08
who is in his second year of law school also at
the University of Montreal. We’ve been dating for
7 years and living together for 2.
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Elizabeth Cochrane ’09
I am a senior at Colby College and I will be
graduating in May. In August, I am starting
medical school at the University of Vermont
College of Medicine!
ranked. We were excited to qualify for the 2013
USCSA national championships held in Sun
Valley, Idaho. Our successful year was the best in
the history of the women’s team at Castleton. I
am honored to have been awarded the MVP for
Castelon’s 2013 women’s ski team.
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unimpressive... If there are any other alumni in
the area, look me up!
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1. Madaileine ’00 and TJ Kingsbury ’97’s 3-month old son Duke 2.Chloe Lauzon-Gauthier ’05 with Vivian Forest 3. Madaileine and
TJ Kingsbury son Killian turns 2! 4. Jamie Preston’80’s daughter Sonja 5. Caitlin Kozicki ’98’s daughter Sophie 6. Austin Nelson’03
Crevasse 7.Camile Campanile ’00’s new baby 8. Ken Zemach’87 at White River 9. Nina Skylling’90 Christmas 2012 10. Cassy
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SUPPORTING GMVS
CAMPAIGN FOR
THE 5TH DECADE
$200K
$400,000
$600,000
$920,000
$1 MILLION (MATCH GOAL)
$1.25 MILLION (DONOR MATCH + BONUS)
$2.25 MILLION
Dear GMVS Community:
Two of my greatest GMVS moments were when my little 11 year-old daughter announced that she
wanted to “go to school with those kids” (referring to the GMVS athletes she met in the Weekend
Program); and seeing the tremendous outpouring of support for the Campaign of the 5th Decade.
I could give you many paragraphs on all the things GMVS did for my daughter and does for our
student/athletes in general; but for the moment I will stick to what the hugely successful Campaign
will do for GMVS.
Additionally, the School’s Board of Trustees has allocated $500,000 for a Faculty Fund. This Fund
is to last in perpetuity and is restricted to the recruitment, retention and professional development
of our coaches and teachers. All of the above will be a real “shot in the arm” for our great little
School.
If all this were not enough, the Campaign has helped finance a “World Class” ski training facility on
Inverness, and has given us a start on some long-needed Campus improvements.
Hurray for us!
Thanks for making this happen.
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First, we will now have an endowment of over $2.0 million – an increase of $1.36 million over an
18-month period. This endowment will supplement GMVS’ operating budget, and thereby support
the School’s education and athletic programs. We expect that the endowment will continue to
grow through contributions, prudent withdrawals, and professional management.
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Larry Dickie
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Annual fund
Can we count on you for the
2012-2013 Annual Fund?
The Annual Fund is a necessary supplement to tuition and a critical component in providing GMVS’
high quality program. A gift to the Annual Fund supports small classes and coaching groups, wellmaintained vans, extracurricular activities, early season on-snow training, and so much more.
Your gift helps GMVS provide this year’s students with all the great experiences you had when you
were here. Donate online at gmvs.org/development/annual-fund or mail a check to:
GMVS Annual Fund
271 Moulton Road
Waitsfield, Vermont 05673
Thank you to those who have already so generously contributed to the 2012-2013 Annual Fund
and thank you to those who will. We could not continue to excel without your help.
2011-2012 Annual Report
The 2011-2012 Annual Report listed Annual Fund Donations and Annual Gala income
summary but did not list Capital Campaign Contributions. All Capital Campaign contributions
will be recognized in the 2012-2013 Annual Report and Campaign for the 5th Closing Report
due out this summer. We sincerely apologize for any confusion this created. Please contact
Karyn Campbell karyncampbell@gmvs.org to make any corrections.
Corrections to GMVS Annual Report published in the fall of 2012
Missing from the list of those that gave to last year’s Annual fund:
Wendy Scipione
Art and Debby Scipione*
*Donors in bold have contributed for five or more consecutive years
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Two GMVS Athletes competed in European Youth olympic
festival in brasov, romania
Kristen Sweeney ’13, Ireland Olympic Team member, and Charlie Raposo ’14, British Junior Ski team member,
were in Barsov, Romania in March competing against elite skiers from throughout Europe.
Kristen Sweeney’13 with Irish National Coach
and teammate
Charlie Raposo ’14
A record number of GMVS Athletes possible
on US Ski Team Next Year
Danny Duffy ’12
GMVS skiers are very much on the radar of the US Ski Team this spring, as four
skiers have met the Team’s nominating criteria for next year. Making the grade for
nomination to the C Team are Sandy Vietze and Brian McLaughlin, while Danny
and Drew Duffy, each ranked #1 in the US in their respective age groups in GS,
met the Development Team criteria. All four will be headed to the Team’s tryout
camp at Mammoth in May. In addition, current US Team member AJ Ginnis has
been back on snow over the past month after his knee surgery last fall.
Also, junior Charlie Raposo, a member of the British Junior Ski Team, has made
the criteria for nomination to the U18 National Team. He is currently ranked third in
the world for 96’s in GS, and will likely be in the top 5 in slalom once the new list
comes out.
HEIDI HALVORSEN ’13 SPEEDS INTO THE FUTURE
Heidi Halvorsen’13
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Heidi Halvorsen finishes her high school career with impressive credentials.
She is a six time All-American in Junior National competition. She is a twotime member of the US Ski Team's U-18 team – this year she led the women's
squad, placing 5th in the sprint, 12th in a 4km distance and anchored the US
women to 2nd place finish (the best US result to date) at Scandinavian Junior
Championships, held in Trondheim, Norway. Other notable results from this
season include winning two Eastern Cup races and placing 15th overall at
US Senior Nationals in the sprint (5th Junior). Halvorsen ends her 2013 race
season as the 27th ranked sprinter in the Nation. She has been accepted to
Williams College.
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Tending goal last year were two freshman trying to fill the vacancy of alumnus Dan Bell
’11, who is now playing for Bates College. Casey Cardon and Erik Silbernagel, both
members of the class of 2015, did an admirable job getting the Gumbies to a nearperfect record for 2012. And, since then, both boys have been working to stay fresh for
the coming season.
“It’s a whole new year,” says Jackson. “Like GMVS, every year we start from scratch
and recreate the team.”
The first game of the season is scheduled for April 26th, and the first home game will
be Saturday May 4th vs. Milton. On Monday May 6th the team will face Colchester high
school--the team they saw last in the championship game. If you find yourself nearby,
come cheer the team on to another successful season!
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While the team graduated 8 talented seniors from its roster last spring, there is no
shortage of players lined up for this year. Over 30 boys have signed on for the upcoming
season and coach Sam Jackson is already strategizing about how to make the best use
of this small army of eager Gumbies.
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One of the things that makes the end of ski season a bit more palatable here on campus
is the arrival of lacrosse season. And there are a lot of athletes and fans looking forward
to this year’s return as the reigning state champs!
SPRING 2013
Lacrosse State Champions
Return To The Field
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1428 Millbrook Road
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-2322
Lareau Farm Inn—The Home of American Flatbread
48 Lareau Road
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-4949
Mad River Inn
Tremblay Road
Waitsfield, VT
802-496-7900 , 800-832-8278
The Pitcher Inn
275 Main St.
Warren, VT 05674 802-496-6350
Sugar Lodge at Sugarbush
2197 Sugarbush Access Road
Warren, VT 802-583-3300
Waitsfield Inn
Route 100 Waitsfield, VT
802-496-3979, 800-758-3801
Weathertop Mountain Inn
755 Millbrook Road
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-4909
Real Estate
Jamieson Insurance
PO Box 7
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-2080
Mehuron’s Supermarket
Village Square
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-3700
Pepper Tree Homes
PO Box 27
Waitsfield, VT 802-793-0625
Peter Forsthuber Painting and Wallpapering
Warren, VT 802-496-9898
TD Bank
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-2596
Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-3391
Ski and Sports Service
Artech
603-632-9152
Global Rescue
800-381-9754
Bradley Brook Real Estate
PO Box 982 Waitsfield, VT 802-496-5684
Infinite Sports
5274 Main St
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-3343
David M. Dion Real Estate
Route 100 Waitsfield, VT 802-496-5000
Reliable Racing
www.reliableracing.com 800-223-4448
Lincoln Peak Properties
PO Box 802
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-8000
Sugarbush Resort
www.sugarbush.com 800.53.SUGAR
Roth Real Estate
Main Street
Warren, VT 802-496-3865
Sugarbush Real Estate
5081 Main Street
Waitsfield, VT 802-496-3500
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Casella Waste Management
888-314-2142
Vermont Orthopaedic Clinic
3 Albert Cree Drive
Rutland, VT 802-776-2214
Congratulations to our newest alumni:
the class of 2013
Henry Anderson: University of Vermont
Nick Cosentino: Colby-Sawyer College
Lainey Curtis: Colby College; UVM
Margret Doemland: St. Michael’s College
Drew Duffy: Middlebury College
Storey Dyer Kloman: Dartmouth College
Kelly Glander: UVM; UNH; St. Michael’s College
Heidi Halvorsen: Williams College
Trevor Harnsberger: St. Michael’s College
Ava Kikut: Middlebury College; NYU; Wesleyan University
Gabrielle Pasteris: Harvard College; Colby College; UVM; Skidmore College
Nick Post: Williams College
Kate Rankin: Boston U.; Emerson College; American U.; Northeastern U.; George Washington U.
Jack Schibli: Middlebury College
Devlin Shea: Harvard College
Kristin Sweeney: Babson College
Alva Swing: UVM; St. Michael’s College
Thomas Walsh: Chapman University; George Washington U; Savannah College of Art & Design; Colorado Mesa U.
Sam Worley: St. Michael’s College
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2012/2013 Annual Fund
There is still time to give.
Thank you in advance for your support!
www.gmvs.org/development/annual-fund
2013 Save the Dates
40th Alumni Reunion: June 14-16
Kelly Brush Ride: September 7
Alumni Golf Tournament: September 27
Gala Dinner & Auction: September 28
Shrek the Musical: October 24-26