Meet the Board

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Jo ski raced in High School.  Jo and her husband have one daughter, a U18 racing for Squaw Valley Ski Team.  Jo comes from 20 years of working in the wine industry,  was on the board of Napa Valley Classic for many years and has been the Chairperson of Far West Gala Event for the past three years.

Ellen Blix is a Partner and Head of Investor Relations at SignalFire, an early-stage venture investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Previously, Ellen was a Managing Director in San Francisco at Commonfund Capital, the private capital arm of Commonfund. Earlier, she served as a Vice President at BlackRock in San Francisco. Ellen started her career as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Wasserstein Perella & Co., both in New York.

Ellen received a S.B. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. While at MIT, she was a four-year member of the varsity women’s crew team. Ellen currently chairs the board for the Ocean Discovery League, a non-profit focused on supporting accessibility in deep sea exploration, and serves on the board of the Lake Tahoe Ski Club Foundation and as a member of the investment committee for the Foundation for California Community Colleges. Ellen lives in Olympic Valley with her husband and three children, where they love getting outside into nature and in the winter, they can be found alpine ski racing (kids) and cheering (parents) near Lake Tahoe.

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Dean has been a life-long avid skier. He has lived at Lake Tahoe for 40 years. His three sons grew up ski racing with the team that is now Palisades Tahoe. At least one of them was on the team for 22 consecutive seasons. Dean been on the LTSCF Board for over 30 years. He cherishes the friendships he has made with fellow Board members and the ski racing families the LTSCF has supported over the decades.

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Greg was a top national and international racer in 1970s—1975: won 3 consecutive Europa Cup races, 1976, World Cup victory at Copper Mountain, rated 6th best overall GS in World, Bronze medal Innsbruck Olympics.  1977-78 US Ski Team.  Greg has worked extensively with ski industry in technical development of skis, boots, and bindings.  Greg has coached the Lake Tahoe Ski Team at Alpine Meadows and is currently employed by Squaw Valley Ski Team.

President

Vice President

Lee grew up in southern Oregon, where he raced for Southern Oregon State College, National Champions in 1975, 76, and where he was “Skier of the Year” in 1975.  Lee is the owner of High Sierra Water Ski School and the head J3 coach for Squaw Valley Ski Team.  He is a former program Director and Head Coach at Alpine Meadows since and was Director of Skiing and Coach at Mt Ashland, OR.  He is a PSIA Certified Instructor and Level 3 Coach.  A member of the Board since 1985, Lee keeps us up-to-date on all the ski team activities, and helps on all fundraising activities.

Born in Visalia, Gail grew up in Burlingame where she attended College of San Mateo.  Moved to Tahoe in 1973 and worked for Bank of America in Truckee and Tahoe.  Gail and John have twins: Jennifer and Brian.  Jennifer was one of our top national competitors.  Board member since 1994, Gail has worked on every fundraiser and chaired the golf tournament as well as the Asado.

Marco grew up in Tahoe City and started out with the Squaw Valley Ski Team. He raced for the US Ski Team for 17 years, competed in 4 Olympics, won a World Cup Downhill, and had multiple podiums. He recently retired, but continues to give back to the Ski Racing Community through his speed camps: American Downhiller. He is also currently coaching the US Men’s Speed Team.