The WVABBTS Board of Trustees provides leadership, governance, and strategic oversight in support of the Academy’s mission and long-term vision. Comprised of dedicated individuals with diverse professional backgrounds and a shared commitment to education, athletics, and community, the Board works closely with school leadership to ensure WVABBTS remains athlete-centered, financially sustainable, and mission-driven.
Ryan is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for WVABBTS and works for Winchester Hospital, a member of Beth Israel Lahey Health, managing an ergonomic and safe patient handling safety program to prevent work related injuries and accommodations in the return to work process. His family joined WVABBTS back in 2010. He has two children that started in the club as Mitey Mites and went on to race for Waterville Valley Academy. His oldest daughter is currently at Boston College on the club ski team and his younger daughter is currently a WVABBTS senior, F.I.S. athlete. He is certified as a USSS Chief of Race and enjoys many activities including skiing, boating, cycling and running.
Patrick is the Board Treasurer and also sits on the Executive Committee. He has spent the past 25 years in banking and currently works in Commercial Real Estate at Wells Fargo Bank in Boston. Patrick has two children, a daughter in the Middle School Program at WVABBTS and a son in the U10's. Both started as first year Mites. Patrick lives full time in Andover, MA with his wife and children, is certified as a USSS Chief of Race, and loves to golf and ski. He fashions himself a blue square specialist on the slopes, so you will regularly find him on his favorite trail, Tyler. Patrick has been skiing in the Valley since the early 2000's.
Christophe is the Chief Medical Officer at Altimmune. He has 30 years of experience in strategic global drug discovery, development, and commercialization across a broad range of therapeutic areas including gastroenterology, cardiovascular-metabolism, neurology, oncology, and rare and orphan diseases. Christophe has also served in research and educational roles at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of Paris VI, and the Assistance Publique, Hospitals of Paris, and currently serves as a Member of the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences at Harvard University. He received his MD and PhD in internal medicine/endocrinology-metabolism from the University of Paris, France, and completed his MBA in Finance at Rutgers University.
Christophe’s is married to Laurie who is a Breathing and Mindfulness Coach and does work at Sport Thoma. We have 3 children Ines 30 living in Paris, France and Alyssia 17 (FIS) and Jack 15 (U16) have been attending WVA in the past 4 years and ski racing for over 7 years.
Kim is the Director of Athletics at Plymouth State University and has lived in the area since 1986. She was the head men's & women's alpine ski coach at Plymouth State for 21 years, and is currently a F.I.S. Technical Delegate. Kim coached at many levels, including at the Junior World Championships and the World Championships. Kim coached at several WVABBTS camps in Hintertux, Austria, through the years and has a deep connection to the Ski Club and Academy as her brother, Tom, and her sister-in-law, Anne, worked for the academy and ski club for many years. Kim also sits on the BOD for the Joe Yucika National Football Foundation - NH Chapter.
Brad and Linda are long time members of BBTS (20 + years). There two sons – Andrew and Christopher are BBTS freestyle Alumni and the 5th generation of the Benson family business. Brad is a former board chair of BBTS and former Board chair of The Derryfield School. Brad and his family developed and built The Tom Barbeau Center, The Bag Jump facility, The current BBTS lunch room and The WVABBTS Competition center. Brad is 4th generation and current President of Benson Lumber & Hardware Inc. and Boulia Gorrell Lumber Co. Brad loves to ski(shortpoles only), golf and spend time with his family and there four dogs. Brad currently serves on the building committee and facilities committee.
Joe joined the WVABBTS Board of Trustees in 2026. He and his wife live in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and have two sons who have competed in the Alpine program since the U10 level. Joe has spent more than 20 years building strategic partnerships and leading business development for financial services and technology companies. Joe and his family have a deep connection to Waterville Valley, and he is committed to supporting the continued growth of WVABBTS and its mission of developing world-class student-athletes.
Jason joined the WVABBTS Board in 2025 and serves on the Academic and Athletic Committees. He lives in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, with his wife, two sons, and their dog. His older son has attended WVA since middle school as an alpine athlete, and his younger son participates in the WVABBTS weekend alpine program. Jason has more than 25 years of experience in accounting and finance and currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of a private equity–backed portfolio company. Jason has also served as a board member and coach for Marshfield Youth Soccer and as an active member of the Cape Cod Bay Challenge, which supports Christopher’s Haven, a home for children with cancer in Boston. In his free time, Jason enjoys being outdoors with his family, whether surfing or spending time in the mountains skiing, hiking, and watching his boys race.
Terry and his wife Peggy have been part of WVABBTS since 1999. Their son Michael was an alpine weekend athlete and their daughter Maggie, also an alpine athlete, attended WVA. Terry joined the board in 2015 and served as board chair from 2021 to 2025. Terry currently serves on the Development Committee, Finance Committee, and the Freestyle Committee. He and Peggy reside in Milton MA where he chairs the board of Milton Cemetery Trustees. Terry has worked in the construction industry for over 40 years and currently moves impacted soils for contractors throughout New England. When not on the snow or moving soils, Terry can be found cycling on the Cape roads training for the Pan Mass Challenge where he rides for Team Duncan in memory of his sister Duncan.
Jason joined the Board of Trustees in 2025 and currently serves on the Athletic and Marketing committees. He is a resident of Campton, NH, where he lives with his wife, three kids, and an Australian Shepherd. All three of his children attend WVA and compete on the mogul team. Professionally, he has had a long career in tech sales leadership and currently serves as Head of Sales at Fairly. Outside of work, you will see him dropping a knee on his tele skis during the winter season and exploring the trails and lakes of the White Mountains once the snow melts.
Kelly joined the WVA BBTS board in 2026 and has two sons in the program - one in freestyle and one who is still a Mitey Mite! They have been BBTS members for 4 years. Kelly is the CMO and COO, Enterprise for Toast, a publicly traded restaurant technology company based in Boston. She has spent most of her career in technology and finance, working across sales, marketing and general management. Kelly has a BA and MBA from Dartmouth College and lives in Wellesley with her husband, Jordan, two sons and dog Moose (named for Mt. Moosilauke). She and her family enjoy skiing, hiking, golf and traveling.
Chrissie joined the Board in 2025 and currently sits on the Community Engagement Committee and the Academic Committee. Chrissie grew up skiing recreationally in New Hampshire and she and her husband Tim joined BBTS in 2019, finally acceding to the requests of their children who had begged for years to ski race. Her 3 kids participated in the weekend program and this year she has a son who is a U12 and a daughter who is now coaching Mites. Chrissie has practiced as an employment lawyer and litigator for more than 20 years and currently works for Moody's Corporation on the People Team as Senior Vice President of Global Employee Relations and Service Excellence. She is happiest in New Hampshire and loves spending time on the mountain uphill, downhill, and hiking or snowshoeing in the trails with her dog. Chrissie and her family live in Wellesley, MA and spend summers on Newfound Lake, NH. Chrissie has also served on the Johns Hopkins University Lacrossse Board and the Board of Directors of MBA Women International.
Robert is a long time board member and is a former BBTS Board Chair, Treasurer and Vice Chair. Currently he sits on the Finance Committee and Governance Committee. He is a former BBTS alpine athlete and is the father of two daughters. Both daughters started BBTS as Mites, attended the Academy and competed as college alpine athletes. Robert is a retired attorney that specialized in commercial real estate and business transactions. Robert is an avid skier and has backcountry skied in Alaska, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Antarctica, Chile and more. Currently Robert splits his time living in Jackson, Wyoming with his wife Gwen, and on their sailboat, Zephyr, currently in Portland, England. Robert started skiing at WV in 1967.
Frank and his wife, Kristen, have been members of WVABBTS since 2011 with three athletes matriculating through the program and Academy. A long time digital advertising executive, he is currently the leader of the Chewy Advertising business in Boston. In the winter you'll usually find him overcommitting to another credit so he doesn't have to work in the start house as an alpine official.
Geoff is Vice Chair of the Board and a member of the Executive Committee. He and his wife, Anna, are residents of Waterville Valley and have two boys at WVA on the slopestyle and mogul teams. Geoff has spent most of his career in institutional asset management and currently works for Acadian Asset Management in Boston.
Sarah Travers is the CEO of Workbar, a Boston-based coworking company she has grown into a network designed around how people actually work. She is passionate about building environments that support focus, collaboration, and real human connection.
As the parent of two alpine athletes, Sarah has developed a strong appreciation for programs and schools that meet students where they are and help them build confidence in their own path. That perspective has shaped how she approaches leadership, resilience, and the importance of community.
Sarah lives in the Greater Boston area and is an active supporter of initiatives that help individuals, both students and professionals, thrive in environments designed for them, not the other way around.
Heather is starting her second year as a BBTS Board member and ninth year as a BBTS parent.
Heather manages sales for Charlescote Farm, a fourth generation family farm in Sherborn, MA where she lives with her husband, three children and two dogs. She also works part-time on special projects at Bully Boy Distillers, Boston’s first craft distillery, which she helped launch with her husband and brother-in- law in 2011. During the launch, Heather was responsible for brand development, packaging, logo, website and collateral design. Prior to moving to Sherborn and launching Bully Boy, Heather worked in marketing at Vornado Realty Trust while living in Washington, DC and Hong Kong. Heather has a BA in Political Science from Dickinson College and an MBA from The George Washington University. She enjoys skiing, tennis and gardening.
Kim is a lifelong WVABBTS member, racing in her youth through Masters and then as a parent of two children in the program from Mitey Mites through WVA. While Kristina and Kyle attended the academy, Kim spent over ten years living in Waterville Valley and became fully engaged in the BBTS community. Kim joined the BOT many years ago. She served on the Development Committee with the mission to build the Tom Barbeau Training Center, which has been instrumental in WVABBTS athlete's development. Kim is also a long time secretary on the board for New England Masters Ski Racing. Kim lives in Stratham, NH with her husband. When not skiing or cheering on the younger racers, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and boating in Portsmouth, NH.
