Chuck Hughes
KSC/KMS Competition Programs, Director
Phone: 802.422.6898
Fax: 802.422.6229
chughes@killingtonmountainschool.org

After a childhood fighting lions in the Coliseum, Chuck was able to escape to Norway. Once there, he helped develop the sport of skiing before moving to Austria in the early 20th century to form a secret council to control the outcome of ski competitions.

Alexis Voutas
KSC/KMS Event and Programs Coordinator
Phone: 802.422.6793
Fax: 802.422.6229
avoutas@killingtonmountainschool.org

Gar Trayner
Director of Athlete Developmentr
Phone: 802.422.5671
gtrayner@killingtonmountainschool.org

Peter Smith
KSC/KMS Competitions Crew Chief

FREESTYLE COACHES

Glen Eddy
Head of Freestyle Program
Glenn is a Killington program, and KMS alum. He was one of the pioneers of freestyle at Killington, and skied World Cup with the U.S. Ski Team from 1981-1983. In 1983, he graduated from Dartmouth College, and then went on to complete his J.D. from Boston University. Eddy was a freestyle coach at Winter Park and Carabassett Valley Academy from 1983-1997, before being named the Freestyle Program Director at CVA, which he ran from 1997-2007. Most recently, Glenn has been coaching in Park City, UT, working with elite PG competitors aiming for the US Ski Team.

Kevin Lane
Head Freestyle Coach

Mike Beauregard
Freestyle B Coach

Ryan Brewster
Freestyle B Coach

John Witt
Freestyle B Coach
A former World Pro Mogul Champion (1982) and member of the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team (1979-88), John won numerous World Cup events and was the silver medalist at the 1986 World Championships.
John took his freestyle experience to the coaching ranks at Stratton Mountain School from 1989 though 2010. Along the way, he started Witt Construction, a build and design company in Saratoga Springs, New York, and has built more than 350 homes mostly in the Capital, Saratoga and Lake George Regions.

Bob Fischer
Freestyle-Freestar Coach
Bob has a rich history in the sport of freestyle and alpine skiing, and has been a KSC coach since the 2000 season. However, prior to arriving at the Big K, he was a longtime backcountry skier in the Lake Tahoe area and was a USSA Far West freestyle competitor from 1989-92. He also competed in Alpine events during the 1970's and 80's at Holiday Valley, Kissing Bridge and Red Jacket, New York.
A 1987 SUNY College of Buffalo graduate, off the slopes Bob is the Water Quality Superintendent/Chemist for the City of Montpelier, Vermont.

Emma Fischer
Freestyle Development Team

FREESKI COACHES

Wynn Berns
Freeski Coach
Wynn is a graduate of Plymouth State University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a focus on Sports Marketing. Wynn coached for five years at WVA/WVBBTS, working with the Freestyle Development Program and the A Freeski Program. In 2004, Wynn founded the Freeski Program at Proctor Academy. He has experience coaching USSA, USASA, Nationals, World Cup, Rev Tour, North Face Open, Grand Prix, Olympic and X Game athletes. Wynn's experience also includes being a competitive prep school cyclist, wakeboarder, waterskier, freeskier and freestyle skier. He has worked with NBC Sports, Alli Sports, the Dew Tour, Dalbello, Armanda, Smith, Treefort Lifestyle and is an IF3 ambassador.

Jared Seaver
Freestyle-Freestar Coach

Brian McCarthy
Freeski Coach

SNOWBOARD COACHES

Jeff Juneau
Head Coach and Program Director
Jeff hails from New Hampshire, and has a long background in snowboarding competition. He has coached athletes up through the Nor-AM, Revolution Tour, and USASA National levels, and is himself an accomplished snowboard and cycling competitor. Jeff's professional background includes both Head Competition Coach and Snowsports Director duties. Originally an alpine ski racer, Jeff switched to snowboarding when he was 15 years old and hasn’t looked back. Jeff was part of the first group of coaches to be awarded the USSA Level 300 coaching endorsement for SnowboardCross. He is also an AASI Certified Freestyle Specialist, and as a competitor qualified for the USASA Nationals in the Men’s Open-Class boardercross division.

Alex Cohen
Snowboard Coach, Fun Facilitator
Alex lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut and has been coming to Killington since he was little (24 years!). He has a strong passion for all board sports from surfing, skateboarding, and of course snowboarding.
Alex loves helping others hone in on their skills as much as he loves boarding himself. He really enjoys killing it on the hill and sees every opportunity to be out there a gift. No matter the weather conditions Alex WILL be there.

Matt Lynn
Snowboard Coach

Felicia Wilkins
Snowboard Coach

Wally Campbell
Snowboard Coach
Wally comes to the KSC/KMS program from the New England Handicapped Sports Association at Mount Sunapee. He worked with children of all ages, adults, and veterans who wanted to learn to snowboard. In addition to teaching and training staff he was also the snowboard coordinator for 13 seasons.
He is originally from Dracut, Massachusetts. His son is a freshman Freestyle skier in Killington Mountain School’s five-month program. He is a certified AASI Level I instructor, AASI Adaptive Level I instructor, as well as a USASA Level 100 coach.
In his free time he enjoys hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, and fishing

ALPINE COACHES

Doug Tucker
Alpine U21/U18 Coordinator and Coach
A competitive alpine racer in college, Doug also competed in FIS, CAN-AM, as well as participating in rugby, tennis, sailing, and basically every sport in between.
He spent seven years on pro tour between the Peugeot and World Ski tours, and is a nine-time Masters National Champion. He has been coaching since 1978 and has covered all ages including, head coach of J5’s at GMVS, a J1-J2 coach at Okemo Mountain School, and coaching at Harvard University. Doug also oversaw the Masters Program at Killington for five years.

Sean Graves
Head U16 Coach
I have been working in the ski industry for the last twenty six years.  I starting out teaching at a little ski area called Crotched Mt in NH in 1986.   When they went bankrupt I moved over to Magic Mt in Londonderry VT and was there for two years until they closed their doors.  Okemo was my next stop, spending about seven years as an instructor there.  As my tenure at Okemo ended, I graduated college and working full time in the industry ended.  As the full time industry job ended, the real world job of a high school teacher started. This led me across Route 131 to Ascutney Mountain Resort where I spent the next twelve years.  While there, I was the Director of the Children’s program called Young Olympians.  Both of my children learned to ski there and it was pretty much home for our family.  I also re-started my “racing career” at Ascutney. 
Getting the opportunity to runs gates occasionally sparked my interested to get back into it.  I started racing at Pat’s Peak in their corporate league.  Soon I was racing three nights a week and was still working weekends and holidays.  When Ascutney closed we looked around for a place to hang our hats next.  I came to Woodstock and took one look at S6 and realized that this would be a great training hill for the kids!  After meeting all of the people involved with the Ski Runner’s club, we realized that this would be an awesome experience for our kids.  It was this year which our family out grew S6 and Tanner needed more time on snow to pursue his ski racing passion.  We came to the KSC/KMS Development Program via Killington Mountain School.  I am thrilled to be coaching at Killington and looking forward to many more seasons.  During the week I race out of Pat’s Peak and Granite Gorge in NH.  I also help coach the Keene High Ski Team and to adult race training at Granite Gorge.

Chris Jablonski
U16 Coach
I started skiing at age 3. I was taught by my grandfather who was a ski jumper in the 1940s. I grew up skiing mainly at Cannon Mountain with my family and I raced for my high school.  I coached for 6 years at Ski Ward and Wachusett in MA before coming up to Killington last year where I received my Level 100 certification.  My favorite trails at Killington are Big Dipper and Devil's Fiddle after a dumping. Being 5'8 I look up to pretty much every skier. But I am currently most impressed with Lindsey.  It took a lot of courage, determination, hard work and believing in herself to come back from the injury she had. I am always most impressed with people who get knocked down and find ways to come back stronger. Great inspiration and a great life lesson.

Joe Bovaconti
Alpine U16
Joe joins KSC/KMS after coaching with the Eastern Mass Buddy Warner League and Tri State.
Joe comes to us with a life long history of skiing. He was a member of the Gore Mountain Alpine Race Team for six years. Then he attended Highland Ski Academy/NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority for four years. During that time, each year he represented New York State at the Junior Olympics, racing in the speed events.
After Joe stopped racing he continued with the sport he loved. He now has over a million vertical feet logged in British Columbia with Canadian Mountain Holiday heli-skiing company. He is currently a USSA Level 200 coach.
After leaving New York, Joe attended Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont. He graduated in 1993 with a BA in Business Management. Since then he resides in Marlborough, Massachusetts with his wife, Laura and children Mary (14) and PJ (13). As a family they enjoy skiing, traveling and music. Joe is an avid cyclist when he is not working or skiing,

Craig Bennett
Alpine U14 Coach
Craig alpine raced as youth in New Hampshire, competed for four years at Clarkson University, and also in the USCSA Nationals. He has 15 years’ experience coaching athletes ranging in age from 8-18.
Craig has been coaching in the KSC/KMS program for six years. Previously he was a head coach at Middlebury Ski Club in Vermont for three years. He enjoys the outdoors 365 days a year.

Chris Clarke
Alpine U12 Coordinator and Coach
Chris is a USSA Level 300 Coach, Alpine Official and PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) Level 3 Instructor with Children's Specialist 2 endorsement. He has more than 35 years of experience as a racer and coach. Additionally, Chris is an avid soccer player and cyclist.
Chris lives in Killington with his wife Susan and three boys Austin, Dustin and Ian. When he’s not skiing, riding or playing soccer, he is employed as a commercial airline pilot, based out of the Boston area.

Guy Garofolo
Alpine U12 Coach

Ted Panasci
Alpine U12 Coach

Helen Bruno
Alpine U12 Coach
Helen has been coaching at KSC for more than 20 years and is a USSA Level 200 coach and alpine official.
She also holds the honorary title of “Lady Jelly Bean,” and when she’s not on the mountain, she’s a software developer.

Lindsey Cone
Alpine U12 Coach

Katie Carey
Alpine U12 Coach

Kelly Wilson
Future Star Program Director
Kelly grew up skiing in New Hampshire and Vermont and fell in love with ski racing.  After completing high school, Kelly attended the University of Vermont where she began her career working with young athletes at Stowe Mountain Resort.  Kelly then transitioned to Killington for a year to work for the Hopeful's program.  
Craving a new adventure, she moved to Colorado and became involved with Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.  During the five years she spent there, Kelly ran their Future Stars Gravity program leading eight coaches and 65 athletes as they played in the powder, worked to become fundamentally sound skiers and decided which discipline they wanted to pursue as they moved forward with the club.  
After five years, it was time to return back to the east coast to be closer to family.  It was an easy decision to return to Killington, where she joined the U8/U10 coaching team.

Christian Shackleton
Alpine U10 Coach
Christian grew up skiing on dirt and plastic in the UK and graduated to snow in Scotland - ideal training for the best gnarly days Killington has to offer. Christian competed in FIS and Europa Cup in the early eighties and masters in early 2000's in California.  Despite all that, he still has the ski racing bug and enjoy immensely being a coach, guide and fostering his love for mountain sports in others.  
He has coached in outdoor education and ski racing at club and University level since the early nineties, most recently at Butternut Basin in Massachusetts.  Christian and his wife Fiona, along with their children Beatrix and Dominic, live in Connecticut, where he works as an engineer in the photonics industry.  
Mantra: Be safe - go fast - have fun - no whining!

Ezra Milby
Alpine U10 Coach

Jim McClellan
Alpine U12-U10 Coach
A longtime coach in numerous sports, Jim attended Holderness and Springfield College before moving to Vermont in 1966. Jim and his wife Valerie taught Physical Education and coached in the Rutland Public School. That winter he joined the Killington Ski Club, where he worked in the junior program and coached the high school ski team with Monk Martin.
Jim’s spare time activities included designing and building fiberglass kayaks and windsurfers. In the summers sailing, windsurfing and recently learning to kite board keep him on the water. If Jim is missing a ski day, it usually because he’s I off to a radar site somewhere in the world working for L-3 Communications ESSCO.

Simon Preisler
U10 Coach
Simon comes with experience as Head U12/10 coach at Campgaw Mountain and Mount Peter. He is a currently a USSA level 200 Alpine coach. In his younger years Simon was an avid yacht racer competing in Europe and the US. Simon lives in Ramsey, NJ with his wife, Alice and children Oscar (10) and Albert (8). When not on snow Simon works as Global Head of Logistics for a paper trading company in New York.

Tyler Hughes
Alpine Coach

FUTURE STARS COACHES

Steve Finneron
Future Stars Head Coach

Justin Happel
Future Stars Coach
Justin went through the KSC/KMS program from ages 14-19. He ran Cross-Country in high school and is still an avid runner when the weather allows. An Alpine racer in college at Castleton State College, he began coaching for the KSC/KMS program as a U21/U18 coach before moving to future stars where he has returned for the past two years. He works saving puppies lives as a Vet Tech at Eastwood Animal Clinic and he has a passion for helping animals.

Heidi Radlof McClellan
Future Stars Coach

Kate Stellar
Future Stars Coach

Cassie Harnett
Future Stars Coach

Alice Preisler
Future Star Coach

Jim McClellan IV
Future Star Coach
Home Mountain= killington
Favorite trail = Big Dipper as it was in 1978.
Years skiing = 41
Coaching = 10 years, all ages.
Favorite skier = Harkin Banks
Miscellaneous = No.2 ranked racer in the world on K2 and Technica (there were only two of us).

John Colby
Future Stars Coaches in Training
My home mountain is Killington. I have been skiing for fourteen years now and started at the age of two. My favorite trail at Killington is The Jug. I spend my summers teaching children how to sail and hope to apply some of that knowledge to teaching skiing.

Darius Russel-Kish
Future Stars Coaches in Training
Darius has been skiing at Killington for 5 years in the Big Mountain program, and before that skied for 8 years at Wachusett in MA. He is currently a sophomore at Wellesley High School and holds USSA level 100 Certification in moguls.

Ling Groccia
Future Stars Coaches in Training
This is my first year coaching Future Stars. I have skied at Killington my whole life and was once a Future Star myself. After Future Stars, I continued on to seven years of Mountain Division. I love the woods and bumps, and my favorite trail at Killington is Stitch Line.

Cole Colby
FutureStars Coaches in Training

Morgan Willis
FutureStars Coaches in Training

BIG MOUNTAIN

Tucker Lange
Big Mountain Coach

Ed Carey
Big Mountain Coach
Ed, aka Buffalo Head, is in his 50th season and he is only 49 years old! He is an avid outdoors person who enjoys hiking and mountain biking if there is no snow to be found. If there is snow he will ski everyday he can. Ed swims year round to keep himself in tiptop shape.
A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ed is currently employed as an Engineering Manager at General Electric.
He lives in North Chittenden, Vermont where all his children have had the opportunity to grow up skiing at Killington. His oldest Katharine is also coaching for KSC/KMS while his youngest Barbara is currently an U16 athlete in the program.