Tele-Skier Profile: Susan Brockway

Ms. Susan Brockway returns to Ski Holiday after a stellar showing on our trip to the Great White North in 2009. Ms. Brockway lives and works in Los Alamos ("The Alamos") New Mexico with her daughter and cat. Susan claims to have owned a ski pass every year since 1972. When she is not tele-schussing Pajarito Mountain, Susan enjoys biking, hiking, swimming, dancing. Welcome back Susan!

Snowboarder Profile: Elliot Reed

Mr. Elliot Reed is back! Elliot was the driving force behind the amazing 3 Vallées France in 2006. He survived the '07 injury-prone trip to Verbier Switzerland. Elliot brought serious karaoke skill to Jackson Hole in '08. He kicked it at Kicking Horse & Lake Louise Canada '09. And he après-skied it up in St. Anton Austria 2010. Elliot was born in the Netherlands, raised in Phoenix, and lives in Cleveland. He serves as management at a medical device startup. Fun facts: in 1993 Elliot was a pineapple picker in Maui; he is also color blind and routinely buys purple things believing them to be blue.

Skier Profile: Andrea Oettinger

Ms. Andrea Oettinger is back for another Ski Holiday! The youngest sister of Marc, she has concluded that skiing is more important than being in debt. Andrea is a former teacher and is pursuing a doctorate in Education in Philadelphia. She has spent the last 12 years of her life trying to improve city public schools. Welcome back Andrea!

Snowboarder Profile: Nikki Tiano

Ms. Nicole "Nikki" Tiano and neighbor of the Oettinger family since her early years. She is rarely in the States, spending the greater part of her time working in Africa and the Middle East working in the public health industry. When she is in the US, you can find her riding her bike to and from JP (home to significant portion of Boston's Emerald Necklace) and exercising her fluency in Spanish and Portuguese.

Snowboarder Profile: Chris Blizzard

Mr. Chris Blizzard joins us again, this time from the Left Coast, California. Mr. Blizzard is a Johns Hopkins alumnus, lives in San Jose, and enjoys the law student life. He began snowboarding in 8th grade while living in Japan. Fun facts: Chris saw Arnold Schwarzenegger on his last visit to Sun Valley. We hope Chris' last name breeds good snow fortune for us in March, as it did for us in Park City .

Tele-Skier Profile: Denise Abdoo

Ms. Denise Abdoo is a 100 percent Ski-Holiday-blooded veteran. She hails from Denver, Colorado, where she works as a pediatric nurse practitioner in Emergency Medicine and Trauma at The Children's Hospital. Denise is a flexitarian which means she only eats flexi, a flexible, fibrous, organic foodstuff which I bet is made by Kashi and sold at places like Loving Hut .

Tele-Skier Profile: Marc Oettinger

Mr. Marc Oettinger is the marketing director for this year's Ski Holiday. Marc is a Scorpio who enjoys fine dining, dancing, art history, language, sunsets, exercise, and delightful conversation. Marc has drawn upon the good and the bad in planning, and he again hopes [expects] this to be the best snow trip ever.

Skier Profile: Kim Lamb

Ms. Kimberly "Kim" Lamb is 5th-year Ski Holiday caliber, joining the group from Boston where she works research contracts for the pharma industry. A native of Massachusetts, she did a stint in the Midwest for grad school that extended into 13 yrs of living the good life. Kim maintained her varsity stripes with ease last year in Park City UTAH, and we look forward to her enthusiasm again this year.