Alpine Competitive Program Director
Deb was employed by the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corporation in the Ski and Snowboard School during the past winter season. She is a two time Olympian, 1984 and 1988 and won a Gold Medal at the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo in Giant Slalom. Over the past 20 years Deb has remained relevant and influencial in the ski industry. Deb's involvement has bridged the best of what the racing and instructional worlds bring to the slopes.  In the racing world Deb has been a guest coach for a number of the USSA National Development System Camps (NDS) and was the Assistant Coach for the University of New Mexico Ski Team.  She also has been a part of the USSA Coaching Certification program conducting Cerification exams for USSA and its coaches.  From the ski instruction standpoint she is a PSIA examiner, a member of the PSIA Alpine Team (Demonstration Team), one of 13 members nationally and most recently has been the Technical Director for the Steamboat Ski and Snowboard School. Prior to that she was a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1981 to 1988. Deb grew up in the Pacific Northwest where she was an avid  racer, skiing to a US Junior Olympic Championship GS Title, National Champion GS Title, and is an inductee in the National Ski Hall of Fame.

Assistant Program Director-Alpine Head Coach
Anje grew up in Montana, skiing and racing in the western region through college, and began part-time coaching in 1992.  She worked at SSWSC from 1995-1999, then returned to SSWSC in 2006, to later assume her current position.  She has coached men and women at all levels at Bridger Ski Foundation, SSWSC, Team Summit, private coach, and Crested Butte Academy.  Anje has also directed summer ski racing camps in Europe and North America since 1998, is a level 300 USSA coach, and has been a coach at numerous U.S. Ski Team, NDS, Regional, & RMD projects.  She currently serves as an active member of the R/C Alpine Sport Committee, as well as the Selection working group & Ability class committees for Rocky Mountain Division.  Anje loves skiing and hopes to instill a life long love of the sport to all the athletes she coaches.  Anje, and her husband Rob, a Steamboat Springs native & SSWSC Alumni, have two sons, Zane and Cody.

Head Age Class Coach -JIII-J5
Rob Worrell grew up in Steamboat and SSWSC programs.  From Ages 3-13 Rob skied alpine and nordic, winning the Mary C. Magill ski-meister award in 1983.  Rob then focused on Alpine Ski Racing as a teen.  Rob’s other passion, during his teens was cycling, where he competed as a Junior, Amateur, and Professional.  Rob competed in 9 National Championships, and 1 World Championships in all road disciplines, and off- road.  Local cyclists know Rob as the record holder for Rabbit Ears pass.  While a full time cyclist in Boulder Colorado, Rob was pursued by Estes Park Ski Team to lead that program.  That is where Rob truly found his passion, working with young athletes.  Since his start in Estes Park, Rob has worked with some of the nations best ski racers at programs such as: SSWSC (’89-’99), Team Summit (Head Coach ’99-’04), Crested Butte Academy (’04-’06) and USSA/USST Regional Coach (’06-’09).  Rob’s passion in coaching is to see the huge progress one can make when one has the desire to work hard and put their chin in the fall line.

Development Director
Blair grew up in Minnesota as a competitive figure skater and enjoyed skiing through her youth. Blair moved to Steamboat in 1992 and taught skiing with the Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp for 7 years. She started her career with SSWSC as a Buddy Werner League coach in 1992.  She took a few years off to have three beautiful blonde boys; Jett 8, Chase & Trey 6 with her husband, John. In her free time she enjoys alpine & skate skiing, mt. biking, running, knitting and helping in her boys' classrooms.

PG Coach
Peter is entering his third year at SSWSC and will be working with the PG Team.  Peter is a recent graduate of Dartmouth College with  a degree in philosophy and was also a member of the Dartmouth Ski  Team for three years.  Prior to school, Peter competed at the Nor-Am  level and was on the U.S. Development team for two years.

Ability Coach
Eric is a recent graduate of Dartmouth College. He was a member of the Dartmouth Ski Team 2004-2008 (NCAA Champions in 2007). Eric grew up on a farm in Wisconsin and was the Wisconsin High School Champion in 2003. After High School he spent a year racing in Austria and Slovenia before heading off to Dartmouth. He loves being outdoors and active whether it's skiing, hiking, climbing, camping, etc...

Ability Coach
Robbie was a four year member of the Montana State University Division I Ski Team. He also was the Assistant Team coach at MSU during the 2007/08 season. He has coached for Erich Sailer Ski Racing Camps in Mt. Hood and for Uros Pavlovich Ski Camps in Saas Fe, Switzerland.

J3 Coach
Ryan is a Steamboat native and he and his siblings, Drew and Tina, spent K-12+ as members of the SSWSC.  He recently graduated from the University of Denver with a BSBA in Finance/Marketing, and now returns home to be a first year coach at the J3 level.  Through many early mornings and long trips the SSWSC helped engrain many life-long lessons into his daily routine, like hard work, responsibility, time-management, and organization, and now Ryan looks to help the present athletes and future Olympians of Steamboat maintain the love for the sport and enthusiasm that he shares and learn to succeed in all aspects and at all levels in life.

J3 Coach
Gladys Weidt will be joining the SSWSC staff for her first year. She will be working with Rob Worrell and Ryan Roberts with the J3’s.  Gladys graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2007 where she was part of the New Mexico Ski Team for 4 years and also part of the NCAA National Team in 2004 as well as an All-American. Gladys grew up in Duluth, Minnesota but skied out of Steamboat in High School.

JIV-JV Coordinator
Luke Brosterhaus is a 2001 graduate of the University of Oregon where he studied philosophy. He played golf and ski raced competitively while growing up Southern Oregon. He is currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in Sports Psychology at the University of Utah, and is in his last semester of course work this fall. Luke coached for the Winter Sports Club from 2001-2004, before spending 2 years playing Professional Golf full-time. In 2006 Luke spent 5 months (April-August) in the Kingdom of Bhutan as the guest coach for the Bhutan Youth Golf Association. Luke enjoys backcountry skiing, and cycling when not on the hill coaching skiing or on the range teaching golf. Luke is very happy to once again call Steamboat home.

JIV Head Coach
Jeff is a Colorado native from Morrison and grew up skiing with family and friends at the Loveland ski areas. As a junior he raced in the Rocky Mountain Division under the Loveland Basin Ski Club banner, and pursued his love of alpine competition from the time he was 10, on through high school and college. Jeff first competed at the college level as a member of the University of Colorado “B” Team, and completed his alpine racing career at the University of Wyoming, graduating with a degrees in geology and geophysics in 1982. After breaking from the competitive side of the sport to start his own family and a new environmental engineering company in Laramie, Wyoming, Jeff re-emerged in a teaching and coaching capacity in 1995.  Joining forces with his good friend John Marno, another University of Wyoming Alpine Team alum, Jeff coached junior alpine athletes from southeastern Wyoming, and helped fuel the then-burgeoning reputation of the small but mighty Snowy Range Race Team. While members of the Snowy Range team were gathering notable RMD successes in the age-class brackets, both Jeff and John knew from the beginning that if their kids chose to pursue the sport at a high level, they would eventually need “at-home access” to a great mountain, strong peer group, supportive community and understanding school system.  Thus, Jeff and his family ultimately found themselves destined for Ski Town USA, pulling up stakes and relocating in time for start of the Winter Sports Club’s 03-04 season; the Marno family following suit only a year later. Ultimately Jeff re-cast his coaching position with the Winter Sports Club in 2005, and is now starting his sixth season in our age-class program.  This year Jeff has assumed responsibilities of the Alpine Competitive J4 Head Coaching position and is looking forward to another great year on the RMD J4 race circuit.

Age Class Coach
Heidi grew up in Steamboat and was a member of the SSWSC as a junior racer. She went on to compete for the US Ski Team from 1981 through 1990 and became an NCAA All-American with the University of Wyoming in 1986. She also was the North American Champion in Sl, GS and the Overall in 1990. Her coaching career consists of being the NCAA assistant coach for the University of New Mexico, the Santa Fe Ski Team Junior coach, and most recently she ran the masters program at SSWSC. She is excited to get back to junior coaching as the JIV plus coach this year.

Heather Skinner started skiing at 18 months, and grew up ski racing at Loveland Basin Racing Club.  When her parents moved overseas, she attended Lowell Whiteman School, and raced for the SSWSC during high school.  During college, at Middlebury College in Vermont, she discovered that coaching young racers was way more fun than actually racing!  With a major in history, and double minor in Elementary Education and Geology in hand, she headed home to Steamboat to start her life.  She’s been coaching with the SSWSC since 1998.  Her “real job” (the one that pays the bills) is as the Medical Staff and Continuing Medical Education Coordinator at Yampa Valley Medical Center.  She is married to Erik Skinner (Freestyle Program Director), and they spend most nights debating whether Brodie (born 2004), and Quinn (born 2007) will be freestyle skiers or racers!