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Our Amazing Staff

We couldn’t do half of what we do here at NENSA if it wasn’t for our awesome staff!

                                         Executive Director :: Amie W. Smith
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[email protected] | 781-864-0545 (m)
Amie was born and raised in Bennington Vermont, and her parents put her on skis as soon as she could walk.  From age 5, she raced with Prospect Mountain Ski Club, before it became the Bill Koch League.  She has skied her entire life and taught her two daughters to ski as soon as they could stand on skis too.  Amie has a Masters in Social Work, and Community Organizing, and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
She coached EMBKL when her girls were younger, and started working with CSU juniors team in 2007, serving as the club’s first Parent Wax Team Manager, General Manager and Board Chair, as well as a coach during her 14 years with the club.  Amie was the NE Junior National Team organizer and Trip Leader in 2014 and 2105, before joining NENSA full time as the High Performance Director in 2015.  In 2016, Amie took on the Executive Director job at NENSA.  Amie is a US Ski & Snowboard L200 coach, as well as a Level 2 Technical Delegate (TD).  After spending 20 years in the Boston area with her husband, and fellow Nordic enthusiast Tom, they have recently relocated back home to Southern Vermont and once again ski at Prospect Mountain!

Youth & Introductory Program Director :: Kait Miller

[email protected] | 802-249-6334 (m) 

Kait grew up in Elmore, Vermont adventuring on skis with her friends and family. She participated in the Stowe BKL program before joining the Craftsbury Nordic Ski Club as a junior and later competing for Bowdoin College on the EISA circuit. Prior to joining NENSA, Kait skied professionally with the Craftsbury Green Racing Project (GRP) for 6 years during which time she earned a national title, competed in 33 World Cups, and qualified for the 2018 Olympic Team. In addition to competing for the GRP, Kait also worked with young people at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center coaching youth ski and bike groups and organized a summer citizens trail race series. Throughout Kait’s ski career she participated in many NENSA events and is thrilled to now be joining the NENSA staff team. She looks forward to meeting and connecting with people throughout New England, facilitating a strong and inclusive community, and creating fun reasons to ski and be active.

 


Competitive Program Director :: Justin Beckwith
[email protected] | 802-345-6720 (m)

Justin grew up on skis in his backyard and down the road at Indian Hill, where he chased his older brothers and sisters, in Barneveld, New York. He started racing in the BKL as a lollypopper and quickly fell in love with gliding fast on skis. He raced for the Holland Patent High School before spending his senior year at the Stratton Mountain School. During these years he raced for both Mid-Atlantic and New England at Junior Nationals where he had numerous All-American Results.

Justin went on to attend Middlebury College, where he raced at two NCAA Championships, Junior Worlds and a World Cup. After college Justin ventured West to explore the mountains with both cross-country and telemark skis. After a winter of skiing and grooming and skiing trails in Whitefish, Montana he returned East to take a job coaching at the Green Mountain Valley School in Waitsfield, Vermont. He remained there for eight years and was a part of many Junior National and World Junior coaching and waxing staffs. After GMVS he pursued his passion for mentoring and waxing skis for the best juniors in the US, traveling to cool places like Kazakhstan, Romania and Central Europe.

Justin looks forward to working with the New England Nordic Ski Association and sharing his passion for skiing and adventure.


Operations Manager :: Preston Noon
[email protected] | 207-688-6503 (o)

Prior to NENSA, Preston was based in New York City and worked in Advertising Operations at Newsweek, Nature Publishing Group, and the New York Times. Since he moved to Maine in 2016, Preston has worked as Operations Manager for both NENSA, and the U.S. Biathlon Association.

Preston graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in English and minored in Art History. He received his masters degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU. He then went on to teach Digital Arts at Bennington College post grad and is currently an Adjunct professor at the University of Southern Maine. Preston lives in Freeport, with his wife and two children, where he volunteers on the Zoning Board of Appeals and is an active member in his community.


Eastern TD Coordinator and Event Support :: Fred Bailey
[email protected] |  207-418-0840 (m)

Fred grew up in Andover, Maine, where he learned to ski in the back field of the family farm, the local snowmobile trails, and Akers Family Trails. He really caught the skiing bug when he raced in a NENSA U16 Championships in Rangeley, Maine. Following high school racing, he skied for Colby, including a trip to NCAAs, and later spent 6 years racing for Maine Winter Sport Center.

In the years since retiring from ski racing, Fred has worked as part of the team that created the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, where he eventually became the director of collections and facilities. Additionally, he worked as a junior ski coach for several programs in western Maine and runs a trail design business.
In 2009, Fred began his career as a technical delegate under the mentorship of Jim Rodrigues and Bill Henchey and many others. He took over the role of Eastern TD Coordinator in 2019, from Jim. Also in 2019, he began working as a FIS homologation inspector. Fred is thrilled to join the NENSA staff and help support our regional events!

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