Skiing History Week slated for Sun Valley, March 23-27, 2022

Sun Valley, Idaho, will host the 30th annual ISHA Awards Banquet next March.

Mark these dates: ISHA will hold its 30th annual ISHA Awards Banquet on March 24, 2022, at Sun Valley! We’ll renew our long-standing Skiing History Week collaboration with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, which will hold its induction banquet on March 26. In addition, ISHA will send a contingent to the NESM’s Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race at North Conway, New Hampshire on March 5, followed by the HOF’s Eastern Banquet that evening at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

We were preparing to hold the 2020 Skiing History Week at Sun Valley when the Covid-19 pandemic forced its cancellation. We’re delighted to return now to Ketchum, Sun Valley and Mt. Baldy, which have hosted so many ISHA events in years past.

ISHA Hires New Executive Director

ISHA is pleased to announce that Janet White will assume the duties of Executive Director on August 1. Janet’s roots in skiing run deep: after graduating cum laude at the University of New Hampshire, she joined The Ski Market as skiwear manager and eight years later supervised staff training for 500 employees at 30 retail locations. For the next 20 years she worked as vice president for sales, education and business development for companies selling management software to nonprofits, including schools, universities and philanthropic organizations. Janet serves on the board of directors of the New England Ski Museum and has attended a number of ISHA events. “Janet brings us a unique set of skills in personnel and project management, back-end operations, sales and partner development,” said ISHA Chairman Rick Moulton. “And she’s steeped in skiing culture, with long relationships among ISHA’s existing partners. She’s a perfect fit and will step right into professional management of ISHA’s programs.”

Ken Hugessen Elected to ISHA Board

Toronto-based management consultant Ken Hugessen has been elected to ISHA’s Board of Directors. Ken grew up skiing in Montreal and raced both Nordic and Alpine events for the Sedbergh School, Bishop’s College School and Lower Canada College. He holds an Honors B.S. from Sir George Williams University, an M.A. from Dalhousie University and an M.S. from the University of Chicago. In 1974 he joined Mercer Inc. and for three decades managed Mercer practices in Toronto, Calgary, Chicago and New York, rising to managing director. He continued to ski, racing on winning teams at the Canadian Ski Marathon and the Laurentian Loppet. In 2006 he founded Hugessen Consulting, advising boards on executive compensation and related performance, governance and shareholder matters.

ISHA Is a Public Charity

ISHA was founded in 1991 as a private charity by Mason Beekley. After a three-year review, as of March 31, 2021, we are a public charity under IRS rules. A number of family and institutional foundations have already used the new classification to donate in support of the ISHA mission.