The Canadian Ski Museum/Canadian Ski Hall of Fame is an Ottawa, Ontario, based not-for-profit charitable organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
IVO KRUPKA, Chair
Ivo Krupka is President of Public Policy & Management Inc., a consulting firm that he established after a 30-year career in the Public Service of Canada. He has been a member of the Ottawa Masters Ski Association for the last 25 years, where he continues his alpine ski racing ‘career’ begun as a teenager in the former Gatineau Ski Zone and pursued in the 1960s through his years as a member of the Queen’s University and Royal Canadian Navy ski teams. University studies in history and work on cultural and many other policies in the federal government have influenced his commitment to preserving, promoting and celebrating Canada’s skiing history. He was Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Ski Museum from 2002 to 2007, when he was elected Chair.
ALAIN GUILBERT, Vice-Chair
Alain Guilbert brings to the Museum extensive career experience in the world of media and communications. Now retired from his position as Vice-president, Communications at Canada Post/ Postes Canada, Alain maintains active involvement with numerous organisations, including the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association, where was the Chair of the Board of Directors from 2005-2008. Previously, Alain was president of Publications Transcontinental (Montreal) and he also managed the daily papers Le Soleil (Québec), La Tribune (Sherbrooke), and La Voix de l’Est (Granby). At different stages of his career, he was president of the Dailies of Quebec, Magazines of Quebec and Hebdos Quebec. Additionally, Alain has managed a communications-marketing company and a public relations organization. He was also the manager of information for the organizing Committee of the Olympic Games of Montreal 1976.
ARNOLD MIDGLEY, Director/Past-Chair
BRUCE MEREDITH, Director, Treasurer
Bruce Meredith has maintained his passion with skiing, the ski industry and disabled skiing and racing dating back to the mid-1960s. Bruce is a certified CSIA and CADS instructor and CSCF coach. In the past 15 years, Bruce has sat on numerous local, divisional and national disabled ski related boards and committees and is a past-President of Ski Hawks Ottawa, a blind and visually impaired ski and snowboard program at Camp Fortune. He is the father of a former Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team Member and he has been a Ski Quebec Para Alpine race quide from 2004 to 2007 for a visually impaired world-ranked athlete. Bruce is particularly interested in helping the Museum in delivering on its financial responsibilities as he is a Certified General Accountant (CGA) and would like to continue assisting the Museum establish links with the Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing (CADS).
JEFF BEAN, Director
WALTER BOYCE, Director, Fundraising
RON CROOK, Director, Communications
SHAUN FRIPP, Director, On-hill Ski Events
PAUL ÉMILE HAMEL, Director
JAMES JOHNSON, Director
Jim Johnson was a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team from 1963 to 1966. He was Head Coach of the National Capital Division from 1965 to 1966. Jim was a co-founder of the Canadian Masters Ski Association and raced on the national master’s circuit from 1984 to 1994. Jim’s professional career was in law and business. Currently he is President of a commercial real estate holding company.
TREVOR KLOTZ,Director, Legal
Trevor Klotz is a Barrister and Solicitor, as well as a registered Patent & Trade-mark Agent practising in Ottawa. He has competed in all skiing disciplines at the National level, including cross-country and jumping and is a past CAST member and FIS Technical Delegate. Trevor's home club is Mont Sainte Marie, P.Q., where he has functioned as a Gate Judge at the Nancy Greene level through to Race Chairman at Nor-Am Technical events. Trevor is a strong believer that the Canadian history of recreational and competitive skiing is well worth preserving.
VINCENT MIDGLEY, Director
DON RUNGE, Director, Publications
NATALIE TOMMY, Director, Hall of Fame event
Regional Directors:
Atlantic: ARTHUR IRWIN
Quebec City: ANDRÉ BERTRAND
Laurentians: LUC DUBOIS
Montreal: CHRIS EDGELL
Toronto: JACK GARDNER
Interior BC: FRASER PULLEN
British Columbia: PETER W. WEBSTER
Directors Emeritus:
GRANT BOYD (Ottawa)
JOHN FRIPP (Ottawa)
KEITH NESBITT (Ottawa)
Canadian SnowSports Association Directors (CSSA):
(Appointed as per Constitution)
DAVE PYM
RÉMI CLOUTIER