Bill Marolt, a 1964 Olympian who was the U.S. alpine skiing director during some of the U.S. Ski Team’s most successful years before taking over as the University of Colorado’s athletic director, came back to the USSA in the summer of 1996 as president and chief executive officer. An Aspen, CO, native, Marolt won three U.S. championships – the 1963 downhill title, slalom in 1964 and giant slalom in 1965. Following his retirement as an athlete in 1968, he returned to Colorado as head ski coach in 1969, winning seven NCAA titles from 1969-78. He then served as director of the U.S. alpine program from 1978-84. U.S. skiers won five medals, including three gold and two silver, at the ’84 Olympic Games in Sarajevo. At the end of the ’84 season, Marolt resigned to accept the athletic director’s post at his alma mater. Under Marolt, the Buffaloes put together one of the strongest Division I collegiate sports programs, including a national football title (’90) and several more NCAA ski championships. Marolt has two daughters, Katy and Shannon. He and his wife Connie live in Park City.
Andrew Judelson, a leader in the sports industry, is responsible for all of the USSA's revenue generation and associated business operations including corporate partnership, licensing, suppliers, content development and distribution as well as traditional and digital media and the Foundation's private giving programs. He oversees communications, public relations, membership, creative services, information technology, events and the USSA Foundation as well as marketing the USSA's brands. Judelson carries nearly two decades of experience stemming from nine years with the National Hockey League, where he rose to Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales and Marketing and most recently Chief Marketing Officer for Sports Illustrated Group. He also worked closely with the USSA while a Group Manager of Corporate Sponsorships and Events for Sprint in the mid '90s. A passionate skier, Judelson received a Bachelor of Arts in Politics with a concentration in Russian studies at Rollins College. He went on to earn a Masters in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in 1992 where he was a member of the honorary academic fraternity, Beta Gamma Sigma. He and his wife Maija live in Park City with their two sons.
A former World Cup and professional freestyle skier, Mark Lampe coordinates the financial operations for USSA. He received both undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Utah. After retiring from international competition in 1983, he spent 12 years in Denver and Salt Lake City with the leading accounting firm KPMG (Peat Marwick), overseeing a wide variety of financial activities, from high technology and sports manufacturing services to public securities and debentures. Lampe has served as chairman of the board of Ririe Woodbury Dance Co. in Salt Lake City, one of the nation’s outstanding modern dance troupes, and is a graduate of Leadership Utah. Lampe has one daughter and lives in Salt Lake City.
A two-time Olympian and NCAA champion, Luke Bodensteiner oversees the integration of the USSA's six sports under a unified strategic plan emphasizing high performance services. A Wisconsin native, Bodensteiner competed as a cross country athlete with the U.S. Ski Team at the 1992 and 1994 Olympics and had a stellar career with the University of Utah, winning both a national team title and two individual crowns. He started with the USSA in 1996, developing what is now the USSA Cross Country SuperTour. He was named cross country manager in 1997, nordic director in 2001 and associate athletic director for high performance in March, 2008. He took over his athletics leadership position in November 2008. He and his family live in Heber City, UT.
Tom Kelly, who has nearly 40 years experience in ski-related marketing and public relations, came to USSA in 1986 as assistant national nordic director and took over public relations management in 1988. Kelly oversees all public relations, corporate communications and image development for USSA. He is also active within his field in both the International Federation, where he serves as chairman of the FIS PR & Mass Media Committee, and the U.S. Olympic Committee. Prior to coming to USSA, Kelly, a 1974 University of Wisconsin graduate and Wisconsin native, worked first as a ski journalist and public relations professional in the early 1970s before taking over marketing and public relations for Telemark Resort in northern Wisconsin, home of the American Birkebeiner cross country ski race, where he was instrumental in the development of the Worldloppet ski series. He and his wife Carole Duh live in Park City and have four grown children and nine grandchildren.
One of skiing's most accomplished athletes, Trace Worthington heads fundraising for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation. In a move that brings a closer athletic tie into the sports' fundraising, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association President and CEO Bill Marolt tapped the world champion as the organization's Vice President, Foundation.
Worthington, named to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, forged a stellar career as a freestyle champion in the 1990s winning 37 World Cups and two World Championship titles (aerials, combined). The two-time Olympian (1992, '94) was known for his pioneering and his promotion of the sport.
In 1997 he joined teammate Kris Feddersen in starting Flying Ace Productions. The action sports company has produced hundreds of trampoline and aerial shows for major corporations around the world, promoting skiing and snowboarding to new audiences. The company's Ski SuperStars division matched famous ski champions with individuals and corporations. Worthington also worked as one of network televisions premier commentators for winter sports on NBC, CBS, ESPN, and Versus. For the past decade he covered freestyle skiing, ski cross, snowboardcross, ski and snowboarding halfpipe, and celebrity events. Most notably, he covered three Winter Olympics for NBC.
Worthington is responsible for the Team's private fundraising, a vital element in supporting athletic programs. The Foundation raises millions each year in an annual fund and endowments to directly support the most expansive and diverse programs of any Olympic sport from youth development to World and Olympic Champions.
