Women’s Summit
Come to the Women’s Summit to connect to your personal performance. Learn from the best as you explore your potential for higher achievement through communication, connection, and gear-related coaching. The event will focus on the ski/board-snow connection, and how best to access performance through proper choice and fit of gear, plus learning to use the tools for your best outcomes. Ski or ride with PSIA-AASI National Team Members, Alumni Team Members, and other top female educators from across the country. The Women’s Summit welcomes all disciplines, and is for Professional Members* only.
WHY ATTEND?
Connecting With Power and Grace
We are excited to welcome influential, experienced industry leaders to the event. Dee Byrne, recently retired President and COO of Palisades Tahoe and past PSIA-AASI National Team Member, will be the keynote speaker. Dee has reached the highest level of achievement as an instructor, manager, and leader. She will share some of what she has learned about how her gender has shaped those experiences.
Other speakers include:
- Amber Broadway, Solitude COO
- Maggie Loring, PSIA-AASI Equity Facilitator
- Leslie Baker-Brown, Blizzard Technica
- Barclay Rappeport, Stockli
- Stephanie Wilkerson, National Team Alumni and Rossignol Snowboards
- Carol Levine, National Team Alumni and boot specialist
- Mermer Blakeslee, National Team Alumni and coaching specialist
- Heidi Ettlinger, National Team Alumni and gear specialist
- You also get to ski and ride with current and former members of the PSIA-AASI National Team!
Join us Feb. 23-26, 2025, at Solitude in Utah. Earn 20 CEUs.
Price: $650 members or $650 + $40 for non-members who are Ski Patrol or USSA
Includes lift tickets, keynote speaker, all sessions, and après ski events. Information about discount lodging will be provided upon registration.
Deadlines: Registration ends 11:59 PM on February 1, 2025, or when the event is at capacity.
*A Professional Member (as defined by the Intermountain Region and delineated by select regions) is a member who has been through training at their snowsports school and who is currently (or previously) employed as an instructor by a current PSIA-AASI Member School. Professional Members are working toward, or have already achieved any level of certification. They maintain certification by earning continuing education units in PSIA-AASI clinics and educational events.
Event Schedule
Women’s Summit kicks off Sunday with check-in and refreshments starting at 5:00 PM, followed by the keynote. There will be a cocktail party on Monday with a cash bar and a panel discussion about gear choices on Tuesday evening.
Ski or ride with your assigned group in the mornings from 9:00 AM to Noon. On Monday and Tuesday afternoons, choose from sessions on gear, personal performance, and coaching. The event concludes Wednesday by 2:00 PM.
PSIA-AASI Women’s Council for Equity and Inclusion
The mission of the Women’s Council for Equity and Inclusion is to invest in women through educational programming, women’s events, financial support and mentoring at the local, regional and national levels. It also acts as the visionary steering group for creating opportunities for women in leadership in PSIA-AASI and the greater snowsports industry. This group helped revive the women’s summit as a national event, and is actively working with schools and instructors to collect data, develop resources and programs, and guide and inform PSIA-AASI efforts.
