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2023/2024 SEASON

Administration & Events

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David Edry

Program Director

Phone: 978.505.8443

David Edry - Program Director

David, known as 'Edry', returns for his 5th year with Loon Race Team. He came to LRT from the Stratton Winter Sports Club (SWSC) in Stratton, VT where he was  the Program Director and Head Alpine Coach for 7 years, responsible for a program of over 500 athletes (Alpine, Freestyle, Freeski, Snowboard) and over 100 coaches. 

Prior to the SWSC, he spent 7 years as the Head U14 for Stratton Mountain School (SMS), and 11 years heading up the New Hampton School F.I.S/U.S.S.A program. The New Hampton School trained at Loon Mountain, so he is very familiar with the mountain and working with management here. 

Edry is a USSA level 400 certified coach and coached several US Ski Team development camps and has helped to develop a handful of U.S. Ski Team athletes in his former programs. He has served on both the VARA and NHARA board of directors in the past. Edry was a teammate of Coach Aaron Loukes on the Plymouth State College Ski Team and was the 1990 Eastern Region Collegiate Slalom Champion. Edry is currently the Owner and Head coach of U.S. Elite Camps, which hosts training camps at Mt. Hood, Oregon, Cooper Mtn, Colorado, and Saas-Fee, Switzerland. He is a former semi-professional bike racer, has run 10 marathons (Boston x3), is a Crossfit Level-1 instructor, and enjoys golf when he has some free time. Edry is qualified, motivated, and excited to be back in NH!

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Aaron Loukes

Assistant Program Director

Phone: 603.348.6181

Aaron Loukes - Assistant Program Director & Head U10 Coach

Aaron grew up ski racing at Mt. Mansfield Ski Club in Stowe, VT and raced for Plymouth State College, where he raced in the national championship races all four years. Aaron is a former winner of the Governors Cup race held each year in March and has a passion for ski racing, coaching and teaching. He is currently the head coach of the Lin-Wood Public School ski teams, whose teams have won many state championships over the years. He was the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association ski coach of the year in 2019. He also directs a mid-week youth program called Kanc Carvers for athletes 3rd-5th grade. He has coached ski racing to athletes from U8 -U21 and brings a great deal of teaching / athletic administration experience to the program. 

Aaron has a Masters in Athletic Administration and he has spent 5 years as a high school athletic director. Aaron coached varsity baseball for 18 years at Lin-Wood and was named New Hampshire Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 2006 as well as in 2021.  He is currently a K-12 Physical Education teacher at Lin-Wood Public Schools. He is a member of the NH Interscholastic Athletic Association Ski Committee and is board member of NHARA. Aaron traveled to Mammoth Mtn. to attend the National Coaches Academy and received his USSA Level 300 Certification as an Alpine Coach. 

His interests are skiing, hiking, baseball, traveling and spending time with his wife Kristin and kids Chloe, Lucy and Charles.   

Dylan Snell - Events Director

Hans Herzog - Events

Bronwyn McSorley - Race Admin

Sarah Snell - Club Admin

Rut Riders Coaches

Michelle Nestor - Head Rut Riders Coach

Michelle Nestor grew up skiing all over New England but found her passion for coaching and teaching skiing with New England Disabled Sports where she was a coach for seven years.  At NEDS, she worked with both adults and children including tethering sit-skiers and guiding visually impaired athletes as well as other adaptive disciplines.  For the last five years, Michelle has been a coach with the Development Team at Loon Mountain where she has been a head coach for kids 5-8 years old. Michelle holds both Adaptive and Alpine certifications as well as PSIA Children’s Specialist certification from the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA).  She’s also pursuing formal race focused education with the US Ski and Snowboard Association now that she’s part of the LRT family. Michelle is thrilled to be part of the LRT coaching staff where she believes in building age-appropriate independence, helping kids master the skills that will help them develop into great skiers, and having fun all over the mountain!

Morgan Clark - Rut Riders Coach

A Lincoln-area native, Morgan graduated from Lin-Wood High School, and raced for them from 7th grade all the way through her senior year. Also a graduate of Plymouth State University, she began her coaching career with the LRT Rut Riders in 2011-12. When not coaching, Morgan plays music full time in her band, Red Daisy Revival, with her finance Daniel. They moved back to New Hampshire during the pandemic from Nashville, and now have shows lined up all winter long, including at Babe's at Loon! When not coaching or performing, Morgan loves snowshoeing, baking, riding trains, spending time with family as much as possible, and enjoying time at the river in the summer. She has a cat, Silky, whom she adopted after he wandered into her yard in Nashville years ago.

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Peter Creedon - Rut Riders Coach

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Jordan Gaebel - Rut Riders Coach

Harper Lindsay - Rut Riders Coach

Harper has been a member of Loon Race Team for her entire racing career, and a recreational skier at Loon long before that. She is currently a junior in high school in Winchester Massachusetts, and is an avid cross country enthusiast who looks forward to being captain next year.  Harper is also involved in many school activities such as class officers and model United Nations, and is proud to be awesome at arranging google slide presentations. She has two dogs and is looking forward to owning many more someday!

Makenna Mack - Rut Riders Coach

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Steve Ouellette - Rut Riders Coach

Steve grew up ski racing in Vermont where he attended Mount Snow Academy and Stratton Mountain School and is also a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.  Steve’s passion for skiing and ski racing eventually led him back to the mountain as a U8 coach for the Loon Race Team.  Off the mountain Steve works in Finance and enjoys spending time with his wife Marcia and son Parker who is an up and coming U8 racer for LRT!

U10 Coaches

Ryan Hunter - Co-Head U10 Coach

Ryan grew up in Bow, NH where he anchored the Falcons racing team both his junior and senior year.  His coaching career took off where his USSA experience ended; at the local ski hill, Pat’s Peak, coaching U12's for three seasons.  Ryan studied  elementary education and economics at Keene State College as he coached U12's at Mount Sunapee for three seasons before graduating from KSC summa cum laude.

After graduation Ryan hiked the entire Pacific Crest Trail in four and a half months and then began working for Sport Thoma as a sales rep and ski technician.  He is a certified binding technician and one of the most knowledgeable ski tuners on the LRT staff.  He currently lives in Concord and builds everything from new homes to breakwater docks for a living on beautiful Lake Winnipesaukee.

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Caroline Brinzey - U10 Coach

Colby Chase - U10 Coach

Colby is a former LRT and Linwood Lumberjack athlete. He grew up on the mountain and is a spirited and very skilled skier. He has experience working with young athletes at the Loon Ski School. Colby is a father of two and is finishing up his studies at Plymouth State University. He also runs a very successful painting business which he has guided to double digit growth this summer . He is really looking forward to a great winter at LRT!

Steve Gaebel - U10 Coach

Steve grew up skiing and racing at Nashoba Valley in Massachusetts.  After pursuing Cross Country and Track & Field in High School and College he reignited his passion for skiing by taking weekend trips to Loon and Sunday River. He started his coaching career with the U8 team at his home area Nashoba Valley and soon his family then moved to Loon where he coached the Rut Riders for four years and then shifted to the U12 staff. Steve now will share his love of skiing with the U10's! When Steve is not on the hill, he spends his free time running and biking as well as at the lacrosse field watching his daughter Jordan.  Steve believes that along with competition, the most important thing to teach our athletes is to pursue their passions, have fun, and become lifelong skiers. 

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Alex Lev - U10 Coach

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Griffin Mozinski - U10 Coach

U12 Coaches

Brett Marquis - U12 Head Coach

Brett grew up racing with the Gunstock Ski Club (GSC) before moving on to the New Hampton School for his junior and senior years of high school, where he was coached by our Program Director, David Edry! He returned to GSC to begin his coaching career, first as the JI/JII assistant coach, then as a U12 assistant coach and finally as the Head U14 coach for 8 years.  As the Head U14 coach, Brett worked incredibly hard to build the Gunstock U14 program and in 2020 his group of girls won the State Championship Women's Team title and the club was 2nd Overall! Brett's innovative and creative coaching approach has led to lots of success with his athletes and he will surely add to the LRT Team and help lift the U12’s to the highest level possible.

In addition to his coaching duties at LRT, Brett has coached at every U.S. Elite camp since autumn 2019!

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Viking Bartlett - U12 Coach

Jeff Brown - U12 Coach

Caitlin Cosman - U12 Coach

Caitlin has been a part of the Loon Race Team for over 20 years! Starting the program as a rut rider herself, she graduated in 2014 and went on to continue her ski racing career at Northeastern University where she studied Political Science and International Relations. During her five years at Northeastern she was able to race all four seasons of eligibility in the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) and even stepped in as Head Coach in 2018. She coached the Women's team all the way to Nationals at Lake Placid, which she considers her second greatest skiing achievement, right behind her 2016 Governors Cup win. After 18 years of racing, Caitlin finally retired the GS suit and was more than excited to return to LRT as a coach and share her passion for this sport with the kids!

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Charlie Loukes - U12 Coach

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Michael Weinstein - U12 Coach

U14 Coaches

Jesse Anser - Head U14 Coach

Jesse grew up skiing at the age of 2 and began racing when he was 7 at a tiny “hill” called Mt. Peter in Warwick, NY. Though a small area, it had lights and allowed for training nearly every day. Throughout his racing career he traveled all over New England to compete at various levels of racing. In 2010 he won the New York State title in Slalom and Giant Slalom, and then went on to compete at Eastern Regionals at Attitash finishing Sixth in GS. He then went on to race at Plymouth State University but decided to hang up the race skis for a while. Last season he rekindled his love for racing participating in Loonatics and was the overall champion. Jesse currently is the Marketing Director for the NH-FUN Family of parks which includes the Whales Tail and Outdoor Adventures in Lincoln. He loves LRT!

Tom Campbell - U14 Coach

Tom brings an extensive amount of relevant experience to Loon Race Team.  As a junior racer, he was a Waterville Valley Black and Blue Trail Smasher and Academy student, competing in National and FIS races before attending the University of New Hampshire, racing Division 1. 

In his 3rd year at LRT, Tom has a USSA Alpine Level 100 coach’s certification, and promotes solid fundamentals, technical mechanics, and sending it.  In the off-season, he is an avid cyclist, a do-it-yourself-er, and works in financial services.  His son Fin (11) and daughter Lucy (9) are in their second seasons with LRT and learning fast to be fast!

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Kailah Greenberg - U14 Coach

Mike Greenberg - U14 Coach

Mike is a product of Massachusetts skiing, having grown up ripping at The Blue Hills with occasional race days at Nashoba Valley and Wachusett. He skied for Tufts University for three seasons in addition to playing lacrosse. Since then he has skied all over the map and continues to get after it in beer league. Prior to the family move to join LRT, Mike coached U12’s and was the U8 Coordinator for Nashoba Valley Ski Club. Mike is fully aware of the strength of the LRT program, having two daughters that now battle each other for the title of fastest member of the Greenberg household. Outside of skiing, Mike can be found cycling and fundraising for the Pan Mass Challenge with his wife Dana, coaching youth lacrosse or making furniture in his wood shop.  Mike is excited be returning to help develop athletes for a life filled with confidence, skills and perspective.

George Smilyanski - U14 Coach

George grew up racing in Ukraine, way back when his SL and GS skis were the same length... 195cm! He moved to the US in 2002 and started coaching at Wachusett Mountain Race Team in 2005. He coached all age groups over the years from J5 to U21. He is a student of the sport, believing that to be a good racer, you need to be a good skier first - skiing every trail on the mountain in every style possible. When the race season winds down, the backcountry season starts! George is as passionate about that type of skiing as about racing. He earned his turns in  Tuckerman Ravine and other locales in the White Mountains, as well as many backcountry destinations in Utah, Colorado, the Alps and even Iceland! When snow melts, George enjoys rock climbing, hiking, kayaking, biking and pretty much anything else as long as it's outdoors. When forced to be indoors, George is an IT engineer for a financial company in Boston.

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Marina Vilanova - U14 Coach

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Megan Wurden - U14 Coach

U16/18 Coaches

Joseph "Pez" Peznola - Head U16/18 Coach

Coach "Pez" grew up skiing at Loon and can remember the days when the Seven Brothers and East Basin Chairs were the only options when the gondola line was long. Pez has been with LRT for eight years; three years has Head U16 Coach. Previously he was Head Coach of the Nashoba Valley Rovers USSA Race Team. Pez has been coaching ski racing since 1999. He served as the Children’s Race Committee Chair of the Tri-State Ski Racing Association from 2012-2014. He is USSA Level 200 certified coach and a Certified Race Referee and Alpine Official. He coaches with U.S. Elite Camps at Copper Colorado and Mount Hood Oregon. Coach Pez raced and coached for the University of Lowell back in the 1980s. He and wife Deb live in Thornton NH. 

Jeffrey Bratz - U16/U18Coach

Jeff, a graduate of Littleton High School in Littleton, NH, grew up racing nearby in the Franconia Ski Club, with then-Program Director Harry Maybee, now our head U18/U21 coach! Jeff spent 8 years coaching U16's at Bretton Woods before joining the Loon Race Team 3 years ago. This year, Jeff moved from coaching on the U16 team to the U18/U21 team. Currently the Culinary Arts Instructor at the Salem, NH Career Technical Education Center, Jeff is a graduate of St. Lawrence Univerity, the New England Culinary Institute and Fitchburg State University. He resides in Amesbury, MA with his wife Kate, step-daughter Pippa and two gigantic Labrador retrivers, Walt and Moose. In his spare time, Jeff enjoys boating, biking, baking bread, and biting off more than he can chew with home improvement projects!

Catherine Creedon - U16/18 Coach

Catherine has been skiing at Loon Mountain since she was only 2 years old. She joined The Loon Race Team as a Rut Rider at age 6. Her dad, Mike, was a coach for over 10 years at Loon and was known for not only his ski ability but also his tremendous passion for the sport as a part of an active and healthy lifestyle, which has surely impacted her philosophy as a coach. After leaving LRT to go to college out west, she found a love for backcountry skiing and obtained her A.I.A.R.E. Avalanche Level 1 and 2 certifications. She also carries a USSA Level 100. She has been coaching since 2012. When she is not skiing, Catherine is a Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts. She lives in Framingham with her husband and German Shepherd, Skadi.

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Jeff D'Agostine - U16/18 Coach

Jeff grew up racing at Nashoba Valley, then took time off in college (who knew Colby College didn't have a ski team in the 80s?) before resuming racing on the USSA master's circuit and adult leagues. He started coaching again 10 years ago at WVBBTS, and has coached with US Elite Camps at Copper Mountain. Level-100 certified, this is his first year with Loon Race Team, and his sons are both first year U16s.  He dreams of some day actually skiing without a radio or drill in his hand, with his wife and sons.  In the off-season he enjoys cycling with several other LTR coaches, mountain biking with his sons, and hanging out with his dogs.

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Burton Flint - U16/18 Coach

Burton grew up ski racing in New Mexico and Colorado, and learned how to ski on ice while racing for Tufts University. He’s been a ski coach since 2013, obtaining his Level 100 certification in 2017. Prior to joining LRT, he helped lead the coaching for the Nashoba Buddy Werner team for six years and coached U14s at Wachusett for one year. At LRT, he’s coached U10s and U16s.

He and his wife Jen, along with son Henry and daughter Juniper (both LRT racers) live in Concord, Mass.

Dana Greenberg - U16/18 Coach

Dana’s ski racing began with the “candy bar” races at Mt.Pisgah, NY. Once hooked, her racing career took her from Nashoba Valley to the US Telemark Ski Team, with stops along the way at BBTS, UMass, and University of Colorado.  After college she spent time teaching math and coaching racers at Gould Academy before returning to Massachusetts where she joined the coaching staff at Nashoba Valley.  Dana & her husband, Mike (U14 coach), came to LRT in 2014. Their daughters Johnny (U18) and Kailah (LRT graduate - now at Bates College) grew up in the program.  Dana joined the U10 staff when her daughter was a U10, and now has moved to work with the older athletes!  Dana loves working with athletes, helping them develop confidence in the sport of ski racing and creating a passion and lifelong love of skiing.

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Harry Maybee - U16/18 Coach

Harry has a long history in ski racing in New Hampshire. Most recently he has was Head Coach and Program Director for the Bretton Woods Ski Team, where he worked for a decade. Prior to his tenure at Bretton Woods Harry was the Program Director for the Sunlight Ski Team Educational Foundation in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and the Director of Racing at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School. Harry was also the Program Director of the Franconia Ski Club in the 1980’s. He also has coaching experience as Head Coach of Ski Valley Christmas Camp, Crotched Mountain Ski Club, Greek Peak Christmas Camp and the WVA Summer Race Camp in Hintertux, Austria. During his college career, Harry was a four-year member of the University of New Hampshire at Plymouth Ski Team where he was inducted into their Ski Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the NEISC All Conference Team. Harry was a member of the NCSA National Champions Team, a top finisher in the Masters National Challenge and spent 2 years on the New England Pro Tour. He is also an accomplished tennis player and cyclist.