ASC TRAINING CENTER
Board of Directors
Glenn JoBe
Glenn grew up on a cattle ranch in Alturas, CA where he learned to alpine ski at the local Cedar Pass Ski Hill. He attended UNR where he was on the alpine ski team until his move to cross country in his last year of college in 1972. Glenn and his wife Edith developed and managed Kirkwood Cross Country from 1973-1985 and Tahoe Donner Cross Country from 1985-1992. Glenn was first affiliated with Auburn Ski Club leading cross country ski tours around Castle Peak, and coaching Far West junior cross country skiers beginning in the mid 70s. He was a member of the 1980 Olympic Biathlon Team and was inducted into the UNR Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. Glenn was the program director of the ASC Biathlon program from 2010-2019. He previously served on the ASC Board of Directors from 1984 to 2015.
Guy Hodgdon, President
Guy started skiing as a young teenager in Pennsylvania, then slowly made his way west living and skiing in Arizona, Colorado, and now California. Residing in Auburn, Guy has been active with ASC since 2010 and has become an Alpine and Nordic Official. He enjoys watching his daughter’s alpine races for her high school, Farwest, and college. Guy works as a Director of Professional Services for a software company based out of Petaluma.
Allison HARVEY
Allison grew up in the Sierra Foothills with skiing as a major family activity. She started skiing at 2 1/2 and hasn’t stopped since. Throughout her youth, Allison skied for ASC with her proudest skiing achievements being that she was named to the Alpine Far West Junior Olympic Ski team three times, and that she helped teach her own kids to love skiing and racing.
Now Allison is an attorney in Auburn, an active volunteer for ASC and other non-profit organizations, a wife and mom that loves to cheer on her own boys when they are racing down the slopes. Allison has been an athlete, coach, volunteer and parent with ASC which gives her a unique perspective that she can use in her board service.
Bill Sterling, secretary
Bill grew up in Davis, CA where he started cross country skiing on the Davis High School team, and then went onto ski at a cross country ski academy. He is a past president of Far West Nordic Ski Association, was a coach for Truckee middle and high school cross country ski teams and has worked with many of the Far West Junior National teams. Two of his sons grew up through the ASC Nordic programs, so he is looking forward to giving back to ASC and helping to grow future programs. Bill has been involved with the business side of skiing for 40+ years.
PAUL VIOLETT, TREASURER
Paul and his wife Michele lived in Yuba County for 33 years where they raised three active children. All three competed in Nordic skiing in High School and represented Auburn Ski Club and Farwest at numerous Junior Nationals. Two of his kids, Zach and Phillip, received athletic scholarships from the University of Alaska, and Northern Michigan University, respectively. Paul and Michele started back country skiing in 1979 while attending UC Davis and still enjoy exploring the back country today.
As timberland manager, Paul is involved in all aspects of the daily management of Soper-Wheeler Companies forest and rangelands. The company’s lands are distributed through four coastal counties in Northern California. Paul has been with Soper-Wheeler Company since 1986 and has had experience in the full suite of disciplines noted above. Previously, he was employed by the California Department of Forestry where he worked at Mountain Home State Demonstration Forest in the Southern Sierra Nevada.
Paul is a former Board Member and past President of the California Licensed Foresters Association. In 2012, Paul served as Chairman of the California Forestry Association. Currently, he serves as Secretary and member of the Board of Directors for the California Forest Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to public education about forestry.