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Board of Directors
A volunteer board of athletes, coaches, parents and community leaders who steward the Club’s mission and legacy.
Current 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
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
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
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.
Chris Baker
I come from an avid ski family and was raised skiing in the Sierra. I first learned to ski at Boreal before becoming a member of the Placer High School Ski Team, where my love for the sport continued to grow.
After starting a family, I introduced my children to the Auburn Ski Club (ASC), where they developed their own passion for skiing and racing. That experience led me to become a part-time coach, and I’ve had the privilege of coaching with ASC for the past 14 years.
I currently live in Truckee and work as an Investigator for Placer County. I’m honored to serve on the ASC Legacy Board and look forward to helping preserve the club’s rich traditions and ensure future generations have the same opportunities and experiences that have meant so much to my family.
Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson served as Nordic Sports Director at Auburn Ski Club from 2013 to 2026, overseeing the Nordic operating budget and partnerships with TTUSD, Far West Nordic, US Ski and Snowboard, and US Biathlon. He is an alumnus of the University of Nevada ski team, where he walked on, earned a scholarship, and graduated with a BA in English Literature and Academic All-Conference honors. He holds a USSS Level 200 Nordic coaching certification and has worked NCAA and national championship events as a coach and wax technician.
More than 400 young athletes came through ASC and Alder Creek Middle School Nordic programs under his direction. Ten went on to compete at the NCAA Division I level, and one, JC Schoonmaker, became a two-time Olympian and World Cup podium finisher. Gus coaches by building the environment for success and handling the small details in the background, giving athletes the tools to succeed on their own and eventually outgrow his mentorship. He takes the long view: set high but achievable goals, keep showing up, and find the value in the work it takes to get to the starting line. He served on the organizing committees for the 2015 and 2020 Cross Country Junior Nationals, hosting 450 athletes and ten divisional teams in Tahoe, and represented the Far West region on the US Ski and Snowboard Nordic Sport Committee.
Gus has raised more than $600,000 toward skiing projects, including $280,000 in donations and appreciated stock for the lighted trails capital campaign at ASC. He has served on the University of Nevada Ski Team Boosters board since 2022, helping raise over $300,000 for the Division I ski team and serving as a trustee of the Killebrew endowment. He completed a Fundraising and Development certificate through UC Davis in 2025.
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The Legacy Foundation funds scholarships, capital campaigns, and community programs that make winter sport accessible to every family across Northern California.