Burke Mountain Academy: 2024 - 25 Report of Appreciation

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REPORT OF APPRECIATION

2024-25 BMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jennifer Kahl Grumhaus’85, Co-Chair

Colin DeVore’04, Co-Chair

Shawn ByronP’22

Lindsay Cone’06

Jack Dator P’06

James Devendorf’99

C.W. Estoff’97

Brandon Lawrence’92,P’26

Edith Morgan P’18,’20

Kitty Northrop Friedman P’21,’24

Tom Rolfs P’09,’13

Shane Sarty’92

Don Graham P’77,’77,’79,’81,’87,’89 GP’12,’15,’19 , Board of Trustees Emeritus

2024-25 BMA ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE

Steve BerlackP’13

Jenny Dahl’98

Colin DeVore’04

Robert DeVore P’04

C.W. Estoff’09

Kitty Northrop Friedman P’21,’24

Jennifer Kahl Grumhaus’85

Edith Morgan P’18,’20

Tom Rolfs P’09,’13

THANK YOU TO OUR 2024-25 EVENT HOSTS & PARTNERS

Brenda Buglione Kirwood’82, P’16 & Jeff KirwoodP’16 {Vail, CO}

Sabrina Chiasson McLaughry’07 & Luke McLaughry’08 {Hanover, NH}

Lesley’03 & Nate Fisher {Hanover, NH}

Kate Moynihan & Mark PloofP’27 {Park City, UT}

Victor WaryasP’26

Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center {East Burke, VT}

The Pickle Barrel Night Club {Killington, VT}

World Cup Dreams Foundation

Whiskey’s on Main {Sun Valley, ID}

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT A BMA EVENT IN 2025-26!

THANK YOU, BURKIES.

People support BMA for deeply personal reasons. Some give because they believe in our mission—championing ski racers chasing greatness— and our bold vision to be the best ski academy in the world. Others give from a sense of ownership, knowing their contribution directly enables the transformative BMA experience for today’s Burkies. Many give in gratitude for the formative moments and lifelong relationships that shaped their time at BMA.

Whatever inspires your support, it matters. Every gift—regardless of size— fuels the dreams of aspiring ski racers. Every dollar strengthens BMA’s foundation, ensuring we continue to get better, year after year.

To everyone who supported BMA in the 2024-25 cycle, thank you for making a difference.

WILLY BOOKER’96

STUDENTS FROM 18 STATES AND 5 COUNTRIES

STAFF

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS

The Annual Fund is a collective gift to the school. Charitable support is necessary because tuition alone does not cover the full cost of a student’s education at BMA: the Annual Fund plays a key role in bridging the gap— a difference of nearly $20,000 per student. Every dollar contributed is reinvested to ensure our students and staff can thrive.

Where are Annual Fund Dollars Directed?

STUDENTS

Ensuring that every deserving and motivated student has the opportunity to attend BMA, no matter their financial means. Training assistance funds offset the costs of preseason camps and special training and race opportunities, helping to make participation possible for athletes. 50% of Burkies receive scholarships, financial aid, and/or training assistance.

The 2024-25 Annual Fund by the Numbers BMA’s FY25 Annual Operating Budget: $7.6M Who

TECHNOLOGY

Outfitting our teachers and classrooms with the technology and resources necessary to work with our students, whether they are on campus or on snow.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Providing opportunities for coaches, faculty, and staff to enrich their knowledge and skills.

CAMPUS & THE BMA TRAINING VENUE AT BURKE MOUNTAIN

Maintaining the school’s 16 buildings at the base of Burke Mountain and ensuring that our athletes have optimized training opportunities on their home hill.

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THANK YOU

On behalf of the students and staff at Burke Mountain Academy, thank you to the many donors who supported BMA in the 2024-25 fiscal year. Every gift helps to create a better BMA for today’s Burkies.

Alumni Giving

CLASS OF 1972 8%

David Betz

CLASS OF 1973 17%

Scott Dorwart

John Macomber ★

CLASS OF 1974 31%

Julie Dobell

Christie Baldwin Hallowell ★

Lyndall Heyer

Dia Elliman Jenks

Viki Fleckenstein Woodworth ★

CLASS OF 1975 20%

Mary Seaton Brush #

Toby Elliman

Bruce Hill

Eric Wilson #

CLASS OF 1976 27%

Laurie Baker

Jeff Darrow

Kris Hodgkins Macomber ★

Chris Mikell

Roger Prevot ★

Jim Taylor +

CLASS OF 1977 20%

Holly Flanders

Steve Graham ★

Peter Murphy ★

CLASS OF 1978 13%

Phil Erlanger

Meg Singer Huffman +

CLASS OF 1979 25%

Gayle Voelker Brown

Kristin Graham *

Brendan Lenihan

Eiji Minagawa ^^

Debby Miller Porcarelli # Anni Dupre Santry ^^

CLASS OF 1980 12%

Jory Macomber ^^

John Pier ^^

CLASS OF 1981 48%

Jill Allen Baker ◇

Marcy Robinger Dolan

Bruce Genereaux ★

Ken Graham ^^

Jennifer O’Brien Gross

Cindy Klinker Jenkins #

Kevin Kaneda *

Bruce Lingelbach ^^

James Lyon #

Matt McCaleb

Penny MacDonald Sirjane

Cliff Whiteley #

CLASS OF 1982 14%

Mary Keller

Brendan O’Reilly

Kristi Oliver St. Clair

CLASS OF 1983 35%

Eric Dole

Gretl Dupre ★

Jesse Hunt

David Kahl

Dean Keller Kraig Sourbeer *

Juli-Anne Warll

Helge Weiner-Trapness

CLASS OF 1984 17%

Rich Ashnault *

Thomas Erhard

Jen Babin Powers + Ernie Sink

Ian Witter +

CLASS OF 1985 32%

Jean Cherouny

Jennifer Kahl Grumhaus ★

Matthew Kovar

Logan Kulwin O’Connor

Chad Ricklefs

Diann Roffe * Lindon Seed

CLASS OF 1986 18%

Tom Healey ◇

Chris Kretz +

CLASS OF 1987 26%

Phil Astrachan

Morgan Burns # Rich Graham * Tricia Hubbard

Martha Law + Erica Nourjian

Dana Query + Laura Wilson Todd *

CLASS OF 1988 26%

Anonymous # Paul Abdow

Jason Heinrich + Kelley Knowles Lewis

Kelly MacDougall

Stefan Schadinger

Michael Teruel *

CLASS OF 1989 28%

Anonymous

Bill Curtis * Bridge Hunter # Taylor King Kris Mulholland

Jay Nohl * Matt Waddell

CLASS OF 1990 10%

Alex Potter Sachs

Erik Schlopy

Casey Snyder

CLASS OF 1991 7%

Happy Hazelton Daily + Jesse James McTigue

CLASS OF 1992 14%

Brandon Lawrence

Andi Bither Malboeuf

Andrew O’Brien *

CLASS OF 1993 33%

Anonymous * Scott Burns ◇

Marie Petit Christiansen *

Jessica Cioci * Alex Cranmer

Jen Cripps

Joe Kastner * Steve Schaack * Hans Smith + Drew Smith

CLASS OF 1994 13%

Michelle Douglas Carroll

John Kline # Joshua Mankoff

Tad Pace

CLASS OF 1995 3%

Christoph Schadinger *

CLASS OF 1996 11%

& Denise Groesbeck # Phil & Kate Harrison # Dermot & Mary Ellen Healey #

Mark & Cindy Hiebert

Bruce & Vicki Hill

Chuck & Betty Hughes ^^

& Hilary Jessen * David & Heather Kahl Donald & Judith Kahl ^^ Jaime Kenney & Steve Flanigan

Kenney

Frank & Denise Leafe ◇

Robert Levine ◇

Tim & Maureen Levine ◇

Jennifer Levy Diana Lin

Philip & Crea Lintilhac ◇ Kelly & Colleen Locke

Jory & Martha Macomber ^^ Kris & John Macomber ★ Brett & Rima Marschke

Erik & Mary Maurer + Pat & Joann McCullough + Nancy McGrath

Richard & Martha McLarney

Timothy Moore + Chan & Edie Morgan * Lyn Newell #

Doug & Alice Patton

Roger & Margie Prevot ★

Mike & Anne-Marie Regan # Tom Rolfs ◇

David & Lindy Sargent ◇

Greg & Sheila Schroer #

John & Laura Shea

Renny & Jenny Smith #

John & Andrea Stark

Lowrey & Karin Sullivan +

Jake & Cathie Wheeler ★

Eric & Karen Wilson # Charley & Pam Witherell ◇

Viki & Ritchie Woodworth ★

Tory & Lisa Ziebell #

Christian & Debra Zimmermann *

CURRENT PARENTS

Anonymous

Lovisa & Pat Afzelius

Andrew Arsenault & Heidi King

Sean Brown & Kevin Kristof

Chad & Julie Carpenter

Robert Christensen & Sara Ecker

Brad Englehart & Erika Jones

Molly & Todd Firestone

Claire Fisher & Steven Smith

Jason & Jenna Heinrich + Tracy & Luke Hiebert *

Jeff & Jaime Hildreth

Adam & Janine Hostetter

Brandon & Tiffany Lawrence

William & Amanda Laws

Shawn & Carol LeBlanc

Sang Jin Lee & Sarah Shin

Jaime Lipka

Craig & Julie Lizotte

Steve & Michele Losty

Ned & Judy May *

Robert & Nicole McDermott

Jesse & Jake McTigue

Adam & Liz Meirowitz

Colleen & Eli Moulton

Benjamin Musty & Abigail Copeland

Gary Nash & Suzanne Dyment

Mark & Meg Parobeck

Robert & Sandra Pelkey

Mark Ploof & Katherine Moynihan

Ed & Kim Podivinsky

Robert & Hannah Quinn

Geoffrey & Jessica Reid

Brooks & Steve Reynolds

Diann Roffe & Arthur Pursel *

Shaun & Jenn Rowe

Gunnar & Alex Sachs

Michael & Sarah Satre

Erik & Summer Schlopy

Christian & Fiona Shackleton *

Hugues Simon & Vanessa Meany

Kraig Sourbeer *

Yianni Tousimis & Elaine Sayson

William & Liz Walters *

Victor & Beth Waryas

Maarten Weisbeek & Marja Koopmans

Paolo & Kelly Wieser

GRANDPARENTS, FACULTY, FRIENDS, FOUNDATIONS, TRUSTEES & OTHERS

Anonymous

Tamer & Patricia Alamuddin

Matteo Bassi

Lucas Bonnevie

Willy & Christine Booker + The Byron Family

Viv Buckley

Susan & Dennis Carpenter

David & Rachel Chamberlain

Lindsay Cone

Jenny & Timothy Copeland

Jack & Nancy Dator

Tom & Hilary DeCarlo

James & Megan Devendorf

Colin & Jane DeVore

Terry & Urte DelliQuadri * Thomas Erhard

C.W. & Meg Estoff

Joyce Evans & Bruce Marston

Kenyon Fatt

Christine Feehan

Robert & Heather Fiordalice

Jake & Jenny Fisher ◇

Kitty & Peter Friedman

Teresa Gade

Don & Ingrid Graham ★

Nicholas Grant #

Darrell & Lisa Gray

Jennifer & David Grumhaus

Melissa Huml

Jesse & Anne Kari Hunt

Mark & Melissa Jarvis

Tara & Doug Johnson

Jill Jones

Richard Kent

Morgan Korpi

Matthew & Susan Kovar

Brendan Levine

Lydia Locke & Jamie Ziobro

Chaim & Valerie Lodish

Nathan Maleski

David & Julie May

Robert McKee ^^

Britta Milks

Edie & Chauncey Morgan *

Jayne Mullen-Sampson #

Brenda Musty

Kate Newick

Becky Nunn

Cindy Pierce & Bruce Lingelbach ◇

The Prevot Family ★

Andrew Rayment

Marcia Redmond Berry

Chad & Sam Ricklefs

Diann Roffe & Arthur Pursel

Warren & Nicole Samuels

Ida Sargent

Jeff & Penny Sirjane

Brennan Smith

Kraig Sourbeer *

Catherine Sullivan *

Abude Umari &

Melanie Cartier-Bresson

Beth & Victor Waryas

Rick & Jodi Wheeler

Meryl Willett

Matthew Wilson

Artisian Partners

Audax Group

Baird Foundation Inc

Ball Aerospace

Bank of America Charitable

Gift Fund

Bitter East Foundation

Brinckerhoff Family Foundation

DAFgiving360

Dana Young Construction, Inc

Federated Insurance

Fidelity Charitable

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

G.J. Associates Inc

IBM Corporation

Lintilhac Foundation, Inc

Morgan Stanley Gift Fund

Penn Mutual Giving Fund

Professional Real Estate

RBC Global Assets Mgmt

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

SCHWAB Charitable Fund

Silverback Educational Foundation

for Arts, Dance & Athletics

STS Foundation

The Baldwin Family Revocable Trust

The Martin & Melissa Huml Living Trust

Thomas J Rolfs Foundation

Other Giving - Restricted Gifts & Chasing Greatness Campaign Initiatives

RESTRICTED GIVING

Charlie Kaplan

Gunnar and Alex Sachs

Katherine Wasserman & Mark Parrish

Matthew Wilson

Killington World Cup Foundation

The Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family

World Cup Dreams Foundation

MORIAH WILSON ’14 LEGACY FUND

Scott Bogan

Lili Flachbart

Bob & Maidli Hill

Liz Stephen

Eric & Karen Wilson

The Moriah Wilson Foundation Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation

RONNIE BERLACK CENTER FUND & HIGH PERFORMANCE INITIATIVE

Steve Graham

Silverback Educational Foundation for Arts, Dance & Athletics

CHASING GREATNESS CAMPAIGN, SCHOLARSHIPS, & SPECIAL PROJECT GIFTS RECEIVED IN FY25

Anonymous

BMA Junior Program

Joseph & Abigail Baratta

Duncan Barnes

Alyssa Belcher

Brian Bethke

Willy & Christine Booker

Morgan Burns

The Byron Family

Peter & Debbie Carter

James & Pamela Chiasson

Lindsay Cone

Cowern Family Property Trust

Richard T. Cowern

Jenny Dahl

Jack & Nancy Dator

Robert DeVore &

Dorothy Ritchie Valhouli

Gretl Dupre

C.W. & Meg Estoff

Tom Evans

Peter & Kitty Friedman

Teresa Gade

Ken & Nicki Graham

Kristi Graham & Tom Hulleberg

Rich Graham

Jennifer & David Grumhaus

David & Heather Kahl

Alex Leopold

Diana Lin

Chan & Edie Morgan

The Prevot Family

Diann Roffe & Arthur Pursel

Tom Rolfs

The Wheeler Family

DAFgiving360

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

J.P. Morgan Charitable Gift Fund

Professional Real Estate

Schwab Charitable Fund

Thomas M. Evans Jr., Foundation

Thomas J. Rolfs Foundation

Staritch Foundation Inc

Tribute Gifts

IN HONOR OF LORI YAUK’82 AND PEARL YAUK AND ALL BMA CANADIANS

Gretl Dupre’83

IN HONOR OF RYAN GOSA’01

Jake and Pat Gosa

IN HONOR OF THOMAS REYNOLDS’28

Brooks and Steve Reynolds

IN HONOR OF ALL BMA STAFF

Christian and Fiona Shackleton

IN HONOR OF SHELLEY GLOVER’04

Liz Stephen’05

IN HONOR OF THE BMA STAFF

Adam and Janine Hostetter

IN HONOR OF CHRIS JONES

Kristi Graham’79

IN HONOR OF FRITZ BRUMDER’97 AND BRAD WALL’97

Kathy and Robo Brumder

IN HONOR OF REBECCA PELKEY’25

Bob and Sandra Pelkey

IN HONOR OF WARREN!!!!

Lyndall Heyer’74

IN MEMORY OF CHRIS JONES AND MARTY HEIB

Mary Seaton Brush’75

IN HONOR OF COACH CHRIS “JONESY” JONES

Bruce Hill’75

IN MEMORY OF ADAM LAWRENCE’95

Ross Adams

Andrew Biller

Pat Connors

Izzy Daignault

Tom & Hilary De Carlo

Dana Dunleavy

Tamsin Durand

Fawn Harold-Conklin

Bryce & Kim Hubner

Eric Jackson

Andrew Ladd

Samantha Greene Ladich

Suzanne Owen

Shanna Pace

Kate Howe Paller

Christoph Schadinger

Gifts to BMA’s Annual Fund range from $5 to $50,000, and every gift, big or small, makes a real difference for today’s Burkies.

$100

Covers the school’s annual newspaper subscriptions $250

Purchases a coach’s radio for on-hill coach-athlete communications

$500 Helps to purchase laboratory supplies for a chemistry class

$1,000 Feeds the school for an entire day

$2,500

Funds a new classroom smartboard

Jesse & Anne Kari Hunt

Mark & Melissa Jarvis

Jenna & Jason Heinrich

Mark & Cindy Hiebert

UBS Matching Gift Program

Workday

Viki & Richie Woodworth

Bank of America Charitable

Gift Fund

Brooks Weathers

Peta Weis

In June, a new RBC Core Station was gifted by 1995 & 1996 alumni and dedicated in memory of Adam Lawrence’95 . Adam still holds the impressive all-time BMA record for sit-ups in the school’s physical testing.

THE CAMPAIGN TO WIN FROM WITHIN

Thirty million dollars is an ambitious fundraising goal for a school that’s only 55-years old and relatively small, but through the unwavering support of the Board of Trustees and dedicated alumni and families who recognize the transformative power of the BMA experience, the goal is a realistic one. As strategic initiatives begin taking shape, the campaign represents far more than fundraising; it embodies a collective commitment to preserving and elevating the unique culture that has defined Burke throughout the school’s history. The generosity demonstrated by alumni, families, and friends reflects their deep understanding that this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will secure BMA’s position as the best ski academy in the world while ensuring that the formative Burke experience remains accessible to the most dedicated and deserving student athletes regardless of their financial circumstances.

There’s more work to be done, but a foundation is firmly in place. Thank you, donors, for leading the way and inspiring the future support of Chasing Greatness.

To learn more about campaign funding initiatives, please visit burkemtnacademy.org/ donate/chasing-greatness.

Burke Mountain Academy is the best experience I have ever had. Words cannot describe how grateful and proud I am to be a part of this community. I would not have learned the importance of integrity, grit, support, and failure. I would not be who I am today without BMA.”

—Trixie’25, ETeam athlete, excerpt from Spring ’25 Term End

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