2019 – 2020 Board of Directors

Position	Name
President	Riann Batch
Vice President	Andrew Pilliar
Secretary	Suzanne Travis
Treasurer	Leeza Clough
Member at Large	Erica Ekelund Karen Fahey
Past President	Pat McKimmon

 

 

Riann Batch is serving her first term as President after two seasons as Vice President, having joined ASSP as an instructor in 2013. She is a certified Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a mom of a two small kiddos, and does everything single handedly (because she lost her right arm several years ago).  When not skiing or teaching she enjoys camping, eating, hiking, embroidery and reading.

Leeza Clough is a Chartered Accountant and currently works at Thompson Rivers University as a Senior Financial Planning Consultant. She graduated with a degree in Business from Western University (2012) and earned a Master’s of Professional Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan (2014). Leeza joined the Board of Directors in 2016 and while her skiing abilities might not be up to snuff, she takes great pride in lending her knowledge and skills to contribute to the success of ASSP.

Suzanne Travis was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland.  After working for 5 1/2 years for an International Organization (OECD) in Paris France, met her husband Steve, and moved to Seattle, WA. where they raised their three daughters.  Suzanne and Steve have been visiting Sun Peaks since 2000, purchasing their second home there in 2003.   Suzanne started volunteering in the ASSP office last season and is delighted to have this opportunity to participate and give back to the community with such a “wonderful organization”.

Erica Ekelund spent one season as a snowboard instructor for ASSP and is serving her second year  as Member at Large. She grew up skiing/snowboarding at Sun Peaks and is now a full-time resident. Erica comes from a background in Special Education and Music Therapy and is currently in the Social Work field working with adults with Developmental Disabilities.

Pat McKimmon worked for 34 years in the public school system as a speech-language pathologist, special education teacher and autism consultant.  Pat joined ASSP in 2012 and has been involved on the Board of Directors, as a Volunteer Instructor and on the Training Committee as Lead trainer of the Autism/Cognitive Impairment CADS certification Modules.  Pat enjoys teaching locals lessons as well as working with out-of-town guests.