FLORIDA SKI COUNCIL

jeannie kilpatrick-staubus

First Vice President

I grew up in the beautiful state of North Carolina. While in college I learned how to ski at Beech and Sugar Mountains. Those hills seem pretty tiny now compared to the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Wasach range and the Alps! These are the areas I’ve been blessed to ski since joining the Space Coast Ski & Travel Club in 1992. After our very first trip to Snowmass, my husband and I were hooked on traveling with the club. 

My husband became involved as a Trip Leader and club officer first. We started attending Florida Ski Council (FSC) meetings in the late '90s and learned there was a network of winter sports enthusiasts all across the state. I became a Trip Leader in 2007 and a club officer in 2008. All three of our children learned to snowboard on club trips. The part I have enjoyed the most about club and FSC trips is the friendships we have made while skiing and traveling.

I am honored to serve on the FSC Executive Committee. This fine group of people works diligently to plan trips that unite the (15) member clubs in enjoying my favorite sport. Now that I have retired from my career as a Speech/Language Pathologist, I have even more time to travel and ski!   

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terese deluca

Second Vice President

My dad first took me skiing when I was seven years old and I remember bragging to my second-grade classmates about the adventure.  We would rise early in the morning for the drive from Queens, New York, to meet up with the Brooklyn cousins, arriving up at Catamount when the lifts opened. Later as a young adult, I rented a share in a house in the Catskills next to the “happening” Hunter Mountain and moved in for the winter.  It was exciting!

A few years later at the ripe old age of 24, I grew bored living on Long Island. I packed up my Dodge van, took a month road trip and landed in a hostel on The Hill in Boulder, Colorado. I secured a bartending job in a small ski resort called Eldora. Life was great, but I did miss all my family and friends back home.  After two years, I returned to New York City to finish my education at New York University. Earning a bachelor’s degree in Film & Television, I got a job at NBC and met my husband. Unfortunately, my now ex-husband never took to skiing, but I introduced my three-year-old son to the sport and made him my new ski buddy.

When my son left for collage, I left a successful business career and moved to Naples, Florida.  I became a real estate Broker Associate, but something was missing. My ski buddy was preoccupied with his own life and I had resorted to taking ski vacations on my own.  Three years after my arrival in Naples I found the Naples Ski Club (now the SWFL Ski & Travel Club). Within 6 months, I became the club’s Treasurer and attended my first Florida Ski Council meeting.  Since then I have served as my club’s Director of Trips, Web Master and President, and have been a Trip Leader for various national and international ski trips.

Skiing is not only a sport it is a lifestyle that includes the people with whom you ski and the memories that are made. Many thanks to the Florida Ski Council for creating opportunities for so many people to experience skiing at the best resorts for the best value. I look forward to serving on the Executive Committee and creating fantastic new memories!

EMAL TERESE

joe bayliss

Treasurer

Iam a native Floridian and lifelong resident of St Petersburg. More specifically, I was born and raised in St. Pete and have never left, having benefitted from attending both college and Law school within 6 or 7 miles from home. The longest I have been away from “home” at any one time is 6 weeks. I am an owner/partner of a law firm and practice over a large part of the state.

I learned to ski in 1986 at Snowbird – quite a mountain to learn on! In fact, that was the first time I saw a bunch of snow. I have been a member of the Tampa Bay Snow Skiers and Boarders since 1996. I assisted as a leader for the first time in 1999 on a trip to Big Sky. Since then, I have led many trips for the club, including a couple of Florida Ski Council (FSC) trips to Steamboat and the 2017 FSC trip to Japan. I’ve skied all over out west, Canada, France, and as mentioned, Japan.  I have served on the TBSSB board in just about every capacity (Catalog Director, Newsletter Director, Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President, and President).  I currently serve as past president and am on the trip committee.

I’ve enjoyed attending FSC Meetings over the past several years and have met many wonderful individuals from other clubs.  I have served on various committees of the FSC, including the By Laws Committee, Lodging Committee, Election Committee and Membership Committee.  I am stoked to serve on the FSC Executive Committee as Treasurer. 

In my free time, I enjoy road bicycling, exercising, boating, traveling, and cooking.  If you are ever in my wonderful city, feel free to drop me a line. 

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linda rae white

Secretary

SHELLEY DANIEL

Past President

Go snow skiing… are you crazy?!!!”

That was my reaction when some of my friends from a local sports car club in Jacksonville, FL, suggested we try this sport. But this Florida native who at the time was in her early 30’s, actively involved in amateur auto racing and had yet to see snow, decided “why not!” So, with not much money to spend, off we went to North Carolina.

All I can say is that it’s a good thing we stayed an entire week, since it took me three days just to learn how to stop, not to mention the children’s ski school group that I slid into, knocking over like bowling pins. Not to worry, they were all fine, and had to help ME get out from under the parked snowmobile that I slid under! Although perhaps sounding calamitous, in that one week I absolutely fell in love with the sport and the entire winter ski experience.

Many years later a job transfer brought me to Orlando, where I had no friends or family. Thankfully I found the Orlando Ski Club, met some great people, have traveled on many wonderful trips and made long-lasting friendships. Being in a ski club has allowed me to ski not only at many U.S. resorts, but also international destinations.

I have been active in the Orlando Ski and Travel Club since joining, and currently serve as the club's Parliamentarian. I was elected to the Florida Ski Council Executive Committee (EC) as Secretary in 2012 and have served in every EC position up to my present position as immediate Past President. I am retired after 35+ years in the financial services industry, and live with my fiancée in Volusia County, enjoying our dog child, Bailey.

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