Our Board of Directors

• Bill has been working with AWeSOMe! since 2020. 

• He is honored to have been recognized in Idaho as teacher and later, administrator of the year for program innovation and development.  During his 37 years in education, he assisted numerous pre-k to University level students move through their disabilities to create abilities.

• Bill is a member of PSIA and is certified as an Adaptive Alpine Level 1 instructor. He is First Aid certified.

• When not working with AWeSOMe!, Bill loves to ski, run whitewater, hike, climb, and mountain bike. He also enjoys cooking, landscape design, building, photography, and creating in all kinds of media.   

• Ingrid was a co-founder of AWeSOMe! in 2002, and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer.

• She has been working as an adaptive ski instructor since 1986, first certified with National Handicapped Sports & Recreation Association (now part of the Professional Ski Instructors Association, PSIA) as a level II adaptive alpine ski instructor in 1987.

• She earned her Master of Physical Therapy degree from Idaho State University in 1994 and moved to McCall in 1997.

Ingrid feels volunteering is an important aspect of living a balanced life and continues to enjoy facilitating recreational opportunities for people with disabilities and opportunities for others to volunteer and learn from our students and their families, to see well past disability and view and value each person as a member of our society.  She states, “I have learned and grown from my volunteer experiences at least as much as any of my students and want to foster that educational aspect in all our volunteers.”

• Sue joined the AWeSOMe! board in the fall of 2020.

• She has served on boards and advisory councils of several community, national and international organizations including United Cerebral Palsy of Idaho and the World Health Organization.  

• She founded the STARS Jumpstart Program, a comprehensive pediatric rehab program combining Occupational, Physical, and Speech Language therapies in a pre-school setting 

• Sue has recently retired and will be spending more time in McCall.  

Sue’s son participated in AWeSOMe! programs in the past and it brought him and his family great joy. Sue loves the outdoors including swimming, biking, running and hiking and  wants all people of all abilities to have the opportunity to enjoy and experience the outdoors.

• Lilly joined the AWeSOMe! Board of Directors in 2024. She is the current director of the Mountain Sports School at Brundage Mountain Resort. Lilly has a wealth of experience teaching and working with people who face challenges and disabilities. She decided to become a board director after working alongside AWeSOMe! at Brundage and appreciating how the program helps people enjoy expanding their potential through outdoor recreation.

• Lilly has worked at other nonprofit organizations and has been the board chair of Professional Ski Instructors of America/ American Association of Snowboard Instructors (PSIA/AASI) - Northern Intermountain Region.

• When not working, Lilly enjoys skiing, mountain biking, rafting, hiking and generally being in the outdoors.