FLORIDA SKI COUNCIL

terese deluca

1ST 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 college, 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!

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joe bayliss

2ND VICE PRESIDENT

I am 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. 

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

TREASURER

I am originally from Ohio but moved to Fort Lauderdale when I was 9 years old.  I do consider myself a Floridian.  As a child, I sledded but I never skied until I went on a Miami Dolphins trip to Breckenridge in 1990.  I was hooked on skiing from that moment and have skied almost every year since.

Historically, I go on group trips.  I started with the Miami Dolphins, Y-100, the West Broward Ski Club and then found my home with the Fort Lauderdale Snow Ski Club.  My deceased husband, Tripper, and I started skiing with the Club in 1998.  In 2000, I actively became involved with the Club through trip leader positions and serving on the board and holding the officer positions of vice president and treasurer.  Tripper and I led many trips together and traveled with our Club in the U.S., Canada, Italy, and Austria.  I still lead trips for the Fort Lauderdale Snow Ski Club while also serving on the Florida Ski Council (FSC) Executive Committee.  I enjoy the friendships and connections that I made over the years traveling with my Club and the FSC.      

Over the years, I have also enjoyed attending the FSC meetings and meeting members of the other clubs and industry partners.  Before being elected to the FSC Executive Committee, I chaired the Priority Lodging Committee and served on the Bylaws Committee and as legal counsel to the FSC.

Professionally, I am an attorney focusing on commercial litigation, appellate litigation and commercial transactions.  I was with a national law firm but was asked to retire after Tripper’s passing.  Currently, I am semi-retired and spend more time giving back to society by serving on many boards including the FSC Executive Committee.  I also enjoy singing, working out, tasting wine, spending time with my friends and family and traveling.  

I am truly honored and happy to serve on the FSC Executive Committee and look forward to my continued service up through the ranks.

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SECRETARY

I grew up in Connecticut but didn’t learn how to ski until I was 41 and had moved to Florida. Before that I loved tobogganing, sledding and ice skating. I remember blizzards that kept us home from grade and high school but not from playing in the snow or driving in it. There always seemed to be someone around to push you out of a snowbank when needed. I worked for 2 years after graduating from high school at Hartford National Bank. A friend and I thought there should be more to life so we decided that joining the United States Air Force would be a good idea. And it was because I was able to get a pilot’s license and make becoming an airline pilot a real goal.  In the Air Force, I was a SP, Security Policeman, in a report, I typed Security Policewoman, and my Flight Chief said, “If you can find Policewoman in your job description you can use it” and I couldn’t so I typed Security Policeman the whole time. It was the 70s.

Upon leaving the Air Force, I would use the G.I. Bill to help pay for my education which sent me in different directions. Initially, I attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach for a Bachelor of Science in Air Science, but change happens when you least expect it and, in the end, I graduated from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA. with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a dual major in Computer Science and Business Information Systems. It was the 80s.

 After graduation, I moved to Orlando, Florida and started my career as a software engineer at AMS, Inc. and then onto Maynard Electronics. Maynard went through 11 mergers and acquisitions, in which I went to work for MicroDesign Inc. and then returned to Seagate Software Inc, a Maynard company. It was the 90s. I retired from Symantec as a Principal Software Engineer. It was a new millennium. During my working years, fellow workers began to exercise. We went from running local 5Ks, 10Ks, Half-Marathons and a Marathon to road biking local centuries to mountain biking locally and at beautiful destinations: the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, Moab, Tsali and of late, to touring bike trips: Key Largo to Key West, Pittsburgh to Washington D.C, and Buffalo to Syracuse.

I truly have been living my best life and enjoying every minute of it. I skied with friends for the first time in Snowshoe VA. I was hooked on the beauty and the peaceful, quiet runs. The next year I would travel with the Orlando Ski and Travel Club to Beaver Creek. I found friends and good times that I was not expecting. It happened spontaneously; I loved it. I skied on OSTC trips as well as Florida Ski Council trips. I started leading ski trips for both the OSTC and FSC as well as attending meetings for both.  I suggested and implemented a new website using Wild Apricot for OSTC and I co-led a large FSC trip from OSTC to Snowmass with 73 travelers.  It has been a rewarding and fun experience the whole time.  I am looking forward to being a part of the Executive Committee for the Florida Ski Council.  

I have great appreciation for life, family and friends and look forward to new and fun experiences with everyone.

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LISA BRATCHER

Past PRESIDENT

I grew up in the snowy Northeast but never skied. It wasn’t until I met my husband, a Florida native, that I started skiing and fell in love with the sport and the mountains. Our first two trips to Banff and Steamboat were with a small group of friends.

Then when we moved to Jacksonville in 2004, we quickly joined the Jacksonville Ski Club. We’ve enjoyed one or two trips per year with the club since joining. I also actively became involved with the club through trip leader positions and board positions from Membership, Marketing, Trips VP, and President.

Over the years, I’ve attended most of the Florida Ski Council meetings and I am honored to be a part of this wonderful group. I’ve made life long friends through my local club and the council.

I have an active career in real estate. In addition to my business and FSC responsibilities, I enjoy working out, cooking, hanging out with friends, and traveling.

As we like to say in Jacksonville: Friends, Fun, Snow, and Sun!

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