Meet Our RASC Team

  • David Herbert

    President, Board Member, Rochester Nordic Ski Team Head Coach

  • Michael O'Connor

    Past President, Board Member

  • Anna Sortland

    Board Member, Communications

  • Henry Walker

    Board Member

  • Lindsey Bartolomei

    Board Member, Spring Brook Valley Project

  • Andrew Wood

    Board Member

  • Carolyn Franzone

    Board Member

  • Joey Keillor

    Board Member, Communications

  • Jackson Raynor

    Board Member, Trail Building & Maintenance

  • Alec Tackmann

    Board Member, Communications, Spring Brook Valley Project

  • Scott Hogen

    Board Member, Trail Building & Maintenance

  • Mike Holmes

    Board Member

  • James Bennett

    Board Member

  • Robb Welch

    Board Member

  • Steve Broski

    Steve Broski

    Board Member

  • Jessie Ekholm

    Jessie Ekholm

    RMBT Representative

Below is a list of the main committees and groups in the club. If you are interested in helping in any of the groups or committees listed below, they would love to have additional help. To that end, we have listed the e-mail address of the primary people involved in each group, should you want to contact them.

RASC Board
This is the main RASC Board – we meet sporadically, usually a few times a year.
President: David Herbert (dherbert4320@gmail.com)
Past-President: Michael O’Connor (mkoconnor@mayo.edu)
Treasurer : John Resman (treasurer@rasc-mn.org)
RMBT representative: Jessie Ekholm
RNST representative: David Herbert
Board members (all officers and representatives above are also board members)
Lindsey Bartolomei
Jim Bennett
Carolyn Franzone
Joe Gyura
Mike Holmes
Jey Keillor
Bill Marshall
Jackson Raygor
Anna Sortland
Alec Tackmann
Henry Walker
Robb Welch
Andy Wood

RASC Finance Committee
This committee of the RASC Board provides a sounding board for significant new expenditures, reviews the annual RASC, RNST and RMBT budgets, and provides additional support the the RASC treasurer.
Michael Holmes (Chair, mwholmes1@outlook.com)
David Herbert
Michael O’Connor
David Greymont
James Bennett
Scott Hogen

Rochester Nordic Ski Team
This group manages the RNST, interfaces with the school district, plans ski meets, and the annual ski camp etc.
Head Coach: David Herbert (dherbert4320@gmail.com)
Assistant head coaches:
Joe Gyura
Joey Keillor
Barry Knapp
Joan Rabe
Anna Sortland,
Henry Walker
Kelly Van Camp
Andy Wood
Brett Ostby
Rochester School Liaison: Steve Felton
RNST Ski camp coordinator: John Resman
RNST equipment manager: Michael O’Connor
RNST Administrator: Joen Rabe
RNST Webmaster: Anna Sortland
All of the above are members of teh RNST Operations Committee

Rochester Mountain Bike Team
This group manages the RMBT, interfaces with the school district, and the state and the Minnesota Cycling Association.
Team Director: Anissa Blanshan (anissa@rochmtb.org)
Head Coach Mayo HS: Caleb Nelson
Head coach Rochester Composite : Matt Blanshan
Head Coach Century HS: Jessie Ekholm
Head Coach John Marshall HS: Caleb Nelson

Quarry Hill trail maintenance (winter/summer)
This group manages the trails in Quarry Hill park. This involves mowing and trail maintenance in summer and grooming in winter.
Head groomer: Peter Wollan (peter.wollan@gmail.com)
Groomers:
Barbara Barry
David Squillace
Evan Peterson
Harvey Bertrand
Henry Walker
Joey Keillor
John Resman
Mark Foley
Michael Holmes
Tom McKinely

Essex Park trail maintenance (winter/summer)
This group manages the trails in Essex park. This involves mowing and trail maintenance in summer and grooming in winter.
Head groomer: Andy Wood (andy@ergowellinc.com)
Groomers:
Joe Gyura
Laura Zumbrunnen
Lisa Luetmer
Brennan Kelly
Barry Knapp
Matt Hawkins
Dan Nath
Chris Brunholzl
Grant Johnson
Wayne Sadeski

Gamehaven Nordic Trails and Snowmaking Management and Development
This group is involved in developing Gamehaven Park and is working with the Rochester Parks and Recreation Department to implement snowmaking systems at Gamehaven
Jim Bennett (bennettnvac@gmail.com)
David Herbert

Summer Multi-Use Trail Management & Development
This group is involved in developing and maintaining the MTB trails in Gamehaven, Eastwood and Northern Heights parks.
Jackson Raygor (raygorjackson@charter.net)
Scott Hogen
Jake Chapman
Ben Nemec
Henry Walker
Matt Blanshan
Jessie Ekholm
Travis Kolbo
Alec Tackmann