Welcome to Attitash's Perfect Turn Staff Page.

We asked some questions and got some answers from our Perfect Turn coaches so you can get to know our staff and help choose your coach for private lessons. 

Name: Carmen Corsetti
Hometown: Woburn, MA
Specialty: Telling friends and guests how much I love to ski.  Sharing experiences with others who have a similar interest.
Years of Experience: 35+
Other Interests: Riding motorcycles, hiking in the White Mountains, sharing experiences with friends, golfing
What's for Breakfast: Oatmeal

Name: Gail Ferriera
Hometown: Worcester, MA
Specialty: I am a marketing manager working with networking and security software.  Its great fun helping customers make their computer networks work better.
Years of Experience: I’ve been skiing since high school, after switching from figure skating.  I started coaching kids when my son started skiing & racing every weekend.  I now use my place overlooking Mt. Washington for easy first tracks access to Attitash.
Other Interests: During the summers I hike & bike.  I recently completed climbing the 100 Highest Peaks in New England.  My son and I also hiked the Long Trail in Vermont.  I love the outdoors!
What's For Breakfast: I love Kashi Crunch – Healthy & great tasting

Name: James Gallagher
Hometown: Haverhill, MA
Specialty: Keeping it real.  Getting people to feel the groove of linking turns.  It’s the best feeling when your going down the mountain doing nice smooth turns.  And you look good too!
Years of Experience: I am in my 4th year as a Part-Time snowboard instructor.
Other Interests: Surfing, basketball, being active, keeping my house clean and fixing things that are broken.
What's For Breakfast: Quaker & Oats Cinnamon + Brown Sugar

Name: Tim Willis
Hometown: North Andoer, MA
Specialty: Defying maturity
Years of Experience:  In human years or dog years?
Other Interests: Advanced aerodynamics and airframe design.
What's For Breakfast: Lucky Charms

Name: Paul LaFrance
Hometown: W. Greenwich, RI
Specialty: Alpine Skiing – All Levels & Ages
Years of Experience: 12 yrs of Teaching - Skiing since the age of 5
Other Interests: Golf, Hiking, Travel, Learning how to Tele
What's For Breakfast: Cheerios

Name: Chris DiCroce
Hometown: Manchester, NH
Specialty: Alpine Ski Racing
Years of Experience: 1 year teaching skiing – 16 years of experience
Other Interests: Hiking, camping, ski racing, snowshoeing, tailgating Central High School football games
What's For Breakfast: Kix

Name: Patty Harrington
Hometown: Saunderstown, RI
Specialty: I coach all levels, ages and genders in alpine skiing.  Women and Children find me particularly patient, calm and fun to work, or shall I say “play” with.  After all skiing is about playing!
Years of Experience: I have been coaching skiing for 30+ years.  I began my skiing and teaching career in RI at Yawgoo Valley and have been at Attitash now for 11 years.  The number of years that I have dedicated to the industry speaks to my enthusiasm and love for the sport and sharing that with my students.  I continually work towards improving myself as a skier and teacher by attending training on a regular basis both locally and regionally.  I am currently PSIA level II certified and working towards the level III certification and Master Teacher of Skiing
Other Interests: I truly live for the winter and can usually get 6 months on the hill.  When I’m not able to be on my skis I enjoy biking, golfing, horseback riding and this past summer started to learn to surf.  I dabble in needle arts and jewelry design in between the other activities.
What's For Breakfast: Breakfast is the all important meal of the day for us skiers.  I start my day off with oatmeal, it sticks to your ribs!

Name: Joyce Macknauskas
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Specialty: I coach alpine skiing.  My specialties include coaching adults returning to skiing and coaching children just getting started (sometimes as young as three and as old as… well that’s confidential)
Years of Experience: I have been coaching at Attitash for ten years and certified by PSIA
Other Interests: Golf, tennis, riding road bikes, gardening, oil painting and walking my dog.  I also play poker – but not for money (yet)
What's For Breakfast: Cheerios in Summer and oatmeal in Winter… boring

Name: Dave Roche
Hometown: Haverhill, MA I am a real townie my family has owned the property I live in since 1853
Specialty: Alpine Skiing with a minor in working with children in Spectrum disorders.  I enjoy teaching all age groups and leave my students with one valuable piece of information; Ski to the level of your Smile…
Years of Experience: I am entering my fourth year of teaching.  My current PSIA status is level I and this winter will be taking the level II exam. I also have two years of teaching children with Spectrum disorders which has lead me back to college this winter for a Masters Degree in Behavioral Education.
Other Interests: Motorcycles abusing the speed limit, Sailing, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Snow shoeing, Cooking and Baking.
What's For Breakfast: My own recipe for what I call porridge; It’s a combination of Oatmeal, Bulgar Wheat, Kasha and Texurized Soy Protein spiced with cinnamon, cloves and ginger and a hand full of dried cranberries.  No need for mid-morning snacks while skiing

Name: Brian Stevenson
Hometown: Danvers, MA
Specialty: I coach alpine skiing, ages 4-6
Years of Experience: This will be my third year teaching part time.  I love working with the little kis and watching them develop.
Other Interests: I love to play soccer and tennis with my free time.
What's For Breakfast: Rice crispy treats

Name: Dan Sukis
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA Home of the NFL football Eagles, original cheese steak subs, and the immortal Rocky Balboa, the Italian Stallian!  Now living in Jackson, NH from which I can look out to Idiot’s Option and Tim’s Trauma, two of the more challenging black diamond trails on Attitash.  Any more details information could possibly jeopardize my present positioning the US Govt’s federal witness protection program!!
Specialty: Alpine skiing.  Most enjoy coaching foreign guests based on my personal interest in world history/geography and international affairs.  Gives me an opportunity to improve the image many foreigners have of Americans based on current media hype.  I prefer to project the “continental image” – worldly, sophisticated, debonair, etc. We’re not all gun slingers and beer guzzlers!!! At least not all of us!! (Burp)!!
Years of Experience:  Twelve years coaching alpine skiing part time at Wachusett Mountain in MA and Attitash here in NH.  PSIA certified level I.  Now in retirement from a technical position with an aerospace company, I enjoy the great sport of skiing.  Unlike the ski patrol whose motto is “you fall, we haul”, our ski school philosophy is best described as “safety, fun, learning” – “if we learn, we turn”.  Ski coaching is also a great incentive to stay physically active during the long New England winters.  Its definitely a better use of time that participation in the many gunfights at the local saloons and pubs.
Other Interests: The extraordinary financial compensation that ski coaching provides makes possible a wide variety of off-season activities.  For me, these include: foreign travel, studying Taoism and its relevance to skiing, boating, celestial navigation, golf, fly fishing and staying current on international affairs.  It just doesn’t get any better!!
What's For Breakfast: Anything I don’t have to prepare myself

Name: Dave Wilcox
Hometown: Freedom, NH
Specialty: Nervous adults, young children & first timers
Years of Experience: PSIA & teaching 10 years – skiing 45+ years
Other Interests: Kayaking, swimming, gardening, old paper & postcards
What's For Breakfast: Raisin Bran

Name: Laura Begin
Hometown: Merrimac, MA
Specialty: Alpine ski coach level III – Telemark ski coach soon level I - snowboarding
Years of Experience: Since 1988, alpine – telemark, 3 years – snowboard, 2 years
Other Interests:  Snow shoeing, sea kayaking, horseback riding, hiking, backpacking
What's For Breakfast:  Pancakes

Name: Barbara Pinkham
Hometown: Albany, NH
Specialty: Teaching the teen Mt. training group at Attitash, This includes skiing with a group of young adults who are interested in becoming ski instructors.
Years of Experience: I have been teaching people to ski for 30 years, 18 years at Attitash and 12 years at Mt. Sunapee, NH.  I absolutely love helping skiers to enjoy the sport and gain confidence in their skiing abilities.
Other Interests: Two of my friends and I have set a goal to climb the 48 4,000 footer mountains in NH, before my 60th birthday.  We are halfway through our goal and having the time of our lives!! What an awesome accomplishment it will be!
What's for Breakfast:  Pancakes

Name: Allie Demichael
Hometown: Falmouth, ME
Specialty: Skiing
Years of Experience: I have been an avid skier with my family starting at the age of 3
Other Interests: I love sailing, art & traveling
What's for Breakfast: Berry Berry Kix

Name: Bob Paglierani
Hometown: South Hamilton, MA
Specialty: Skiing coach & snowboard coach
Years of Experience: 18 years
Other Interests: Tennis, golf & hiking
What's for Breakfast: Oatmeal

Name: Sue Paglierani
Hometown: South Hamilton, MA
Specialty: Alpine
Years of Experience: 18
Other Interests: Quilting, reading, bicycling & bridge
What's for Breakfast: Go Lean Crunch

Name: Chris Whalen
Hometown: Manchester by the sea, MA
Specialty: Alpine, snowboard & telemark
Years of Experience: 22
Other Interests: Fly fishing, Kayaking, golf & guitar
What's for Breakfast:  Oatmeal

Name: Karen Lyons
Hometown: Milton, MA
Specialty: Ski Pro – Working with adult and children just learning to ski – Making sure our guests are having a good time
Years of Experience: 14
Other Interests: Golf, travel & time with my friends and family
What's for Breakfast: Cinnamon Spice Oatmeal

Name: Dave Lennon
Hometown: Cathedral Trail Lodge, Attitash Bartlett NH
Specialty: Kennett High School social studies teacher – Ski coach for young adults and adults
Years of Experience: 7 years at Attitash, 30 years homeowner on cathedral trail
Other Interests: Hockey, golf & world history
What's for Breakfast: Cherrios

Name: Adam Rich
Hometown: Gorham, NH
Specialty: Mostly freeride and street tricks
Years of Experience: I have 8 years of experience snowboarding, and currently have 2 years of teaching experience
Other Interests: Well I’m in the National Guard, So I like to be a soldier and make a difference.  I also like to listen to a lot of different music and have as much fun as possible.
What's for Breakfast: Mmm… Honey Bunches of Oats… yeah