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Richard Knight
​Year inducted: 2016
Primary Patrol: Mt Southington, CT


Rick Knight joined the Mount Southington Ski Patrol in 1977. He became a Senior Alpine Patroller in 1981. He received his national appointment number 10304 in 2005.

He has been active in all aspects of ski patrolling including being an instructor for CPR, Toboggan and OEC. He has been a Senior OEC Trainer Evaluator and Senior S&T Trainer Evaluator.

Rick has held many administrative positions including:​
  • Patrol: Session Leader, Finance Committee, Board of Directors.
  • Region: Co-Awards Advisor, Registration Advisor, Section Chief, Student advisor and Region Director.
  • Division: Member of governance committee that was charged with re-writing the division bylaws, member of Finance Committee, member Board of Directors, Chair of Finance Committee, member Long  Range Planning Committee and Assistant Division Director.​
  • National: Member Finance Committee, Elected to Board of Directors, Chair of the Finance Committee, Member Compensation Committee, Chair of Powderfall after action committee, Member Nomination Committee, and Interim Executive Director at the National Office for four months after our Executive Director resigned.

Rick has been recognized with a Meritorious Service Award, a Yellow Merit Star, Division Donald F. Page Outstanding Administrative Award, Silver Merit Star for runner up National Outstanding Administrative Patroller in 2014.

Rick’s focus has been on financial aspects bringing the Eastern Division and National to financial stability and complete compliance. He has also contributed in Governance with the bylaw re-write for the Division and the National Strategic Plan in 2015. Rick’s most recent contributions came from his stepping in to run the National Office without pay for four months after our Executive Director resigned helping to guide our outstanding staff until our current Executive Director took over.

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