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Arn has been called visionary, passionate, irreverent, a lighting rod, controversial, intense, energizer rabbit and fighter. He said, “There is no such thing as an at-risk kid. The only person who is at-risk is an adult that doesn’t give back to others.”
Arn founded SOS Outreach in 1993. Launched as a grassroots nonprofit, which provides funding, and activities for youth at risk. The SOS program is now running at over 30 ski areas in 15 states and has provided programming for over 5,000 kids and day trips for over 25,000 students.
SOS Outreach merged with Meet the Wilderness, a sumer outdoor adventure education organization, in 2009. That allowed SOS’s programing to expand to year round curriculum in both winter and summer outdoor/action sports for youth.
Arn provides professional and visionary leadership to the wintersports and outdoor industry and non-profit foundations around leveraging sports based youth development. As the founder of the Snowboard Outreach Society, now SOS Outreach, he communicates passionately and effectively the hybrid nature of a non-profit as a business and charitable solution to meeting the economic and social responsibility goals of funders. He has managed all programs and resources of SOS Outreach over the last twenty years and now supervises an outstanding team of youth programming and development directors that have grown the charity to national sustainability.
He served as Eagle County Commissioner from 2000-2008 and was one of three commissioners who oversaw a $100M annual budget. He served on numerous non-profit community and statewide boards and has worked on community development initiatives that include long-term economic planning, affordable housing and early childhood development. He is known as a progressive leader in sustainability and social justice.
Eagle County is comprised of 85% public lands. The Board oversees the second busiest airport in the state. Bringing solutions to Early Childhood Development, Affordable Housing, Sustainable Growth Management and New Budgetary policies through innovative collaborations.
He received an MBA from the University of Denver. He is a fully certified snowboard instructor, mountain bike racer and loves hip hop dancing. His most important role is father to his two children, Maya & Matteo.
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Interests

I race mountain bikes and teach snowboarding.

• dancing
• education
• running
• instructor
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• skiing
• snowboarding
• sports
• business
• teaching

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Having 2 kids and traveled extensively in the U.S. and Europe.

What I Can Share with Hosts

See above

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Italy, Peru, Russian Federation, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States