Zach McCarthy

Born and raised in Saco, Maine, Zach is a dynamic individual on a mission to create more inclusive and accessible outdoor recreation opportunities. With a degree in Economics from the University of Southern Maine, Zach is the Founder and Executive Director of Inclusive Ski Touring and the previous Marketing Director at Mt. Abram Family Resort. In addition, he is one of the founding board members for the non-profit organization Uphill New England. His approach to partnership development and programming has made outdoor adventures more financially accessible, while boosting public relations and business revenues.

Outside of his professional endeavors, Zach embodies the spirit of adventure finding fulfillment, inspiration, and drive through backcountry skiing, trail running, biking, and photography.

Zach's future aspirations include expanding Inclusive Ski Touring and developing alternative nationwide outdoor accessibility initiatives.

Bill Cobb

A marketing consultant focused on the Non-Profit and Higher Education sectors. Bill leads the Protect Our Winters New England Local Alliance, a group of volunteers across New England working to enact campaigns and events to support POW's mission to help passionate outdoor people protect the places and lifestyles they love from climate change. He has a background in adaptive sports, serving as a volunteer skiing & climbing instructor and member of the Communications & Marketing Committee for Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country. 

When it's not ski season, Bill can be found training for his next ultramarathon or spending time on the lake. He lives in New Hampshire with his partner Kelsey and their two dogs.

Sam has been stoked on skiing from a young age, thanks to her mom. Together, they made skiing accessible through unconventional means. Sam hauled old wooden skis to her 4th-grade class, using them to teach the history of skiing in exchange for a packet of ski tickets. Meanwhile, her mom volunteered her weekends at Maine Adaptive, earning Sam tickets to ski their favorite mountain.

Sam started alpine touring with old, clunky frame bindings at Mt. Abram in 2018. After her first tour, she was hooked. Driven by her love for skiing and the outdoors, Sam eagerly supports IST to provide education and connection within the touring community. She firmly believes that time spent outdoors is essential to people’s mental and physical well being.

Sam works for Teens to Trails to support Maine middle and high school teachers in connecting students to the outdoors. When she’s not on skis, she’s finding other ways to spend time in nature with the people she loves most!

Meg Pierce

Meg grew up casually alpine and nordic skiing with her family. In the last decade, she has become an avid skier and expanded from alpine and nordic to telemark, water skiing, and most recently ski touring and backcountry skiing. Her social, enthusiastic, and fun-loving nature has always helped her to encourage others, especially women, to get outdoors and join her for adventures. After leading tours for Inclusive Ski Touring’s Women’s Program starting in January 2022, she realized how passionate she was about formalizing her efforts to help break down barriers for Women in the outdoors. This summer she continued her efforts by leading women’s mountain bike group rides.

A Hydraulic Engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Meg lives in the Greater Boston area with her partner Sam and their 2 dogs. She can be found spending most of her free time outside enjoying her many outdoor hobbies including hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, boating, fishing, golfing and more.

Nick Giaquinto

When Nick started skiing He never could have imagined how much the simple joy of making turns with friends could mean. Through skiing, a love of the outdoors was born. Working as a sea kayak guide and outdoor educator for the Portland based non-profit RIppleffect Nick has the opportunity to share his love of the outdoors and develop a passion for teaching. He built on this passion for developing STEM education programming for the Design Museum of London. Currently, Nick works to design Water treatment systems to remove PFAS from our waterways.

In the last five years, Nick has focused on touring on the east coast. When not skiing Nick can be found Rock climbing, trail running, and mountain biking.