Steve Raymond
Steve Raymond co-founded the Colorado Adaptive Spirit organization in 1995 and has served for 25 years as its volunteer chairman. He was also part of the group of Denver cable television leaders who created SkiTAM in 1995. The annual three-day fundraising event brings together world class adaptive racers with telecommunications corporate sponsors and their guests. Financially, Adaptive Spirit accounts for 40% of the USOC Adaptive Ski Team operating budget. With Adaptive Spirit financial support, the USOC Paralympic team has excelled in international competition. Under his leadership, Adaptive Spirit has also created a seven-figure endowment fund and a number of corporations are now sponsoring individual adaptive racers.