Luke Bodensteiner is the Chief of Sport Development for Utah Olympic Legacy, and GM of the former Olympic venue Soldier Hollow, working to define Utah’s long-term goals for youth winter sport, and identifying and implementing the best practices that will cultivate the culture required to achieve those goals. Formerly an executive of U.S. Ski & Snowboard as Chief of Sport, Luke led the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Teams, the national training and education Center of Excellence in Park City, Utah, its sport science and medical programs, coach education and club development, athlete identification and development, athlete career and education programming, and club-level competition and ranking systems. Luke led three U.S. Olympic ski and snowboard teams (2010, 2014 and 2018), overseeing athletes who won a record 53 Olympic medals.Prior to joining U.S. Ski & Snowboard, Luke was a cross country racer for the U.S. Ski Team, competing in the Olympics in 1992 and 1994. He is the author of “Endless Winter” chronicling his experiences in the lead-up to, and during the 1994 Games. Luke was a two-time NCAA champion at the University of Utah and is a Crimson Club Hall of Fame member. In addition to his degree from the University of Utah, he holds an executive certificate in Olympic sport management from the Kellogg School of Business.Luke has also remained heavily involved with Olympic-related board governance as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Games, a founder and President of the Soldier Hollow Legacy Foundation, delegate to the International Ski Federation, and Chairman of the USOC’s strategic working group for athlete career and education, which designed and launched the USOPC’s current efforts to assist Olympic athletes with education and professional career development.In related business, Luke has been an Advisor for athlete-focused online crowdfunding platform RallyMe, and is currently and advisor to AvR.