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Bill Mackey Award
FWSA 2022 Awards
by Steve Coxen
Michael J. Ballingall,
Senior Vice President
Awards Chair, FWSA
Service Awards
Hans Georg
Sheri Parshall,
Northwest Ski Club Council
J. Stanley Mullin
John Reinhardt,
Northwest Ski Club Council
Elizabeth " Schatzi " Wood
Sandy Blackwell,
Los Angeles Council of Ski Clubs
Jordan-Reily
Heidi Logosz, Mt Hood Meadows
Jimmie Heuga
Dr. John Gray, The Unrecables
Bill Mackey
Michael J. Ballingall,
Big White Ski Resort
Tommie Tyndall
Aspen Snowmass
Terry Smith
Peter Dodd
Northwest Ski Club Council
PACRAT League
Snowsports Builder Award
The Kohnstsamm Family
Timberline Lodge & Ski Area,
Mt Hood
The Drake Family
Mt. Hood Meadows, Mt Hood
Kirk Hanna
Mt. Hood Skibowl, Mt Hood
Media Awards
Bill Berry - Hard News
The Tahoe Weekly
Bill Berry - Featured Article
Lindsey Vonn,
author of " Rise: My Story "
Warren Miller Award
Coolfire Productions,
for documentary film
" Magic in the Mountains "
Public Affairs Award
Western Ski Heritage
Lowell Skoog, " Written in the
Snows: Across Time on Skis in
the Pacific Northwest "
President's Award
President's Award
Joe Harvis, Interlachen Ski Club,
Pacific Northwest Ski Club Council
Michael J. Ballingall of Big White Ski Resort
Receives the 2022 Bill Mackey Award
by Randy Lew, Past President
and Debbi Kor, Vice President -
Marketing and Sponsorship, FWSA
Michael J. Ballingall, Senior Vice President
of Big White Ski Resort, Ltd. was honored
by Far West Ski Association at its Annual
Convention as the 2022 recipient of the Bill
Mackey Award. This award recognizes outstanding
service to the skiing public by a ski
area employee.
Michael J., as he is affectionately known
by his friends in Far West Ski Association, has
been a great long-time supporter of the Association
and organized skiing. He first started
working seasonally for Big White in 1984, then
left from 1990 to 1995 going to work for AusSterio
Radio Network in Australia. Five years
later, Michael, his wife Diana and their two
sons decided to return to the mountains and
Big White for two years. They obviously liked
it since that was almost 27 years ago!
Big White Ski Resort is one of British Columbia's
most popular winter resorts and
summer bike destination. His dynamic leadership,
broad industry knowledge, and marketing
and sales skills, infectious enthusiasm, and
humor serve him well in leading his team. Michael
J. has mentored an amazing sales and operations
team over the years including Jim
Loyd, Katie Balkwill, Robb Creighton, and
Norm Kreutz, two of whom are previous recipients
of the FWSA Bill Mackey Award.
His vision of increasing the recognition
and name branding of the resort resulted in
the long-term Big White sponsorship of the
Councils' Volunteer of the Year Program
(formerly the Councils' Man & Woman of the
Year), where the movers and shakers at the
council level were recognized and presented a
trip to Big White. This has been extremely effective
in building brand recognition and resulted
in many club and council trips to Big
White.
Michael J. is a well-known figure in the
Okanagan Valley through his involvement as
Chair of the Thompson Okanagan Tourism
Association, Chair of the TELUS Interior
and Northern BC Community Service Board,
President of the Tourism Big White Society,
Director of the Canadian Ski Council, Director
of Tourism Kelowna, Director of the Tourism
Industry Association of BC, member of
the YLW Air Service Action Committee, and
founding member of the Okanagan Bucketlist.
On September 7, 2022, he was honored
to receive the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pin
and Local Outstanding Service Medallion for
his community service.
He strongly believes that moving people
around the province in both summer and
winter is the fastest way to recover from the
pandemic and grow tourism numbers, and
that reliable roads and affordable air are more
important than ever at this time. His passion,
experience, and dedication is aimed at creating
the ultimate winter ski vacation and outstanding
customer service.
Because of his strong support of organized
skiing, the snowsports public, and the Far
West Ski Association, we truly believe this recognition
was long overdue. Michael J. Ballingall
truly embodies the spirit of the Bill
Mackey Award. ss
Congratulations, Michael! Thank you for all you have done!
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of Big White Ski Resort,
was the recipient of the
Bill Mackey Award,
for outstanding
service to the skiing
public by a ski area
employee.
photo provided by
Big White Ski Resort

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