Park City, UT (Tuesday, May 18, 2004) - Greg Boester, vice president of J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., in New York City and former Olympian and U.S. Ski Jumping Team member, has been named a trustee of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation, announced Foundation Vice President Trisha Worthington. Boester also has been a member of U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association’s corporate Board of Directors since 1996.

“We are so pleased to have one of our veteran athletes join our Board of Trustees,” Worthington said. “Besides his appreciation of the athletes’ perspective, Greg also understands the inner-working of our organization. On the Board of Directors, he is responsible for corporate strategy and policy, as well as financial planning and compliance. All of this knowledge enhance the expertise of our Board of Trustees.”

Boester received his undergraduate degree in economics from St. Lawrence University and earned his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Jumping Team from 1990-1994, during which time he competed on the World Cup circuit and was a member of the 1994 U.S. Olympic Team. Boester also was a member of the 1993 World Championship Team and the 1994 World Ski Flying Championship Team.

A Colorado native, Boester learned to ski jump at Winter Park and later moved to Steamboat to train full-time. Boester and his wife Marian live with their three-year-old son Cole, in Rye, New York and are expecting their second child this May.

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation is the nonprofit, fundraising arm of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Teams that are managed by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), the national governing body of Olympic skiing and snowboarding.