USA Nordic Sport Staff

Administrative Staff

Adam Provost

Chief Executive Officer

Born in Salt Lake City, Adam has returned to Utah with more than 20+ years of professional sports experience in numerous leadership, strategic and commercial roles. Adam has worked for such organizations as USA Football, International Federation of American Football (IFAF), QB Collective and PA Sport.

Eric Camerota

Chief Financial Officer

Eric is from Park City, Utah. He has 10 years accounting and finance experience. Attended school at Westminster College where he graduated with a degree in finance. He is a former member of the U.S. Nordic Combined National Team and competed in the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy.

Ellie Brown

Office Manager

Ellie is originally from Baton Rouge, LA, but has lived in Park City, UT since 2008. She has worked for USA Nordic Sport since 2016. She has three children, two girls and a boy who keep her very busy. She loves being a mom and her kids motivate her to be a better person every day.

Coaching Staff

Nick Hendrickson

Men's Nordic Combined Team Director

Nick grew up in Park City, UT and skied for the USA Nordic Combined team from 2009 - 2014 before racing for the University of Utah cross country team from 14-16. Nick is based in Park City.

Tomas Matura

Women's Nordic Combined Head Coach

Tomas started out with USA Nordic as a wax technician. He then became an assistant coachfor the Men's Nordic Combined team before taking on the role of Women's Nordic Combined Head Coach in 2020.

Chris Gilbertson

Men's Nordic Combined Head Jump Coach

Chris Jumped from age 8-23 and was a member of the US Ski Jumping team in 1990. He earned a degree in International Affairs in 1994 from University of Colorado. In 1996 he started coaching at SSWSC where he coached until 2007. He was the 2007 - 2009 US Nordic Combined World Cup B Coach and the World Cup coach from 2009 - 2013. In 2020 he returned to coaching as the Men’s Nordic Combined Head Jump Coach.

Gregor Linsig

Men's Nordic Combined Continental Cup Coach

Gregor was born in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He was an athlete for many years and has been coaching for 26 years now. Before joining USA Nordic, Gregor was the Head Coach Women's Jumping Canada from 2006-2019.

Anders Johnson

Women's Ski Jumping World Cup Coach

Anders is 32 years old and from Park City, UT. He has been involved with Ski Jumping his whole life (thanks dad....).Anders is a three time Olympian (2006, 2010 and 2014) as well as a 5 time National Champion.

Trevor Edlund

Ski Jumping Junior National Team Coach

Trevor is a third generation Ski Jumper, originally from St. Paul Ski Club, Minnesota. He started his coaching career in Park City, Utah were he currently resides. Trevor loves everything about Ski Jumping and am grateful to be a part of USA Nordic. In his free time he enjoys Free Skiing and spending time on the rivers and streams Fly Fishing.

Tore Sneli

Men's & Women's Ski Jumping Head Coach

Tore is 42 years old and is originally from Trysil, Norway, but has lived in Lillehammer since 2006 when he started working as a Ski Jumping coach at the Skigymnasium (NTG). A former Ski Jumper himself, Tore has a passion for developing up-and-coming Ski Jumping athletes. In his free time, Tore enjoys hunting with his dogs and fishing in Norway's beautiful mountains.

Marketing and Communications Staff

Riley Elliott

Communications Manager

A Utah local, growing up in Sandy and graduating from Jordan High School in 2016. Riley is a 2020 graduate from the University of Utah, where he majored in Strategic Communications and Outdoor Recreation Studies. During his time at the University of Utah, he was an Athletics Communications Intern for all four years of his undergrad with the Utah Athletic Department. He helped manage all forms of communications for the men’s and women’s tennis teams, along with assisting with all major sports. In his free time, Riley loves to hike, backpack, climb, and fish in the Wasatch and Uinta mountain ranges. He can also be found snowboarding on the slopes of Big Cottonwood Canyon during the winter months.

Tiia Sumera Libin

Grant Writer

Tiia Sumera Libin is the grant writer at USA Nordic Sport. She has been involved in the ski industry, playing, competing and working, her entire life. With over 20 years of experience in the communication industry, she brings a wealth of knowledge about nonprofit management, fundraising and grant writing. She has a bachelor’s degree in Commercial Recreation and Tourism from The Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Business Communication. She currently resides in Steamboat Springs, CO, with her husband and three kids who are members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.

Other Staff

Harrison Harb

Continental Cup Wax Technician and Coach

Harrison grew up in New Hampshire and lives in Portland, Oregon.

Tomas Kurik

World Cup Wax Technician

Tomas is an ex-biathlete and has serviced cross country skis for more than 10 years.

Medical Staff

Andrew Chen

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Chen is the Chief Medical Officer for USA Nordic Sport, and has been on the medical staff for the sports of Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined since 2008. Dr. Chen is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and is currently based in New Hampshire.

Kyle Wilkens

Athlete Medical Director

Kyle Wilkens is an Advanced Practice Clinician with over 30 years of experience in sports medicine. He began his career interning with the USOPC in Lake Placid NY. He traveled with US Snowboard as their head athletic trainer before returning to complete his Masters degree in Physician Assistant studies in 2007. He served as medical director for US Ski and Snowboard from 2010-2020 and now is a member of the Sports Medicine/Orthopedic department at the University of Utah where he also is the Head Healthcare Provider for Real Salt Lake Academy.

Chris Couture

Head Team Physician - Nordic Combined

Dr. Couture is a sports medicine physician based in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire. A graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, he worked in the physician pool for US Ski & Snowboard since 2016 before becoming the Head Team Physician for Nordic Combined in 2020. He is also the Head Team Physician for the University of New Hampshire.

Lauren Borowski

Head Team Physician - Men's Ski Jumping

Lauren Borowski is a sports medicine physician currently based in New York City. She received her undergraduate degree in dance performance before heading to medical school at Drexel University. She completed her medical training at Wake Forest University and the University of Utah before heading back to NYC. She has been the head team physician for the men's ski jumping team since 2020.

Ellie Jelsing

Head Team Physician - Women’s Ski Jumping

Dr. Ellie Jelsing is an Assistant Professor of PM&R/Sports Medicine at Mayo Clinic where she completed medical school, residency and fellowship. In addition to being the Head Team Physician for the US Women’s Ski Jumping Team, she is also the Team Physician for the MN Lynx WNBA team, Program Director for Mayo Clinic’s primary care sports medicine fellowship in Minneapolis, and Director of the AAPM&R Ultrasound task force. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, 5 children, and increasingly lazy yellow lab. If not working or changing diapers, she tries to be in the mountains!