Trenia grew up here in Steamboat on her family’s horse and cattle ranch. Trenia is the Director of Technology and also teaches and advanced IT class. Trenia is a third generation Steamboat Mountain School teacher and this is her 18th year at SMS. Her great Uncle Joe helped Lowell Whiteman (the school’s founder) develop the first outdoor program in the 40’s which featured horses, and her mother taught physical education here in the 60s helping Lowell add skiing to the school’s program. In the late 90’s, then Head of School brought Trenia in to take over the technology and the horses because “because they’re so similar,” she jokes. She has a BS from University of Colorado, Boulder, and spent much of her career in tech and publishing as well as 14 19 years in education. Managing large technology departments, software and web development projects led her to focusing on the people element. “There might be challenges with technology and processes, but in the end, it’s always first and foremost about people and relationships.” (new sentence) During a hiatus from Steamboat Mountain School, Trenia helped companies develop a culture of cooperation, combining Agile development methodology and Positive Psychology. “If people are happy in their lives and in their jobs, they thrive. Companies thrive.  Teaching technology alongside these concepts really prepares them for a successful future in any career.