S.F. mom in ski accident remembered as a leader

A San Francisco woman who, along with her son, died in a skiing accident over the weekend was remembered Tuesday as an active member of the community.

Olga Perkovic, 50, and her 7-year-old son, Aaron Goodstein, were found unconscious under three feet of snow Sunday at Kirkwood Mountain Resort in Alpine County. They were airlifted to area hospitals but could not be saved. They had been on a family vacation.

Perkovic served on the board of directors for the business-sponsored advocacy organization Bay Area Council from 2012 to 2014. During her tenure on the board, where she focused on transportation and energy infrastructure policy work, she was also an executive for URS and AECOM.

“Olga was a thoughtful, engaged leader who helped advance our important infrastructure policy work,” Jim Wunderman, council president and CEO, said in a statement. “Everyone at the Bay Area Council is heartbroken about her

and her son’s tragic death. We extend our deepest condolences to her family.”

Perkovic started working at AECOM in July 2003 and she left more than a decade later as a senior vice president in March 2016, said Michael Chee, a company spokesman.

“Obviously, our deepest sympathies right now are with her family and loved ones in the wake of this tragic and unfortunate accident,” Chee said Tuesday.

Aaron attended French American International School in San Francisco, where Perkovic was a parent volunteer, according to Keelee Wrenn, a spokeswoman for the school.

The family, including Perkovic’s husband, David Goodstein, were active members of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, center representatives said.

Perkovic and her son were reported missing at 6:40 p.m. Sunday, according to the Alpine County Sheriff ’s Office. They had last been seen near chair seven, where they boarded the lift around 4 p.m.

Investigators learned the two were hit by snow that slid off a roof as they were skiing back to the condominium where they were staying, police said.

A person in the neighboring condominium noticed ski gloves on the snow outside their unit at 9 p.m. and realized that Perkovic and her son were trapped beneath 3 feet of snow, police said.

The mother and son were flown to Barton Memorial and Carson Tahoe hospitals, where they died from their injuries, authorities said.