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You Know Her as Shane’s Wife

Shane McConkey died in a ski-BASE accident in Italy in 2009, he left behind a daughter, Ayla, then 3 years old, and a grief-stricken wife, Sherry McConkey. A year later, Sherry formed a foundation in Shane’s name that gives back to environmental and social causes. To date, the Shane McConkey Foundation has donated more than $288,000 to organizations

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