Eric joins the Proctor community having been appointed as the coach of the Freeskiing team for the 2023-2024 season. He lives in Wellesley, MA with his wife, Isabel, and their three daughters: Janet (20), Celia (18), and Eliza (15). When on campus, Eric resides in English House.
A competitor on the World Pro Mogul Tour for nine years (1985-1993) while living in Vail, CO, Scharmer credits all of his life’s achievements as being anchored by the roots of what he learned about himself as a skier, and incorporating that wisdom to all of life’s challenges. A "two planker" from the word go, Eric is a skier 24/7/365 because it’s always snowing somewhere.
It was a background in underwater archaeology that led Scharmer to a more than three decades career as a freelance director of photography in television and film, having gotten his start in production on underwater documentaries for Discovery Channel. The backbone of Eric’s career as a DP in the greater Boston area was covering the four major pro sports teams for three sports networks from 1996 on: NFL Network, NESN, and NBC Sports Boston. In that time, Scharmer covered twenty teams that went to Championship Series or Super Bowls, securing twelve World Titles.
An optimist at his core, Eric has realized more dreams than he’d ever thought possible when he was in high school. He has a background in Broadway theatrical production, along with roles building and striking rock & roll concert sets with IATSE Local 11 Stagehands in Boston. Scharmer is a proud national member of The Explorers Club, belongs to the historic Boston Press Photographers Association, and recently completed his 18th straight Pan Mass Challenge with the Boston Red Sox Team 9.
