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has raised more than $1 million for regional philanthropic
organizations. She serves on the Mount Sunapee Council,
providing college scholarships and supporting arts and envi-
ronmental education. At Crested Butte, she was the chair of
the Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley. F. Scott
Tim’s words of wisdom:
“1. Create a platform that promotes high employee
satisfaction, which creates great morale and great Pierpont
guest service.
2. Lacking the financial capability that many of our major
competitors had, ‘necessity’ was truly the ‘mother of
invention.’ Since the list of capital improvements is never
ending, consistent year after year improvements can be
better than periodic large expansions, both economically After 44 years in ski area operations, most recently in the
and from a guest perspective. retailer side of the business, F. Scott Pierpont has a rare
3. Quality of products and services should prevail depth and breadth of experience and perspective.
over cost.” Pierpont grew up in Colorado and started his career at
Copper Mountain in 1974 as a night groomer. He moved
Tim’s favorite band/musician: “I’m not sure I have a favorite to Mount Snow, Vt., in 1976, working in several differ-
band or musician but some of my favs are George Jones, ent departments in mountain operations. Moving to Big
Don Williams, Waylon Jennings, and Lucinda Williams.” Bear Lake, Calif., in 1988, Pierpont served as the vice pres-
ident and director of operations for both SKI Limited
and Fiberboard at Bear Mountain Resort. He returned to
Mount Snow in 1995 as VP of mountain operations for the
American Skiing Company, and was named the president of
Mount Snow in 1999. In 2001, he was promoted to VP and
Diane director of mountain operations for The Canyons. Within
six months, he was named the resort’s president, and held
Mueller this position until 2007. He then relocated to Wyoming
and became president of Grand Targhee Resort for the next
three years.
Pierpont moved into the position of the SVP of sales for
Doppelmayr USA until 2018, when he announced his retire-
ment. In addition, Pierpont has been chairman of ANSI
B77.1, president of the Park City Chamber of Commerce,
Diane’s words of wisdom: “Three simple words: chairman of Ski Utah, chairman of the California Ski Areas
integrity, success (a sense of accomplishment), dream Technical Committee, a member of the Vermont Ski Areas
(forward thinking). My passion and focus was the people: Association, a member of the National Society of Explosive
both internal and external guests. ‘Guest’ was used because Engineers, and a Search and Rescue Technician II.
we wanted everyone to experience the welcoming feeling Scott’s words of wisdom: “For me, having the oppor-
one gets when invited into someone’s home. I wanted every tunity to work at several resorts across the country was truly
employee to understand that they were part of ‘the team.’ rewarding. I was able to take what I had learned and share
I wanted them to feel the same enthusiasm, pride, and sense it with those I was working with. I was a risk taker, never
of accomplishment that kept me going. The time I relished had a glass half empty, didn’t have the word ‘no’ in my
the most was when I got to work side by side with people. vocabulary, and was extremely focused on the agreed-upon
My career-long goal was to help others identify their pas- results. I am sincerely honored to have worked with such
sions in life.” great people, all who have the same passion for this
Diane’s favorite band/musician: “I like country great industry.”
western, too, but not the old twangy stuff like Tim. Scott’s favorite band/musician: “The greatest rock
My favorite song is ‘Mother’ by Sugarland.” and roll band in the world: The Rolling Stones!”

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