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8 20 EDITOR
Rebecca W. Ayers
SPONSORSHIPS
Amy Steele
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
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CONTRIBUTORS
Colin Bane, Dave Belin, Dave Byrd,
Eric Lipton, Kelly Pawlak, Earl Saline

NSAA STAFF

PRESIDENT/CEO
Kelly Pawlak
RISK & REGULATORY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
Dave Byrd, dbyrd@nsaa.org
ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR
Wendy Guyerson, wendyg@nsaa.org
PG. 6 PG. 16 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
NSAA Launches Mountain Foundation: Small Technologies with Big Value, Adrienne Saia Isaac, aisaac@nsaa.org
New Nonprofit Supports Education Part II: Delivering on the Guest TECHNICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR
& Mentorship of NSAA Members Experience & Overall Safety Mike Lane, mlane@nsaa.org
BY KELLY PAWLAK ASSOCIATED MEETINGS DIRECTOR
PG. 20 Jennifer Larson, jlarson@nsaa.org
PG. 8 2019 NSAA Downhill Bike Park Summit:
Insights from First-Timers: Park Personnel, Marketers & Risk FINANCE DIRECTOR
SNOW Operating Shares Results Managers to Exchange Ideas for Laura Lewis, llewis@nsaa.org
of One-on-One Surveys Operations of All Sizes PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR
BY ERIC LIPTON BY EARL SALINE Geraldine Link, glink@nsaa.org
MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS DIRECTOR
Tom Moore, tmoore@nsaa.org
EDUCATION PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR
Earl Saline, esaline@nsaa.org
PG. C1 NSAA CONVENTION PROGRAM INSIDE! SPONSORSHIPS DIRECTOR
Amy Steele, asteele@nsaa.org
MEMBER SERVICES DIRECTOR
Paige Vickerman, pvickerman@nsaa.org
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