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NSAA Releases 2014 Ambassador of the Year award for Learn to NSAA OFFICERS Wage & Salary Survey Ski and Snowboard Month/Bring-A-Friend CHAIR Blaise Carrig, Vail Resorts Inc., CO The NSAA 2014 National Wage and Salary initiative, designed to encourage skiers and (303) 404-1800 Survey is now available, providing relevant snowboarders to help newcomers sign up VICE CHAIR Tim Silva, Sun Valley Resort, ID data on compensation levels in various regions for lessons from professional instructors and (208) 622-2042 of the country for more than 200 common ski become lifelong enthusiasts. TREASURER Win Smith, Sugarbush Resort, VT area positions. Kolts brought 14 children and adults to (802) 583-6832 This year saw record participation, with Paoli Peaks, Indiana, for beginner lessons and SECRETARY 139 ski areas sharing information (see p. 11). an additional adult to Steamboat Springs, Rob Walz, Cascade Mountain, WI (608) 742-5588 x 248 The data—broken down by region, lift capacity, Colorado last season. As Ambassador of the PAST CHAIR and skier visit totals—is an invaluable resource Year, he won a four-day trip for two to resorts Chip Perfect, Perfect North Slopes, IN (812) 537-3754 x 1202 to HR directors, CFOs, and others who want in Utah; a pair of skis from Head Wintersports; information on pay scales in other regions. a season pass for 2014-15; a pair of Heatwave REGIONAL BOARD MEMBERS CENTRAL ROCKIES (NSAA also has Prevailing Wage Reports for gloves from Seirus Innovation; and high tech Pat Campbell, Breckenridge Ski Resort, CO international visa purposes that are available socks from Falke. (970) 496-3221 Gary DeFrange, Winter Park Resort, CO for California, Colorado, Utah, and Vermont.) To help your resort get a head start on (303) 316-1510 Survey participants may obtain the sur- LSSM/BAF initiatives for 2014-15, read “How and Alan Henceroth, Arapahoe Basin, CO (970) 513-5722 vey at a special discount. Order your copy Why to Create and Publicize a Learn to Ski and David Perry, Aspen Skiing Company, CO (970) 300-7007 either through the NSAA online store at Snowboard Month Lodging Package,” p. 48), or MID ATLANTIC nsaa.org or by contacting the national office visit www.skiandsnowboardmonth.org. Arthur Berry, Camelback, PA (570) 629-1661 x1135 directly at (303) 987-1111. Ted Blazer, Whiteface, NY (518) 946-2223 Resorts Can Help Homeless Russell Coloton, Hunter Mountain, NY LSSM/BAF Names 2014 Have ‘Warm Winters’ (518) 263-4223 MIDWEST Ambassador of the Year All those items in your resort’s overflow- Chris MacInnes, Crystal Mountain, MI Scott Kolts of Dahlgren, Illinois, received the ing lost-and-found bins can go to good use (231) 378-2000 Leigh Nelson, Welch Village Ski Area Inc., MN through “Warm Winters,” a program designed (651) 222-7079 x21 Rob Walz, Cascade Mountain, WI by two altruistic-minded California teens to (608) 742-5588 x248 NSAA/FedEx help ski areas distribute unclaimed items to NEW ENGLAND Member Service local homeless populations. Kris Blomback, Pats Peak, NH (603) 428-3245 x107 Founded in 2011 by 11-year-olds Corinne Tyler Fairbank, The Fairbank Group, MA (413) 738-5500 NSAA members save: Hindes and Katrine Kirsebom, avid skiers and Al Fletcher, Nashoba Valley Ski Area, MA former California ski race team members, Warm (978) 692-3033 Win Smith, Sugarbush Resort, VT • Up to 45% on select FedEx Winters has distributed clothing to more than (802) 583-6832 Express International 5,000 people living on the streets, helping keep NORTHERN ROCKIES Services them warm and dry throughout the year. Tim Silva, Sun Valley Resort, ID (208) 622-2042 • Up to 35% on select FedEx Hindes and Kirsebom, now 14, work with Jennifer Smith, Park City Mountain Resort, UT (435) 649-8111 Domestic Services the head of a resort’s ski race team to find one Bob Wheaton, Deer Valley Resort Company, UT or two motivated teens to manage the pro- (435) 645-6669 • Up to 24% on select FedEx cess. They then train the volunteers to iden- PACIFIC NORTHWEST Matthew Drake, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort, OR Ground Services tify the best places that serve the homeless; (503) 337-2222 x1404 Kevin McCarthy, White Pass Ski Area, WA set up regular pickups of the lost-and-found (509) 672-3101 It’s a cost-cutting measure that SIERRA adds up — all with no enrollment clothing; clean, sort, and repair the items; Tim Cohee, China Peak Mountain Resort, CA fees or minimum quotas. deliver them; and provide the resort with tax (559) 233-2500 receipts from the recipient organizations. Robert Kautz, Sugar Bowl Resort, CA (530) 426-9000 Sign up and start saving! Resorts currently participating in Warm Bill Rock, Northstar California, CA (530) 562-1010 Winters are Kirkwood Mountain, Northstar, Go to the Member Services and Sugar Bowl in California, and Heavenly SOUTHEAST Section of www.nsaa.org for Ken Hess, Massanutten Ski Resort, VA (540) 289-4094 more information or call the help Mountain in Nevada. Hindes and Kirsebom SUPPLIER MEMBERS line at: 800-475-6708. are hoping to expand the program through- Mark Bee, Doppelmayr USA Inc., UT out the country. To learn more about Warm (801) 973-7977 John Jacobs, Reliable Racing Supply, NY Winters visit http://vimeo.com/97659112 or (518) 793-5677 x 226 www.warm-winters.org, or contact Hindes and SPECIAL COUNSEL John Fagan, Duane Morris, CA Kirsebom at warmwinters.org@gmail.com. n (530) 550-2050 w w w. n s a a . o rg SUMMER 2014 | NSAA Journal | 5 NSAA Summer 2014 prepressed v6a.indd 5 7/3/14 4:18 PM