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FACE SHOTS PEOPLE 9 miles of new snowmaking pipe, 150 lift sales as well as marketing and sales of new high output/high efficiency snow Leitwind wind turbines and APMs. Dick McCann is the new general manager guns, and other state-of-the art facilities. at Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, ASSOCIATION NEWS Massachusetts. McCann was previously the Attitash Mountain Resort, in Bartlett, director of snowsports school and rental New Hampshire, also is improving the The National Ski operations. efficiency of its snowmaking system for Patrol has elected Ed Butternut also promoted its former the coming season, with new snowmaking McNamara, a patroller business manager, Andrea Dennis, to pipe, scheduled pump and motor rebuilds, for 34 years, as its new assistant general manager. The new snow- and a combination of 100 new high-effi- board chair. McNamara is sports school director is Jay Barranger, ciency, low-energy HKD and Snow Logic the executive director of Ed McNamara formerly the assistant director of snows- snow guns. The resort is also opening a the Central Massachusetts EMS Corpora- ports school. new zipline attraction this summer. tion in Boston. A former Outdoor Emer- gency Care program director, he patrols at PLACES Colorado’s Vail Resorts has announced Wachusett Mountain. an $85 million investment in resort Wildcat Mountain Ski Area, in improvements for 2014-15, including Ski New Hampshire has a new execu- Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, is multiple express chairlifts and restaurants, tive director, Jessyca Keeler. Keeler undergoing the largest snowmaking room renovations and a one-of-a-kind replaces Alice Pearce, who has retired upgrade in the area’s history thanks to a snowmaking upgrade designed to auto- from the position after 20 years. Keeler is $2 million capital improvement project. matically refresh snow surfaces throughout an avid skier and snowboarder, and has For 2014-15 the area will get more than the season. In other news Vail recently been involved in the winter sports travel announced a partnership with Japan’s and tourism industry since 1995. Niseko ski resort, the first Asian partner for the company. ACCOLADES Mt. Hood Meadows in Oregon part- The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall nered with Snow Park Technologies of Fame has inducted six athletes and this spring to build the Spring Park, one sport builders into the 2013 Hall of of the terrain longest parks in the country Fame for their contributions to the sport. with nearly a mile of jumps, rails, and The inductees are Scot Schmidt, big other features. mountain skier; John Clendenin, Hit the Slopes with freestyle pioneer and world champion; Toby Dawson, 2006 Olympic moguls Processing Experts SUPPLIER NEWS bronze medalist; Kris “Fuzzy” Fedder- Tom Clink is changing his role with sen, world freestyle champion; Joe Jay Over 150,000 businesses in the Leitner-Poma of America. Clink Jalbert, globally acclaimed ski film pro- US trust WorldPay to quickly and has moved from sales manager to a new ducer; and, posthumously, Jerry Simon, securely process their payments. Let us win you over with our position where he is utilizing his vast lift ski show pioneer. Barbara Alley, Simon’s competitive pricing, industry experience by supporting the marketing wife, accepted the award on his behalf. expertise and quality service. department and training the newer sales The 2013 class brings the total number of associates. Hall of Famers to 393. Hunter Menton | 720.344.4888 Hunter.Menton@WorldPay.us Jon Mauch takes over as sales man- Also, Tom Kelly, vice president ager for North America. Mauch has more of communications at U.S. Ski and than 35 years of lift operations, mainte- Snowboard Association, is the Hall Visit WorldPay.us nance, and construction experience at of Fame’s new chairman of the board. Breckenridge, Colorado. He will work Kelly replaces BEWI ski show promoter WorldPay US, Inc is a registered ISO/MSP of RBS Citizens, N.A. Copyright 2014 WorldPay with the existing sales team to support Bernie Weichsel, who had been US, Inc. its customer base in all aspects of new chairman since 2009. n 72 | NSAA Journal | SUMMER 2014 w w w. n s a a . o rg NSAA Summer 2014 prepressed v6a.indd 72 7/3/14 4:23 PM