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patroller for almost two decades before becoming risk
                            Face Shots                               manager at Killington in 2015.


                                                                                    ROB MEGNIN, 35-year industry veteran
                                                                                    and director of sales and marketing at
                                                                                    KILLINGTON RESORT, VT, for the past nine
              People                                                                years, is retiring at the end of June. Megnin
                            After nine years as KILLINGTON/PICO’S                   led the successful completion of the re-build
                            director of snowsports and golf,         of its brand; executed major events with his teams to include
                            DAVE BECKWITH will now report directly    two Dew Tour events and three World Cups; and led his
                            to the resort’s president/GM, Mike       team to win several NSAA national awards, including the
                            Solimano, and serve on the Killington    2015 NSAA Conversion Cup. Under his direction, sales have
              Executive Committee. Beckwith will continue to be the   more than doubled in both leisure and conference and pass
              director overseeing snow sports, day care, rental, golf,    sales and presold programs have grown significantly.
              and youth development.
                                                                                    MICHAEL VAN EYCK has been hired to fill the
                            JOHN DUKE (not pictured) is the new                     newly created position of chief revenue offi-
                            risk and insurance manager at KILLINGTON/               cer at FAIRBANK GROUP, MA, which manages
                            PICO SKI RESORT PARTNERS, VT, replacing                 operations at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort,
                            JUSTIN GUTH, who has joined the team at                 MA, Cranmore Mountain Resort, NH, and
                            SAFEHOLD SPECIAL RISK as specialty claims   Bromley Mountain Resort, VT. In the new role van Eyck will
              Justin Guth   adjuster. Before his new role at Killington,   oversee the company’s marketing, sales, and revenue strategies
              Duke had been with Vail Resorts for nearly five years as   while maintaining his daily role as assistant GM and develop-
              the team lead for snowmaking. Guth was a professional ski   ment lead at Bromley.
















































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