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Adrienne Saia Isaac
SPONSORSHIPS
Amy Steele
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
EnZed Design
CONTRIBUTORS
Dave Belin, John Brice, Dave Byrd,
Adrienne Saia Isaac, Geraldine Link,
Natalie Ooi, Kelly Pawlak, Earl Saline

NSAA STAFF
PRESIDENT/CEO
Kelly Pawlak
A PROVEN RISK & REGULATORY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
Dave Byrd, dbyrd@nsaa.org
PARTNER IN PG. 9 2019 NSAA NATIONAL CONVENTION ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR
Wendy Guyerson, wendyg@nsaa.org
SKI RESORT 2019 Wage and Salary Survey AND TRADESHOW RECAP MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Adrienne Saia Isaac, aisaac@nsaa.org
PG. 16
BY DAVID BYRD
PG. 10 Photo Album: NSAA 2019 National TECHNICAL SERVICES DIRECTOR
Mike Lane, mlane@nsaa.org
Convention and Tradeshow
FINANCING Outdoor Business Climate (San Diego, CA) ASSOCIATED MEETINGS DIRECTOR
Partnership: Uniting to Solve
Climate Change COURTESY OF ROBERT BRUNI/AMBIANCE Jennifer Larson, jlarson@nsaa.org
PHOTOGRAPHY
FINANCE DIRECTOR
BY GERALDINE LINK Laura Lewis, llewis@nsaa.org
PG. 20
PG. 14 National Convention Survey Results PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR
Conversion Cookbook 2019 Update BY EARL SALINE Geraldine Link, glink@nsaa.org
BY ADRIENNE SAIA ISAAC MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS DIRECTOR
PG. 22 Tom Moore, tmoore@nsaa.org
2019 NSAA Awards Recap
EDUCATION PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR
The people and programs that have inspired
Earl Saline, esaline@nsaa.org
us this winter season. Here, we celebrate the
work of our members in Safety, Sustainability, SPONSORSHIPS DIRECTOR
Marketing, and Growth. Amy Steele, asteele@nsaa.org
$2B+ BY ADRIENNE SAIA ISAAC, EARL SALINE MEMBER SERVICES DIRECTOR
Paige Vickerman, pvickerman@nsaa.org
AND KELLY PAWLAK
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