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Face Shots experience at resorts across the Tahoe region, including
Heavenly Mountain, Sierra-at-Tahoe, and most recently
People Kirkwood. He also has extensive practice leading multi-
resort safety practices at Vail Resorts.
DAVID NORDEN is the new CEO for New
Mexico’s Taos Ski Valley (TSV) and will ED YOUMANS is the new VP of moun-
oversee all existing resort operations includ- tain operations at Purgatory Resort, Colo.
ing The Blake, a new slopeside hotel slated Youmans will oversee management of lift
to open this winter. For the last nine operations, lift maintenance, slope main-
years Norden was the founder and president of Owls Head tenance, snowmaking, ski patrol, terrain
Partners, an international resort development management parks, vehicle maintenance and summer activities. His pre-
company. He has been involved in the planning and devel- vious experience includes key positions at several ski resorts
opment of numerous resort communities in the US and including Diamond Peak Ski Resort, Calif.; Timberline
around the world. Lodge and Ski Area, Ore.; and Mountain Creek Resort, NJ.

CASEY BLANN is joining the Squaw Valley MATT ERICKSON is the new snowsports
| Alpine Meadows, Calif., team as VP of school director at Sunday River Resort,
mountain operations at Alpine Meadows, Maine. Erickson has more than 35 years of
and will also oversee risk management and experience in the ski industry, and has been
loss prevention across the company. Blann a PSIA examiner, an alpine coach at Gould
has 35 years of snowmaking and grooming management Academy, and a coach for Sunday River’s Perfect Turn Ski
and Snowboard School.

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