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ROD KESSLER is the new general manager
Face Shots of WINTERGREEN RESORT, VA, coming to

the position after serving as chief operat-
ing officer at Granby Ranch, CO. Previous
roles include serving as COO at Revelstoke,
BC, and also as VP of mountain operations at Stowe
Mountain Resort, VT.

PEOPLE BRIAN CZARNECKI, is now COO at
JERRY BLANN, president of JACKSON HOLE CAMELBACK RESORT, PA. Formerly the
MOUNTAIN RESORT, WY, since 1995, is resort’s vice president of sales and marketing,
stepping down from the role at the end of the Czarnecki will oversee Camelback Mountain,
season. Blann’s retirement comes after some 47 Camelbeach Waterpark, Camelback Lodge
years in the ski and tourism industries, includ- & Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark, and Camelback Adventures.
ing 25 years in California and Colorado. He also has been a He will also oversee marketing for the new H2OBX Waterpark
longtime member of the NSAA Board, and chaired the NSAA on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and The Kartrite Hotel
Environmental Committee for nearly 10 years. & Indoor Waterpark in Monticello, NY.

ROB SPENCE, a ski industry veteran KATIE ERTL, is now senior vice president
and hospitality executive, is the new of mountain operations at ASPEN SKIING
vice president of food and beverage at CO. Ertl previously oversaw the ski schools
STEAMBOAT SKI & RESORT CORP, CO. at Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands,
Previously Spence was vice president of Snowmass, and Buttermilk, and now will
mountain dining for Vail Resorts. oversee mountain operations at all four mountains.

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