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Moderators & Panelists (cont.)

William J. Curtis John Fagan
SVP National Sales, Resort & Partner
Recreation Duane Morris LLP, CA
Wells Fargo Special Risks, Inc., CO A partner with Duane Morris, John Fagan
As senior vice president for Safehold is one of the ski industry’s pre-eminent
Special Risk National Sales, Bill Curtis defense attorneys and served as NSAA’s
has more than 17 years of experience in outside special counsel for six years.
property and casualty insurance and risk Fagan’s practice focuses on the defense
management. During this time he has held of serious and catastrophic injury cases
both functional and leadership roles in underwriting as well as sales and involving premises liability for California resorts, ski areas, and
claims management. Curtis spent 11 of those years with the Travelers golf courses. He has also represented a variety of sports product
Insurance Companies, the largest provider of workers’ compensation manufacturers, including helmet manufacturers. Going back to his
coverage. Currently he leads the team at Safehold Special Risk work on the Alpine Meadows avalanche lawsuits in 1982, Fagan has
providing workers’ compensation programs for the ski industry that successfully defended California ski areas and developed a critical
combine quality claim handling and risk control services. Before joining body of California case law on assumption of risk.
Safehold as vice president of business insurance claims at The Travelers,
Curtis was responsible for leading and building workers’ compensation Tyler Fairbank
programs for national accounts countrywide. His passion for skiing and Chief Executive Officer
the ski industry began in the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire The Fairbank Group, MA
as a ski racer and a graduate of Burke Mountain Ski Academy, Vt. Tyler Fairbank is the CEO of The
Fairbank Group, LLC, which manages
Raelene Davis Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Mass.;
Chief Operating Officer & Cranmore Mountain Resort, NH; Ski
Vice President of Marketing Bromley, Vt., EOS Ventures, Mass.;
Ski Utah, UT Bullwheel Productions; and various
Raelene Davis has served as the vice other endeavors. In addition, he serves as the president of Jiminy
president of marketing and operations Peak, overseeing day-to-day operations. Fairbank earned his
for Ski Utah since 1985. In this capacity, undergraduate degrees and MBA at the University of Massachusetts,
Davis directs all Ski Utah marketing and Amherst. He has enjoyed a lifelong passion for skiing and ski racing,
promotional efforts locally, nationally, and graduated from Killington Mountain School. He lives in western
and internationally. During her tenure, she has been instrumental in Massachusetts, and in addition to building the Fairbank Group and
more than doubling the state’s skier visits. Davis is also the publisher enjoying time with his wife, Christina, and two children, he is the
of Ski Utah magazine and the co-architect and leading force behind frontman for the regional rock/blues band T Bone Daddy.
the National Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month and Bring a Friend
initiatives. She also serves on the board of directors for the US Ski and Nate Fristoe
Snowboard Hall of Fame. She is the mother of three sons and lives with Director of Operations
her husband, Lyle, in Salt Lake City. RRC Associates, CO
As director of operations for RRC
Judy Dorsey Associations, Nate Fristoe has pioneered
President the development and refinement of a
Brendle Group, CO variety of snowsports-related research
Judy Dorsey offers 21 years of executive projects for the industry, with a special
leadership in sustainability, innovation, and emphasis on early identification of trends
entrepreneurship. As a mechanical engineer that could impact the long-term health of downhill snowsports in both
with specialties in district and community the US and Canada. In addition to his work for national and regional
scale solutions focused on sustainable associations, Fristoe has worked individually with more than 100
water and energy management and climate resorts. He is a regular featured speaker and panelist at many national
resilience, she has grown Brendle Group into an award-winning consulting and regional travel and tourism conferences and seminars. Fristoe
firm that has completed 200-plus sustainability projects for more than 100 did his undergraduate work at Washington University in St. Louis and
clients across 20 states. For 15 years, Dorsey has been a leader in ski graduate work at Georgia Tech.
industry sustainability including both direct support to some of the top
ski areas in sustainability nation-wide as well as supporting NSAA in its
Sustainable Slopes program and, more recently, the Climate Challenge.

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