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Moderators & Panelists (cont.)

John Rice Scott W. Romberger
Vice President & General Manager President
Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA Snow Time, Inc., PA
John Rice has worked in ski area Scott Romberger is the president of
management for 40 years, holding Snow Time, Inc., the owner of three
positions at Squaw Valley USA, Sierra Pennsylvania resorts: Liberty Mountain
Summit, Snow Summit, Bear Mountain, Resort, Roundtop Mountain Resort,
and currently as GM of Sierra at Tahoe and Whitetail Resort. Romberger joined
Ski Resort. He also was a corporate Snow Time in 1996 as chief financial
advisor and trainer for Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. Rice officer and has been president since 2005. He began his career at
graduated from California State University, Chico, with a BA in the international accounting firm of KPMG where he consulted with
recreation administration, and has completed executive development businesses in various industries. Romberger is licensed as a certified
programs at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member public accountant (CPA) and currently is a member of both the AICPA
of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Society for Human and the PICPA. He has served as president of Affinity Insurance Ltd.,
Resource Professionals, and is a board member for the Lake Valley and currently serves as president of Keystone Benefits Partners LLC,
Fire Protection District and the California Ski Industries Association. a local medical insurance-buying consortium formed to help stabilize
He is a past member of NSAA’s board, the Ski Industries of America health insurance costs.
Snowboard Committee, and the Lake Tahoe Community College
Foundation. Rice is credited with building the first full-time snowboard Charles Santry
terrain park in the US. He is an avid skier/boarder, a professional President
musician, and enjoys all forms of outdoor recreation. HKD Snowmakers, MA
Charles Santry is a co-founder of HKD
Steve Rice Snowmakers. He leads the organization
Senior Managing Director / SVP and participates in sales, research
CNL Financial Group, FL and development, and manufacturing.
Steve Rice manages investments Santry is an alumnus of St. Lawrence
related to the ski industry, lodging, and University and has a Master of Business
commercial sectors for CNL Financial Administration degree from the Tuck School at Dartmouth. He loves
Group, directing and overseeing the asset sports, the outdoors, and his wife, Anni (“not necessarily in that
management efforts of each investment order”), and is the proud father of four. Ask Santry about how to build
and developing key relationships with a treehouse or backyard rink.
tenants within the various sectors. Rice has been responsible for
directing underwriting efforts related to CNL’s new investments, and Jay Scambio
sourcing and managing deals through the acquisition process. Prior Director, Mountain Sports
to CNL, he served as executive vice president and chief operating Development | Mountain Operations
officer of Intrawest Eastern Region, managing all aspects of four- Boyne Resorts, MI
season operations for five leading mountain resorts. He served as Jay Scambio has been working in the ski
president and general manager of Snowshoe Mountain in his first industry for nearly 20 years, starting as a
role with Intrawest, highlighted by record visits and a number one snowboard instructor at Loon Mountain,
resort ranking in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast as rated by SKI New Hamp., then moving on to other
Magazine. Before joining Intrawest, Rice served as president and GM operations at the resort primarily focused
of Whitetail Ski Co. Inc. and served as commissioner for the New on managing its world-class terrain park program. Scambio currently
Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development. oversees all terrain park, snowsports, and adventure sport operations
as the director of mountain sport development for Boyne Resorts.
In addition to his role for Boyne Resorts, he is an active member in
NSAA, working intricately with several committees and focus groups
to improve terrain park, snowsports, and mountain bike operations at
resorts nationwide.

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