X Games, and Ms. Superpark. bdon40@hotmail.com
Chris Hargrave | SNOW Operating Chris Hargrave is a long-time industry veteran who has been coach - ing at the highest levels, worked in resort operations in various roles, and helped develop learning and coaching in terrain parks. He currently works with SNOW Operating, consulting at resorts across the globe, and is helping oversee operations at Timberline’s Summer Freestyle Training Center. Chris has dedicated his life to helping empower his industry peers and guests through life chang- ing experiences on snow at resorts everywhere. ctrides@msn.com Marsha Hovey | Trollhaugen Marsha Hovey, marketing director for Trollhaugen, Wis., has been working in the ski biz longer than she hasn’t. Originally from Thun - der Ridge in New York, Marsha has lapped the country many times over with chapters in Colorado, Vermont, Oregon, and now Wis - consin. Her passion for the industry runs deep, and she’s excited to share her knowledge of marketing and events with the squad at Cutter’s. Be sure compliment Marsha on all the brilliant articles she’s written in SAM . marsha.hovey@trollhaugen.com Corley Howard | Kirkwood Corley is currently the grooming & terrain parks manager for Kirk- wood, Calif. He is a 27-year snowcat specialist with 12 years as a senior project manager with Snow Park Technologies. Corley has 15 X Games under his belt as a course designer and builder and has been a part of countless global events and athlete projects. Kevin Laverty | Effective Edge Kevin started his career with a background in international finance working in New York and Zurich, Switzerland—and then he moved to Whistler to become a snowboard instructor. Since then, he has worked in ski & ride school, terrain parks, cat ski guiding, kitten ski guiding, and other areas of support for mountain operations. He followed the snow for 11 seasons working park crew at Cardrona, New Zealand, and Heavenly in South Lake Tahoe before moving to Colorado as the park manager for Keystone A51, where he was ap - pointed as the best practice lead for all Vail Resorts and liaison to new urban resort integrations. Kevin is vice president of the moun - tain division for Effective Edge. kevin@effectiveedge.co Steven Lawlor| MountainGuard Steven is a claims and loss control specialist at MountainGuard. He joined MountainGuard in 2010 and his responsibilities include re - solving claims and managing claims-related litigation, performing loss control surveys, and providing training and risk management support to clients. He works primarily in western United States and Canada and the midwestern U.S. steven.lawlor@amwins.com
Ben Finn | Prinoth Ben has more than 20 years of experience in the ski industry, work - ing at resorts around the world. His terrain park experience began in 2007 at Waterville Valley, N.H., where he cut pipe for 3 years before moving west to work at Squaw Valley [Palisades Tahoe]. In 2011, he began an 8-year tenure at Perisher, Australia, working with Charles Beckinsale. In 2013, he became the lead park builder at Snowbasin, Utah. Ben has been with PRINOTH since 2016 and is now the demo & training manager for Prinoth North America and is part of the company’s international product development team. ben.finn@prinoth.com Day Franzen | Kingvale Originally from the Mid-Atlantic, Day has worked in parks since the mid ‘90s. After 7 years at Massanutten Resort in Virginia, he moved to the West Coast to work at Mt. High’s parks. He soon parlayed that into working for many East and West Coast resorts. He currently owns and operates Kingvale Parks in Lake Tahoe. Day’s favorite say - ing is, “It gets the people going.” He thoroughly enjoys a Zima malt beverage with his fraternity brother Dave Meeker, and would rather push a RAM truck than drive a new Ford. dayfranzenktp@gmail.com Ken Gaitor | Snowshoe Ken grew up playing on the mountains of West Virginia and started skating everything he could in 1985. In ‘97, he became Brighton’s [Utah] park manager, working there for 6 years. In ‘03, he moved back east and was Mount Snow’s freestyle terrain manager until 2009. In 2010, Ken returned to wild and wonderful West Virginia to become Snowshoe’s director of operations. He is now the veep of ops there, overseeing terrain parks, mountain operations, moun - tain planning, and tree-house building. Ken takes great pride in his perennial flower gardens and cooks a mean vegan omelette. In his spare time he’s a professional paper towel sniffer. kgaitor@snow - shoemountain.com Colin Hales | PistenBully Colin started his career with snowcats at Snowbird, Utah, in 1998. In 2000, Colin joined Bombardier and became the region - al service manager for the Intermountain Region covering Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. In 2009 he made the transition to PistenBully and built the PNW Regional Office as the regional manager covering Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Antarctica. Colin has been supporting R&D with the PistenBully Engineering Group as the North American national product rep and was influ - ential in the creation of the ParkPro. chales@pistenbullyusa.com
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