2017 Attendees

Annie Aladjova / Director of Finance, SwipeSense    
Annie is the Director of Finance for SwipeSense, a technology start-up focused on improving hygiene in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Previous to SwipeSense, Annie was the Controller for Guild Capital, a Chicago-based VC firm investing in early stage technology companies.

Barbara Averitt / Founder/Owner, Fete Set, Inc.
Returning DISC Enthusiast

Don Averitt / CEO, Capital Funds Oil & Gas
Returning DISC Enthusiast

Simon Bachleda / Managing Partner, Revelstoke Capital Partners. Simon is an avid skier, former ski racer, husband and father of three. Resides in NYC, works in Colorado and skis wherever there is snow. He is Managing Partner of Revelstoke Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in healthcare and business services.

Mauricio Benavides / CEO, Imparable Capital. Mr. Benavides is a social entrepreneur with his latest venture as Founder of Imparable Capital and Switch. Prior to that he was the COO for Revworldwide an institution focused on providing financial services to the underserved including international payments, mobile payments retail financial services across the globe. Prior to joining Rev Mauricio Co-Founded Sitewit, a technology company focused on PPC bid management and behavioral analytics, was CEO of Bancotel a Ditribution Hotel Company based in europe and Vice President at General Electric. Through his 8 year career at GE he rotated through GE Capital, Plastics, Healthcare, Appliances, GE Corporate and International. Mauricio served for three years as the national co-leader for the GE Hispanic Forum and sits on several boards in areas of finance, real estate, manufacturing, food distribution across different countries. He is a social entreprenuer investing in companies that can make a difference in the world such as Mi Tienda, Revworldwide and is now working in a program to identify talented Mexican youth and improving education in Mexico. Mauricio holds a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from ITESM Mexico and an M.B.A in Entreprenuerial and Finance from The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell. He is passionate about entrepreneurship, and education.

Nicholas Besobrasov / Managing Member,  Alupka Asset Management. Nick is the senior portfolio manager for all private accounts at Alupka Asset Management, a company he founded in 2000. He co-managed the Alupka Absolute Return Fund, LP, a long/short equity fund for 11 years (2001-2011). He skis out of Alta Snowbird and Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole and lives in Encinitas, CA. Nick serves on the Board of the Friends of Alta, a conservation and environmental foundation. He also serves on the Board of the Swiss based Aiglon College Alumni Association, where he attended high school from 1975 – 1977.    

Ben Binger / Real Estate, Revelstoke Capital Partners    
In addition to being an early investor in Revelstoke Capital Partners, Ben Binger is part owner of a petroleum distribution company that operates throughout the NW US and is also a principle in several clean energy development projects in Montana.

Garry Boxer, MD / Physician, Garry Boxer, MD    
ER Physician, Skier, Entrepreneur, Joie de Vivre.

Vicki Boxer / Realtor, Higgins Group.     Ski Racer, Real Estate Entrepreneur

Caprice Brochu / Owner, Caprice Wines.    
Fashion designer turned wine maker.

Michael Brochu / Private Invester, Self Employed    
Technology entrepreneur turned winemaker.

Emily Carroll, Board Member / Artist, E.Carroll Fine Art. I was first introduced to the Director’s Cup in 1991. Since then, I have become an avid skier and enjoy the fun times this sport has to offer. I look forward to skiing with all of you in the 48th annual DISC 2017.

Leslie Jackson Chihuly/ President and CEO of Chihuly Studio and Chihuly Workshop. As President and CEO of Chihuly Studio and Chihuly Workshop, Leslie Chihuly’s primary role is to ensure ongoing organizational strength to assist artist, Dale Chihuly in realizing his vision. Leslie plays an active role in her community, serving as Chair of the Seattle Symphony and member of the Pilchuck Glass School Board. She graduated from Vassar College with a BA in English and holds a Masters in Int’l Studies from University of WA. Leslie is an avid skier, flutist, pianist, and singer.

Chris Cooper / CEO, Oilfield Water Logistics    
Coopers love to ski!

Liz Cronin / Professional Recreator. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon.  I ventured south down I-5 to the University of Oregon.  After visiting and acquiring numerous credits from from a variety of departments, I graduated with an English Degree.  I was quickly told by my mother I couldn’t support myself on a teacher’s salary and to get my Real Estate license.  I did, I was successful at peddling homes, raising a kid and volunteering for various charities and auctions in Portland.  In 2009, I decided to venture east to Colorado for the 2009/2010 ski season.  I’m still in Vail, visiting Oregon.  Now I’m recreating, meeting new people and involved with fund raising for Friends of Vail Mountain Rescue.  I’m single and ready to mingle.    

Tyler Davidson / Co-Founder and CRO, PushSpring    
Reigning 2016 DISC extreme tray sliding Champion!

Ana Ferris / Construction Manager, Ferris Development Group. Ana is a native of Spain and grew up in Panama Republic of Panama.She has a MBA in International Business from Loyola University. Ana is a Construction Manager at Ferris Development. Prior to that Ana was an Associate Director of Sales for Phase Forward and an International Marketing Specialist for Latin America at Genzyme Biotech. Ana is the mother of four children: Isabella, Alexandra, Juliana & David II.

David Ferris / CEO, Ferris Capital LLC. David is the CEO of Ferris Capital LLC, a Family office, Registered Investment Advisory firm serving over 100 families in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and London. Ferris Capital manages over $500M in client capital on a discretionary basis. Prior to founding Ferris Capital, David was a Senior Vice-President of Investments with Merrill Lynch. While at Bank of America /Merrill Lynch, David ran a team that focused on ultra-high net worth families and institutions, and was consistently ranked as one of the top performers in the company. David also serves as the CEO of Ferris Development, a company he originally established to manage his personal and commercial real estate holdings. Ferris Development, owns and manages approximately 1 million square feet of Class-A office space outside of Boston. David earned a BA from Boston College, and a J.D. from Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law where he served as a member of the College of Law Visiting Committee, as well as board member of the university for over 12 years. David is currently a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

Mark Fiebig / Self-employed    
My eventual parents met on a road trip with mutual friends to Sun Valley in the late-1950’s.  When they finally got around to teaching me to ski at age 4, they came to rely on the rope tow as “daycare” until I could chase my brothers around mountains for years. Now, they are tailing me.  In the meantime, plenty happened on the hill.  Ask me for my story on the chair, and let us ski until we can ski no more!

Michael Foerster / Principal, Radford Investments    

Neil Gehani / CEO, Trilogy Real Estate Group

James Gladstone / Associate Professor, Mount Sinai health System. Associate Professor and Co-Chief of Sports Medicine, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York; Medical Advisor USA Davis Cup tennis team; Dartmouth Ski Team 1980-84; Race coach Mohawk Mountain, CYSL program; 2 great daughters and a wonderful wife, Kate, who does Child Health work all over Africa.

Regina Glocker / Partner, Exchange Place Partners.
Looking forward to returningto such an amazing crew and weekend.

Adam Goldberg / Director, Aquafence USA.

Jennifer Goldberg / Founder/Photographer, Private Portraits

Gabe Greenbaun / Partner, Pritzker Group. Gabe joined Pritzker Group Venture Capital in 2012. He has been involved in the financing, strategy and operations of various technology, energy/clean-technology and business service companies over the past 13 years.Previously, Gabe worked as an investor with OCA Ventures, where he focused on early stage consumer IT, B2B, and SaaS investments.  Prior to that, he was a consultant with AlixPartners, working on large scale operational and financial restructurings. He began his career as a financial analyst with ABN AMRO Bank.  Gabe co-founded StudentSpace LLC, a profitable, Chicago-based lead generation and brokerage group focused on the student housing market and, more recently, Storeplacer, an agile e-commerce Platform as a Service business. Gabe graduated with a B.A. with Honors from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was also President of his graduating class. He holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law. Founding member of the non-profit board of Chicago Professionals for Youth (CPY) and is a member of Indego Africa.

Nelson Griggs / EVP, NASDAQ.    
Nelson Griggs is Executive Vice President of Listing Services. In this role, Mr. Griggs oversees Nasdaq’s new listings and capital market business as well as global business development and relationship management with the 3,500 companies listed on Nasdaq’s listing markets around the world. Mr. Griggs oversees a team with representatives located in the U.S., China, Israel, India, Russia, Japan, South Korea, South America and the Nordic and Baltic regions. Previously, Mr. Griggs served as Senior Vice President of New Listings and Capital Markets in the US and Asia for Nasdaq. During this time, Mr. Griggs attracted some of the highest-profile IPOs and transfers to Nasdaq. He is a graduate of Denison University in Granville, OH.

Michael Halstead / President and CEO, Yachtstore, Ltd. Has been racing and partying at the DISC since 1985.  Miracle I’m still ambulatory:-) Divide time between our homes in Sun Valley and Vero Beach.  Other hobbies include fresh and saltwater fly fishing, cycling, climbing, and really bad golf.  CEO of Yachtstore.com, a leading international luxury yacht charter provider. Doing trek to Mt. Everest base camp this October to prepare for DISC.

Thomas Hammer / SVP, Rhythm One.    

Kristen Hamilton, Board Member / CEO, Koru. Kristen Hamilton is CEO of Seattle-based Koru, the leader in predictive hiring based on what really drives performance: mobilizing the “Grit over Grades” revolution with some of the world’s leading enterprises as customers. Before serving as Koru’s CEO, Kristen worked as COO of a global non-profit, launched mobile media devices at Microsoft, and co-founded Onvia (NSDQ:ONVI). Above all, Kristen loves to ski. And to beat Dan Boland. This year Jordan Saxe might cry at the finish line. Stay tuned.    

Ken Hausman, Board Member / Managing Director, Hausman Ventures. Angel investor from inception with crème de la crème VCs such as Sutter Hill Ventures.  Successful entrepreneur brought in by Gene Kleiner (NASDAQ:RSND).  Advisor to Intel, Deutche Telekom, Technicolor, Silicon Valley Bank and NASDAQ on innovating more rapidly.   Serve on boards of Avegant (Editors Choice CES) and Square Panda alongside Andre Agassi.  Host rare wine roundtables dinners moderating discussion with thought leaders on Entertainment, Security, IoT, Enteprise, etc. Former member NASDAQ’s President’s Advisory Board.

Bruce Helberg / Senior Market Manager, Silicon Valley Bank. Bruce has spent 25 years helping build, scale and grow companies of all sizes in the High Technology, Media, and Telecommunications industries. Bruce currently oversees Silicon Valley Bank’s market facing teams in seven offices across the West including Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, Los Angeles, Irvine, and San Diego.  These teams help entrepreneurs and innovators in their respective markets move bold ideas forward fast.  Bruce is married with two high school children and loves skiing, mountain biking, boating, fishing and the outdoors in general.

Tom Huang, Board Member, 2017 Co-Chairman; Ann Campbell / Tom and Ann live in Brooklyn with their 14 month old son Macallan. Macallan is already an avid skier and is vying for a spot on the 2038 US Winter Olympic team. Tom attended his first Directors’ Cup in Whistler in 2003 and has attended every one since then. Tom is a partner at a private equity firm in New York City, focusing on investments in consumer products and communications services companies. Ann is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner and Forrest Yoga Instructor. She works at The Rockefeller University where her health practice focuses on adult and geriatric medicine, travel medicine, and integrative health.

Gretchen Kah / Sales and Marketing, K Rain Manufacturing Corporation. Avid recreational skier and cyclist, student pilot and sailing enthusiast.  Vice President, K Rain Mfg. Western States Sales and Marketing Manager.

Kerry Kellogg / Director, RSE Ventures. Kerry is a founding member of RSE Ventures focusing on investments in sports, media and entertainment companies.  He is an avid water polo player and a terrible singer.  He hates being still, not finishing a crossword puzzle and treadmills.  He loves live music, cheap beer and public transportation.

Katherine Kendrick (KK), Board Member / Foundation Director, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. KK is a Board member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation and the LA Sports and Entertainment Commission and a member of the National Advisory Council of the US Ski and Snowboard Association. She was previously a Board member of The Association of Surfing Professionals and the Waterkeepers Alliance Trustees. She was the General Counsel of DreamWorks SKG from its inception in 1996 until her retirement in 2010. Prior to Dreamworks, she was Vice President for European Legal Affairs for the Walt Disney Company based in Paris, France. She started her career as an attorney at Latham & Watkins after receiving her J.D. from Columbia University Law School and her B.A. in economics from UC Berkeley.

Jessica Larusso / Ford Model, One.1 Management. Excited to be participating in this great event and supporting the US Ski Team!

Kirsten Lemma / New to the DISC!  I’m Looking forward to the Vail experience. Bill Shaw has sold me on attending yet has given me no comfort of returning home in one piece or with my memory intact.    

Daniel Levine / COO, DBL Beer Holdings.    
I am a beverage alcohol entrepreneur. I have been in the distribution business for 35 years in the pacific northwest.  I have recently sold out and am focusing my energies on real estate, start ups, mentoring and most importantly having fun with good and bright people.

Cheryl Libke / CEO, Stayful. I rock.

Todd Libke / Pilot, Twin Otter Airborne Research. Sky Bar Fly.

Paul Litchfield / Wealth Advisor, Ferris Capital LLC.    
Paul Litchfield is a Wealth Advisor and Financial Planner for Ferris Capital. Prior to joining Ferris Capital, Paul managed a successful wealth advisory practice at Morgan Stanley. Before transitioning to investment management he worked for a public accounting firm in Boston as a CPA. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Miss Massachusetts Organization, a subsidiary of the Miss America Organization. Paul is the President and CEO of AdVenture International, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that he founded after spending a summer teaching math and English in Uganda, Africa. Paul received a Bachelor’s degree in both accounting and finance from The University of Massachusetts at Lowell and graduated Summa Cum Laude as a Commonwealth Honors Scholar. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Massachusetts at Lowell with high honors.

Harald Ludwig, Board Member / President,  Macluan Capital Corporation. From Vancouver, Canada; has been married to Sharlene Ludwig for 26 years; they have four children. Harald serves on the boards of various public and private companies including Lions Gate Entertainment, West Fraser Timber and Seaspan Corporation, is founder of Macluan Capital (a private equity firm), is an investor in funds, has a sizeable multi-family real estate portfolio in the U.S., and is involved in charitable endeavors.

Sharlene Ludwig / Managing Director, West Cirque Entertainment. From Vancouver, Canada. Sharlene challenges herself in athletic achievements, is involved in the community and is busy raising four children while supporting charities that she is passionate about.

Peter Mack, Board Member, 2017 Co-Chairman / Founder & CEO, Collective Hotels & Retreats. I grew up ski racing in Vermont and there’s nothing that I love more than skiing, so I’m looking forward to another fantastic DISC!  Veteran of the Hotel industry and passionate about the mountains and the outdoors, I’m now Founder and CEO of Collective Hotels & Retreats, a venture-backed pop-up hotel company on a mission to redefine global travel through a collection of dynamic destination retreats and enriching experiences, connecting person, community, and environment. I live in Aspen, but consider NYC and Aspen home.

Timothy Mack / Managing Director, Audax Group.    
Tim Mack lives in Weston, MA with his wife Barrett and two children and is a Managing Director at Audax Group, a private equity firm based in Boston.  He skis whenever possible, typically in the deep powder of the Green Mountains.

Michelle MacLaren / Producer/Director Film/TV, MacLaren Entertainment Inc. Michelle is an Executive Producer and Director in entertainment. Some of her credits include, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and recently but not yet released, Westworld and The Deuce. Involved with several educational boards and sits on the DGA creative committee.

Chuck Marcy / Director, B&G Foods.    
Consumer food company veteran with most recent experience with organic and natural food products.  Retired CEO now serving on multiple Boards of public and private companies.    

cody marshall / Associate, GroundSwell Athletics.    
Ex-world cup ski racer and co-founder of GroundSwell Athletics.

Merry Mayer / Artist. Merry is an artist and avid powder hound. She lives in Telluride with her husband Mike.

Michael Mayer / VP, Charles River Associates. Mike founded an economic consulting firm that he ultimately sold to CRA (Nasdaq CRAI). Mike regularly serves as an expert witness in investment disputes. Mike and his wife Merry happily reside in Telluride.

Mike Mcclure / Principal, Sageview Capital
Mike was born and raised in Sun Valley, Idaho and grew up ski racing for the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation. After a brief stint as a professional mountain bike racer, Mike moved to New York in 2008 to begin his ‘real’ career with Lehman Brothers (impeccable timing!). Mike now lives in San Francisco, CA and serves as a Principal at Sageview Capital, a technology-focused growth equity firm with $1 billion under management.

Bob Mccooey / Senior Vice president, NASDAQ. Robert H. McCooey, Jr. is a Senior Vice President of Nasdaq’s Listing Services unit. He is responsible for New Listings as well as Relationship Management with Nasdaq’s 3,500 listed companies in the Americas and throughout Asia Pacific. Previously, Mr. McCooey ran New Listings and the Capital Markets Group at Nasdaq. In this role, Mr. McCooey managed Nasdaq’s new listings efforts domestically, in the Americas and throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Chris Mccutcheon / Head of Entertainment. Looking forward to being back in Vail, site of my first DISC in 2001!    

Karin McKinnell / Senior Managing Director, Nasdaq. Karin is an 18 year veteran of Nasdaq and a 7 or 8 year veteran of DISC.  Cant wait to see old friends and make new ones!    

Jen Millard / Entrepreneur in Residence, Sutter Hill Ventures. Jen is the Managing Partner of Retail Growth Partners LLC (founded in 2007). Her practice is focused on assisting consumer-oriented and/or retail oriented technology companies with go-to-market strategies, business development, and startup growth services.  Her 20-year career includes executive management for Sears, Bed Bath and Beyond, Saks and Nambe’.  She is an innovation-for-hire consultant for global retailers such as Media-Saturn (Germany), E-Mart (Korea), Boots (UK), Gallerie La Fayette (France) and Uniqlo (Japan).  In addition, Jen serves as a consultant, board advisor and independent board member or executive for multiple companies.  Her board commitments include FLUID and Lifefactory Inc., (Former CEO-now moved to the board). She acts as an operating partner for Venture groups which have portfolio companies with consumer, retail and emerging IOT technologies.  Jen and her family reside in Tiburon, California. She has a B.A. from Colby College, and a Certificate in executive finance from University of Wisconsin.

Christopher Morgan / Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Chris Morgan is a partner in the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &  Flom LLP and runs the Toronto office of the firm.  He practices in the corporate finance and M&A areas.    

Jonathan Morgan, Board Member / President & CEO, Applied Science, Inc. Chairman and CEO of the DISC.  President and CEO of Applied Science, Inc. a leader in process automation and data management tools for the healthcare industry.    

Julie Morgan / Director, Horsley Bridge Partners.    
Director at Horsley Bridge Partners a leading US venture capital fund of funds.

Andy Nadel, Board Member / Director of Sales, Brinson Benefits. I grew up in Scarsdale New York, and my family had a home in Mount Snow, Vermont where I learned to ski at the age of 3. There is nothing I enjoy more than making turns on a beautiful day in the mountains. Later I ski raced as a kid in the Northeast. After college in Burlington, Vermont, I moved to Dallas, Texas to start a career in corporate insurance. After building and selling several insurance firms, I now help Dallas-based Brinson Benefits expand throughout Texas. I married my beautiful wife Doris in 1991, and we discovered Telluride that same year. We have enjoyed spending our winters and summers in the beautiful San Juan Mountains. In the winter, we average 50 ski days a year; in the summer we try to hike the mountains of Telluride every day. We enjoy the outdoors, golfing, skiing, hiking, biking, yoga and traveling to lesser-known destinations like Telluride. Along with DISC, my other passion is running a charity golf tournament in Dallas which benefits underprivileged kids. We consider both Dallas and Telluride our home.

Doris Nadel / Director, AXS TV (National TV Network)

George Novogrode / Real Estate Developer, Novogroder Co, Inc.    

Kirsten O’Reilly / Love to have fun with my girlfriends, who love this event. Emily Carroll is the BEST!

Eric Pan / Sr. Director Global Alliance Marketing, Equinix Inc. Eric has spent 30 years in enterprise technology sales and marketing. He has spent most of his career split between Austin, Texas, and San Francisco. Prior companies have included VMware, Mircrofocus, and Dell. He currently works for Equinix leading field marketing for the Americas. Eric lives in Tiburon, California.        

Anne Phelps / Marketing Strategist, Olympian Consulting/UNFPA. Partner, Olympian Consulting. Market strategy and branding concentrating in public private partnerships and social impact investing. Anne’s education and background are in romance languages, international relations, and law with an MBA from Syracuse University. She has served on the Executive Boards of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Youth in Focus, as well as chaired various capital and annual campaigns for Seattle Opera, Epiphany School, Lakeside School and Seattle Academy. She presently is a Trustee of Friends of United Nations Population Fund for Women and the Seattle Arboretum Foundation. She is an Executive Producer of the film SOLD and co-founded and serves as a Trustee of Stolen Youth. Anne loves mountain and water sports, including skiing, sailing and scuba diving. She also plays tennis and does yoga. She loves to cook, garden and always enjoys her gregarious friends and family.

Barry Porter / Managing General Partner, Clarity Partners. Barry loves to ski. He, his wife, and three children spend as much time in Park City, Utah as they can. Barry is an active private equity investor and is currently a member of the Office of the Chairman of T+ink and on a number of other boards including NYSE REIT Hudson Pacific Properties. Barry is also involved with International Medical Corps, the premiere global relief organization. Barry enjoys being on the winning team at the Directors Cup!

Ben Press / Partner, Primary Wave Entertainment. Ben Press is a partner at the theatrical, literary & music management/production company Primary Wave Entertainment. Prior to PWE, Ben founded the talent & literary agency Fortitude. in his 25 year career as a talent rep., Ben headed the talent dept. at Paradigm Agency and spent a decade at International Creative Management (ICM) where he started his career under the tutelage of legendary agent Ed Limato. Ben is a native Manhattan-ite and graduate of Middlebury College. He lives in Pacific Palisades, CA with his three children, Georgia,11, Weston, 14, and Jared, 17.

Shawn Riegsecker, Board Member / CEO, Centro.    
Shawn Riegsecker founded the company in 2001 intent on building software to eliminate operational inefficiencies, solve growing complexity and fragmentation challenges, and help marketers make smarter decisions. Since then, as CEO, he has built Centro into one of the largest providers of media operations software and managed services in the industry. His leadership, commitment to innovation and modernized approach to culture and employee happiness have led Centro to receive many accolades, including No. 1 on Crain’s Chicago Business’ Best Places to Work for four years in a row (2011-2014). Shawn is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the Economic Club of Chicago as well as a founding board member of The Centrist Party, a political party for moderate Americans.        

John Roa / CEO, ROA Ventures. John Roa is an award-winning entrepreneur and innovator in the start-up technology and lifestyle markets. His latest venture, ÄKTA, was fully acquired by Salesforce Inc. in September, 2015. Today, he focuses on early-stage investments, projects and experiments in Chicago, Los Angeles and London. Outside of work he is an avid traveler (over 50 countries), philanthropist, competitive poker player and animal lover.

Reon Roski / Retired. I am a returning DISC enthusiast. The camaraderie and sportsmanship on and off the race course is what make this such an amazing event. Skiing, hiking, yoga, running and the great outdoors keeps me mentally and physically fit for the competition at the DISC.Looking forward to another great year!

Jordan Saxe / Senior Managing Director, Nasdaq.    
Jordan is Managing Director of the Americas, Global Corporate Client Group at Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ), the world’s largest exchange. In this role, he is responsible for leading business development efforts in international listings across all sectors.  Jordan is an avid skier, has attended the DISC more than 6 years, and is an annual contender for “The Untamed Spirit”award.        

Michael Schutzler / CEO, Washington Technology Industry Association. Michael Schutzler is an entrepreneur, engineer, science geek, and first generation immigrant. He is the CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA). Before joining the WTIA, Michael led the merger of Livemocha – a community of 17 million language learners – with the popular education software company Rosetta Stone. He also built Classmates.com into the first profitable social media application, transformed online marketing at Monster.com, and grew the online gaming business at RealNetworks to become a global leader. He teaches part time at the University Of Washington Foster School of Business, serves on several boards, and is an investor in 9 Mile Labs, Alliance of Angels, Keiretsu Forum, and Social Venture Partners. As a successful Internet start-up entrepreneur, lead angel investor and CEO advisor, Michael has personally invested in more than twenty companies, served as an advisor to more than 100 companies, and has raised over $50M in private financing.    

Erik Severinghaus / Author and Entrepreneur, Severinghaus Ski Bums Inc. Erik is a serial innovator and entrepreneur. He has helped found businesses with exits totaling over $200M and built new product and services within large businesses with sales of over $300M. He has founded businesses ranging from consulting, B2B SAAS, board games, pizza franchises, and others. He and his companies have been featured in the Wall St. Journal, Associated Press, Crain’s Chicago Business, The Chicago Tribune, and a variety of other publications. He regularly writes columns on innovation and entrepreneurship for outlets including Fortune and Forbes. Erik has won a variety of awards, including a Chicago Innovation Award, Moxie Award (Best Business to Business Startup), Direct Marketing Associations 40 under 40, Top 50 Northwestern Startup Alumni, and cover stories in Crain’s Chicago as well as Biztech Magazine. He has an undergraduate degree from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. He was a founding company in Chicago’s 1871 incubator and graduated from Techstars Chicago. A self taught programmer from second grade, Erik has been an active part of the Open Source movement since 1998 and remains passionate about technology innovation. Erik resides in Chicago, and when he’s not working he enjoys training for Ironman triathlons, mountaineering, back country skiing, and cheering for the Cubs and Tar Heels.

Kyle Sleeper / Co-founder, Now Labs, Inc., Kyle is an entrepreneur at heart, known for his companies Now Labs, BlackBoxTV Studios, and FreeClymb. He serves as an advisor to several technology companies and enjoys taking ideas from concept to commercial success.  He has a degree in Science, Technology & Society from the University of Puget Sound, and wrote his thesis on Nuclear Energy and Civic Epistemology.His eclectic blend of interests and skills is derivative from his belief that specialization is for insects.

KEVIN STONE, Board Member / Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Stone Clinic. Kevin R. Stone M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic and the Chairman of the Stone Research Foundation.  He has lectured around the world as an expert in cartilage and meniscal growth, repair and replacement.  Dr. Stone has pioneered new ways to address biologic as opposed to bionic (artificial) joint replacement.  He and his clinic (The Stone Clinic in San Francisco) developed the first collagen scaffold for re-growing the meniscus cartilage, the first techniques for replacing the meniscus in an arthritic knee, the first method to humanize animal tissue for use as ligaments in ACL replacement, the first stem cell cartilage paste graft for re-growing articular cartilage inside injured joints, and the first glucosamine beverage for joint health.  His work has led to multiple awards, publications, grants, approximately 50 issued US patents and initiated multiple start-up companies.  Dr. Stone is a weekly feature columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. As an orthopaedic surgeon, he has served the U.S. Ski Team, the U. S. Pro Ski Tour, the Marin Ballet, the Smuin Ballet, the modern Pentathlon at the U.S. Olympic Festival, and for the U.S. Olympic Training Center.  He was trained at Harvard in internal medicine and orthopaedic surgery and at Stanford in general surgery.  His sports and knee fellowship was with Richard Steadman in Lake Tahoe.     

Susan Stone / CFO/COO, The Stone Clinic.    
Susan is the CFO of The Stone Clinic and Stone Research Foundation. Together, she and Kevin have incubated and launched a number of startup companies including Joint Juice, Rescue Reel, CrossCart (now Aperion Biologics) and Real Real Estate.  Keeper of many balls in the air, she is most proud of her two accomplished adult daughters who leave her in the dust both on the ski hill and the dance floor!

Susan Swig / Trustee, SFMOMA.    
I’m happiest surrounded by great art or great skiers. I live in San Francisco but spend as much of my summer and winter as possible in either Sun Valley or Sugar Bowl. I huff and I puff and do my best to keep up with this crew of Directors’ Cup friends that have pulled me in to join them this year in Vail.

Verity Sylvester / Vice President, Corporate Accounts, CMC + Co. Verity is the Vice President, Corporate Accounts with CMC + Co., which helps companies significantly cut their telecom costs through sophisticated proprietary software and bench-marking capabilities.

Ali Tennenbaum / Doctor, Southern California Pediatric ENT Associates.

Andrew Tennenbaum / President, Flashpoint Entertainment. I always wanted to be an entertainer, but could never sing or dance, so I produce films instead.  I love to ski & play golf, am always up for a good story or bottle of wine, and am returning for my 6th or is it 7th year--can’t remember, the tequila parties have taken a toll on my memory…

Bill Thorvilson, Board Member / CEO, Ecovest Investments. I am racing this year.        

Yvonne Tschudi / Self employed, YLET.          

Otto Tschudi, Board Member / Managing Director, Stifel Financial. Otto skied on the Norwegian Olympic team at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He is a two-time Norwegian ski champion and a five-time NCAA champion for the University of Denver. After retiring from skiing, Otto became a partner at Montgomery Securities and TWP; he is currently the managing director at Stifel International Group. He is also the proud grandfather of a preschooler and twin toddlers.

Hailee Walker / A pushed in alternate for my dad, Johnny Walker. Even with a broken leg he would finish faster than me, but I’m ready to give it my all. Dallas born, Aspen raised here I come.

Rob West / Vice President of Sales, Sentient Jet. Love surfing, skiing, hockey, offshore fishing. Father of 3, love coaching my kids hockey and Lacrosse teams. Met my wife in Vail!

Justin White / Head Platform Architecture, PayPal Inc. Love to ski, hike, sail and get on my board when I can.  Really enjoy the central coast and the Serria’s. Yosemite is part of my family’s life, have climbed Matterhorn on the north rim of the park 3 times, 2 times from the west and once from the east. Tahoe is our second home, summer on the lake and winter on the mountains.  In the summer it’s emerald, eagle falls, and diving from the rocks at Rubicon, winter it’s all the gems of Tahoe. At work I am an innovator, thought leader and change agent.  I have been in the silicon valley for over 25 years.  I created, contributed to, and lead incredible teams to create great software and platforms that have transformed the world and are used by millions of users every day.  PayPal, E*Trade, HP, Canon.

Ashleigh White / Student at USC. Incredible student athlete and artist.

Barrett Yates-Mack / CFO & Chief Strategy Officer
CrossLead, Inc./McChrystal Group LLC.     Barrett is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at CrossLead, a software and consulting firm focused on leadership. Barrett has also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of McChrystal Group. Prior to this role, she served as the Vice President of PetroYates Inc., an upstream petroleum company. During her ten years at PetroYates, Barrett also held the position of President of Cibola Land Corp., PetroYates’ real estate development subsidiary. In addition, Barrett has worked in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch & Co.Barrett currently serves on the Board of Directors of HEYCO Energy Group, PetroYates, and two education non-profits. She holds a Master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Real Estate Finance and Development, and a Bachelor’s from Cornell University in Anthropology and Latin American Studies.