Senior Executives

Robert A. Katz
Chairman of the Board of Directors for Vail Resorts and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Katz was named Chairman of the Board of Directors for Vail Resorts in March 2009, in addition to his position of Chief Executive Officer of Vail Resorts. Mr. Katz had originally been appointed a Director of the Company in June 1996 and was designated by the Board as Lead Director of the Company in June 2003. In February 2006, Mr. Katz was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Vail Resorts. Prior to joining Vail Resorts, Mr. Katz had been associated with Apollo Management L.P., a private securities and investment management firm, since 1990. Mr. Katz is a director of the Vail Valley Foundation.

Jeffrey W. Jones
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jones was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2006 and was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors in June 2008. Mr. Jones originally joined the Company in September 2003 where he was named Chief Financial Officer. From 1999-2003, Mr. Jones served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Clark Retail Enterprises, Inc. in Chicago, Ill. Prior to that, Mr. Jones served in various finance and accounting leadership positions. Mr. Jones is a member or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a director and chairman of the audit committee of iPCS, Inc.

Fiona E. Arnold
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Ms. Arnold was appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel in June 2007. Ms. Arnold joined the company as Deputy General Counsel in 2006. From 2003-2006, Ms. Arnold served as Associate General Counsel for Western Gas Resources, Inc. in Denver, Colorado and from 2001-2003 she served as Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs and Assistant General Counsel for Crown Media Holdings, Inc., also in Denver. Prior to that position, Ms. Arnold was an Associate at the firm Jones Day in the Dallas, Texas office, where from 1998 she practiced securities and transactional law. Ms. Arnold commenced her legal career in Australia in 1993.

Vail Resorts Management Company

Mark R. Gasta
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Mr. Gasta was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in January 2008. He was formerly the Corporate Vice President of Organizational Development for Comcast Communications with responsibility for increasing the company’s performance through the development of employee talent. Prior to that position, Mark served as divisional vice president of human resources for the western region with responsibility for 15,000 employees. Mark is currently finishing his PhD in Organizational Development and has been an adjunct professor for the MBA program at the University of Denver. 

Robert N. Urwiler
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Mr. Urwiler was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in July 2006. He is a 20-year veteran of corporate information technology management and most recently was Senior Vice President and Chief Information officer of Macromedia where he led all aspects of global IT including business application delivery, technology infrastructure management, web and eCommerce engineering and product hosting. In addition to IT, Mr. Urwiler was also responsible for leading Macromedia's worldwide Customer Care organization. From 1999-2002, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Peregrine Systems. Prior to Peregrine Systems, Mr. Urwiler served in IT leadership roles at Scientific-Atlanta and Sprint and was a management consultant at Price Waterhouse.

Heidi Kercher-Pratt
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Ms. Kercher-Pratt was appointed Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in August, 2009. She joined Vail Resorts in 1996 and has since served in various leadership roles in the Direct Marketing department of the Company, as the Director of Marketing for Beaver Creek and most recently as the Director of Integrated Marketing Services before being promoted to Vice President of Corporate Marketing in 2008. Ms. Kercher-Pratt was instrumental in the 2008 launch of the Epic Season Pass, a revolutionary product in the travel industry, and was responsible for successful e-mail, online and traditional marketing campaigns, as well as for the Company's Colorado and Summit season pass programs. She serves on the board of the Colorado Tourism Office.

Mark L. Schoppet
Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Schoppet was appointed Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in January 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Schoppet was Vice President and Controller of Vail Resorts. Before joining Vail Resorts as a consultant in 2004, Mr. Schoppet was Managing Partner of the Little Rock, Arkansas office of Arthur Andersen, and has more than 20 years of public accounting experience.

John McD. Garnsey
Co-President, Mountain Division and Chief Operating Officer,
Beaver Creek
Mr. Garnsey was appointed Co-President of the Mountain Division in September 2008. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Beaver Creek since January 2008 and had served as Senior Vice President since 1999. Prior to his position at Vail Resorts, Mr. Garnsey served as President of the Vail Valley Foundation from 1991-1999. Mr. Garnsey joined the staff of the Foundation as Vice President in 1984. He served as the Executive Vice President for the 1989 World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek and headed the campaign to bring the 1999 World Championships back to the Vail Valley, serving as president of the organizing committee. Mr. Garnsey is President of the Beaver Creek Resort Company, the Bachelor Gulch Village Association and the Village at Arrowhead Association boards. Additionally, Mr. Garnsey is a Director of the Vail Valley Foundation and the The Vilar Center Foundation.

Blaise T. Carrig
Co-President, Mountain Division and Chief Operating Officer,
Heavenly
Mr. Carrig was appointed Co-President of the Mountain Division in September 2008. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Heavenly Mountain Resort since January 2008 and prior to his current position, had served as Senior Vice President since 2002. From 1997-2002, Mr. Carrig was the President and Managing Director for The Canyons in Park City, Utah. Prior to 1997, he served as the Managing Director of the Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont. Mr. Carrig had been at Sugarbush since 1976 in a variety of positions from Ski Patrol to Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Carrig serves on the Executive Board of the South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Board of Directors for the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, the California Ski Industry Association and the Tahoe Baikal Institute, an international environmental organization.

Christopher E. Jarnot
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Vail
Mr. Jarnot was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Vail in January 2008 having previously served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales and Vice President of Marketing and Sales since 2003. Mr. Jarnot has held numerous positions with Vail since 1989, including Director of Advertising and Direct Marketing, Director of Reservations, and Vice President of Marketing for Vail and Beaver Creek. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Specialty Sports Venture and the Beaver Creek Resort Company.

Patricia A. Campbell
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Breckenridge
Ms. Campbell was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2008. Prior to that, she was Chief Operating Officer of Keystone Resort since November 2006. Ms. Campbell brings 21 years of expertise in the ski industry and extensive senior management experience. For the past six years, Ms. Campbell has been Director of Skier Services for Breckenridge Ski Resort, responsible for overseeing the departments of ski and ride school, ticket and product sales and guest service, among others. Prior to that position, Ms. Campbell served as Director of the resort's Ski and Snowboard School. She was Director of the Ski and Snowboard School for Grand Targhee Ski Resort in Alta, Wyoming from 1995-1999 and in various roles from Ski School Instructor to Assistant Ski School Director for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort from 1985-1995. Ms. Campbell serves as a member of the Board of the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center.

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Keystone
Interim: Blaise Carrig

Real Estate Division

Keith A. Fernandez
President
Vail Resorts Development Company
Mr. Fernandez was appointed President in May 2006. Mr. Fernandez brings more than 28 years of experience in the real estate industry to the Company, having overseen the development of more than 800 single family homes, 800 apartment units, 850,000 square feet of commercial space and approximately 1,200 luxury condominium units with mixed-use retail space within each project. Since 1997, Fernandez had been President and Chief Operating Officer of Intracorp San Diego/Hawaii, part of a family of independent, privately held real estate development companies. Prior to joining Intracorp, Fernandez was affiliated with Molokai Ranch, Ltd. for four years, a major land owner/developer in Hawaii, and from 1985-1994, he had operated his own California-based development company, Wailoa Development.

Paul Toner
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer