July 8th, 2014
Capitalist Forum Santa Fe Since 2009
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Tuesday, July 8th "Chris" was born in Syracuse, NY but grew up just outside Albany, NY where he graduated High School. Chris moved to Albuquerque, NM to attend the University of New Mexico. He picked UNM because it was near skiing and offered the promise of great adventure even though he had never set foot west of Kentucky prior to making this move. After receiving a BA Degree from UNM with a major in Architecture, Chris moved to Taos to "teach skiing for a year". He has been employed by Taos Ski Valley for the last 40 years. He started his career in the ski business as a ski instructor and has been very active with the Professional Ski Instructors of America for over 45 years. Chris still claims "ski instructor" as his profession. "It turns out that I was a much better ski bum than I would have been anything else." Chris has held several positions since his first years at Taos and is now Vice President at Taos Ski Valley, Inc. He started out in the "marketing business" by attending ski shows with Taos' founder Ernie Blake in 1974. Over the course of his tenure with Taos Ski Valley Chris has had the opportunity to travel to all of the states and over a dozen foreign countries promoting Taos and the State of New Mexico. In addition to attending shows and acting as Taos' sales person Chris has also been responsible for developing and producing the Advertising and Collateral Materials for the resort. In 1996 the community of Taos Ski Valley incorporated as NM's 100 municipality and Chris was elected Mayor and served 2 terms. In December 2013 the Blake family announced the sale of Taos Ski Valley to NY Financier, Louis Bacon. The sale was finalized in June of 2014. Chris will remain with the new management team with responsibilities for IT, Real Estate, Central Reservations, Ski School and Government Relations. Chris has been married to his wife Wendy for 37 years and they have two children, their daughter, Erin (31) who now lives in New Zealand their son, Keith (30) who is living in Boulder CO. Chris' interests include: Skiing, Flying, Kayaking, Golfing, Sailing, Windsurfing, Backpacking, Hiking, Biking, Swimming and Travel.
FIVE YEARS PLUS, CAPITALIST FORUM HAS BEEN HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS CITY, OUR STATE AND YES, NATIONALLY! WE NOW HAVE MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS THE WORLD OVER..DON'T KEEP C.P. TO YOURSELVES, TELL A FRIEND...WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!!
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