The Industry Report Staff

Editor-In-Chief - Craig Altschul: Craig Altschul is a career writer and editor who has specialized in the coverage of winter sports, mountain resorts, and nonprofit organizations with a recreational bent. His syndicated column, Ski Tips, appeared in mountain resort newspapers across the United States for more than 20 years. He is editor-in-chief of all Mountain News news products. Altschul lives in Vail (no, not that Vail, he's done that) Arizona.

Executive Editor - Roger Leo: Roger joined Mountain News Corp. in 2006. He worked for the Telegram & Gazette, a New York Times-owned daily newspaper in Worcester, Mass., full-time for 34 years and, among other editorial duties, wrote the newspaper's ski column. He now lives on the side of a mountain in Princeton, Mass., where he leads a life of writing and edition, teaching journalism at Clark University, photography, and travel.

President & Publisher - Rob Brown: Rob Brown is president and publisher of Mountain News Corp., the world's leading provider of mountain sports news and information. Founder of a San Francisco-based PR firm specializing in mountain recreation news, Brown assumed control of the Affiliate Relations Division when the firm was acquired by AMI News in 1980. Named Vice President of Sales at AMI in 1990, Brown oversaw all aspects of the company's affiliate relations and ski area sales. In 1996 he formed the company's Internet content divison, which today serves more then 500 new media affiliates worldwide. He became President of the company in 2000. Brown graduated from California State University at Sacramento with a BS in Journalism and Business Administration. An avid outdoorsmen, he loves to ski, golf, and fly fish. He is an active member of the North American Snowsports Journalists Association, and the Outdoor Writers of America and is past president of the California Outdoor Writers Association.

Managing Director - Chad Dyer: Chad Dyer knows how to communicate with people online -- 1,126,000 of them each month, to be precise. A recognized expert in the Mountain Recreation industry, Dyer directs online initiatives for Mountain News Corporation in Orinda, California. As the firm's Managing Director, Dyer oversees online publication of OnTheSnow.com, MountainGetaway.com, and provides mountain recreation news and information to over 300 Internet media outlets including Yahoo!, USAToday, CNN, Expedia, Travelocity, and Orbitz. In the last ten years he helped take a company leaning heavily upon a lone DOS computer to store its snow reports and built it into #1 market share in the Mountain Travel media arena. Dyer holds an MBA and MS degree in Economics from the University of California at Davis. He is married and makes his home in Lafayette with his wife and two sons.