Chad joined the Utah Avalanche Center as Executive Director in July 2017 responsible for communications, marketing, fundraising, strategy, and UAC business operations. Chad brought over 20 years of corporate experience in technology consulting to the UAC. After 7 years as Executive Director, this summer Chad is stepping down from UAC leadership to focus on the UAC’s special projects and teaching avalanche classes. Chad is active in the UT outdoor community and is an avid backcountry skier, ski mountaineering racer, backcountry snowmobiler, ultrarunner, and mountain biker. Chad and his wife Emily organized the Wasatch Powder Keg ski mountaineering race for 12 years, and he is a founding member of Utah Ski Mountaineering, a local nonprofit geared at growing the sport of ski mountaineering and organizing races.