USSA foundation gains new trustees

Steven Read and Eric Resnick have been named trustees of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation, announced Foundation Vice President Trisha Worthington.
    "We are thrilled to add Steven Read and Eric Resnick to our Board," Worthington said. "They are both well-respected businessmen and avid skiers. Plus their combined expertise will be an incredible asset to the Foundation's efforts to support the athletes of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding."
    Steven Read is co-founder, co-owner and co-chairman of Grocery Outlet Inc., a retail chain of non-perishable food stores in the Western states, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Texas. Currently, he serves as Partner of Read Investments, specializing in commercial real estate development.
    Read also is a Trustee for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Opera, he serves on the Executive Committee of DeYoung Art Museum, is a board member of the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation and is a former Duke University Trustee.
    After attended Boarding School in Switzerland, he moved to Utah to attend the University of Utah on a skiing scholarship. He finished his degree at the University of San Francisco in Economics and French.
 
 

STEVEN READ AND ERIC RESNICK have been named trustees of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation, Foundation Vice President Trisha Worthington has announced.
    "We are thrilled to add Steven Read and Eric Resnick to our Board," Worthington said. "They are both well-respected businessmen and avid skiers. Plus their combined expertise will be an incredible asset to the Foundation's efforts to support the athletes of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding."
    Steven Read is co-founder, co-owner and co-chairman of Grocery Outlet Inc., a retail chain of non-perishable food stores in the Western states, Hawaii, Louisiana and Texas. He serves as partner of Read Investments, specializing in commercial real estate development.
    Read also is a trustee for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Opera, serves on the executive committee of DeYoung Art Museum, is a board member of the Steadman-Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation and is a former Duke University trustee.
    After attended boarding school in Switzerland, he moved to Utah to attend the University of Utah on a skiing scholarship. He finished his degree at the University of San Francisco in economics and French.
    An avid skier, Read enjoys golf, fly fishing and biking. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Mary Ann. The Reads’ three children all attended Head-Royce School, where he is a trustee.
    Eric Resnick is the co-founder and managing director of KSL Capital Partners, LLC a $1 billion private equity fund with extensive experience in the ownership and active management of hotel, resort and leisure properties. He is actively involved in managing the fund's business, including fundraising, acquisitions and asset management.
    Prior to KSL Capital Partners, he co-founded and was chief financial officer of KSL Management, a resort management company that managed Grand Wailea Resort & Spa, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, La Quinta Resort & Club, La Costa Resort & Spa and the Hotel del Coronado. Prior to forming KSL Management in 1994, Resnick was vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of KSL Recreation, joining the company in January 2001. KSL Recreation owned and operated eight of the leading destination resorts in the United States prior to selling the majority of those properties in 2004.
    From May 1996 to January 2001, Resnick was an executive with Vail Resorts, where he served as vice president, strategic planning and investor relations, after having been corporate treasurer and servicing in other capacities. Prior to Vail, he was a consultant with McKinsey and Company. He holds a B.A. with distinction in mathematics and economics (phi Beta Kappa) from Cornell University. Resnick serves on the board of KSL Management and Rocketship, a charter school operator in Northern California. He is married with three children and resides in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado.
    The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation is the nonprofit, fundraising arm of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard teams that are managed by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team receives no federal funding or subsidy moneys and operates solely through private donations from individuals, corporations and foundations. The foundation was incorporated in 1964 as a 501(c) 3 organization and is based in Park City, Utah.