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2024 SAMMY Leadership Award Nominees 

Who are the innovative, inspiring, courageous, and passionate leaders making a difference in the industry locally or nationally? Submit a nomination or start a campaign for a worthy candidate for the 2024 SAMMY Leadership Awards. This is a peer nominated award. Help identify those shining stars (and hidden gems) who will lead our industry into the future. 

What makes a good SAMMY Leadership Award recipient?

The SAMMY is not a lifetime achievement award. We want to hear about proven mid-career leaders who are in it for the long haul and on an upward trajectory. Great leaders don’t operate in a silo, so SAMMY candidates should also be leaders who make a positive impact on the people they work with, the place they work, the community they live in, and the broader industry we are all a part of. Forward thinking is another quality SAMMY honorees share. These are the folks who are going to shape the future of this industry. 

Know someone who fits the bill? Nominate them before March 8.

"It was a wonderful honor to receive the SAMMY award in 2015. Although I had been in the ski industry for many years, Northstar was my first GM role so the peer recognition was especially meaningful to me. Being recognized as someone who could help shape the future of the industry gave me a boost and really motivated me to make a difference. After my time at Northstar, I moved back to Colorado as the COO at Beaver Creek Resort for three years and have been the COO at Vail Mountain for the past four. It has been a wonderful journey."

- Beth Howard, SAMMY 2015 Honoree, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Vail Resorts


"While I would like to say, and sometimes believe, awards aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, this one was different. For me, it was a combination of where I was in my career, what was happening in and around me, and the validation that comes with peer-nominated accolades. Awards like this are important because they keep people motivated prior to receiving them and long after they’re lucky enough to get one. Our industry needs more peer validation like this as they can help turn jobs intended to last a few seasons into careers that last decades."

- Steve Wright, SAMMY 2016 Honoree, President / GM, Jay Peak Resort

 

For a look at our past SAMMY winners, VISIT OUR SAMMY HALL OF FAME.

 


 

 

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