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Idaho’s Tamarack Resort Elevates Resort Operations, Real Estate Leaders

Idaho’s Tamarack Resort has elevated its leadership team with the addition of new hires and promotions of long-time managers. Wolfe Ashcraft has been promoted to Vice President of Resort Operations, Dustin Simons has been promoted to Director of Base Operations, and John Calhoun has joined Tamarack as the new Director of Real Estate Sales & Marketing.

Calhoun will focus on welcoming new homeowners to the luxury residences at The Village at Tamarack, a 3,600-acre lakeside resort about 90 miles north of Boise. Calhoun’s deep expertise in destination, resort and master-planned communities includes leading real estate efforts in Park City, Aspen/Snowmass and Palm Springs.

Ashcraft, who joined the resort in 2004, will now oversee all mountain and base operations. Simons has been with Tamarack since 2006 and will oversee all recreation services and amenities, along with retail, ticket and pass sales, and the operational aspects of the new Village. Tom Knill has joined as Director of Human Resources.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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