As Executive Director of Sustainability, Auden Schendler oversees Aspen Skiing Company's environmental efforts, corporate contributions, and civic engagement. He also serves as Director of Aspen Sustainability Associates, a green business consulting practice. Previously a research associate in corporate sustainability and newsletter editor at Rocky Mountain Institute, Auden has worked as a residential energy auditor, high-school math and English teacher, Outward Bound Instructor, Emergency Medical Technician, planning and zoning commissioner, and energy efficiency researcher. A LEED certified professional, Auden served from 2004 to 2006 on Colorado Governor Owen's pollution prevention advisory board; he currently serves on the steering committee of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. Auden's work at Aspen Skiing Company has been covered widely, in magazines including Outside, Fast Company, Businessweek and Travel and Leisure , on Nightline and The Jim Lehrer News Hour. Named a "Climate Crusader" in TIME magazine's 2006 special issue on climate change,  Auden is also a recipient of the 2007 EPA Climate Protection Award. Auden speaks internationally on sustainable business issues, and has lectured at Yale, Harvard, Bowdoin and Colorado College. His writing on sustainable business, life in the West, and mountaineering have been published  in journals ranging from Harvard Business Review to  the L.A. Times, Salon.com,  the Denver Post, Corporate Environmental Strategy, High Country News, Rock and Ice, the Yale/MITJournal of Industrial Ecology, thePhiladelphia Enquirer, Paddler,  and two anthologies. His book Getting Green Done: Hard Truths and Real Solutions from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution, will be published in February of 2009 by Public Affairs.  He received a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College. Contact him at aschendler@aspensnowmass.com.

Matthew Hamilton

Matthew Hamilton is  Sustainability Manager and Executive Director of the Environment Foundation, which has donated more than a million dollars over the past decade.  Matthew oversees ASC's community philanthropy, and runs ASC's day-to-day environmental programs, including the monthly Greenletter,  and GREENTRACK, ASC's ISO 14001 certified environmental management system. Matthew is also  consultant with Aspen Sustainability Associates, and has lectured nationally and internationally on ASC's work.  Previously, Matthew was a Research Officer at The Piton Foundation, working with low income neighborhoods on issues of education reform, affordable housing and economic development. Prior to that, he worked for Share Our Strength, a national anti-hunger anti-poverty group; the Independent Sector, a national association of nonprofits and foundations, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (on a project called Enterprise for the Environment),  for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, and for Middlebury College.  He currently serves on the board of the Colorado Youth Corps Association. Matthew has a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Studies and Political Science from Middlebury and a Masters in Public Policy from Georgetown University where he focused on nonprofit management. Contact him at mhamilton@aspensnowmass.com.