Fast succession at Deer Valley

Back in December 2018, when Bob Wheaton was replaced by Todd Shallan at the helm of Deer Valley, we were told that the hospitality expert was pretty excited to be in the job, saw room for improvements at the resort and was eager to run the business. 

Well, Alterra, Deer Valley’s parent company just decided that it wanted to create both a real estate and a hospitality divisions to be more effective. 

Shallan has been asked to oversee the latter and said that he was excited at the prospect of running that new Alterra division that will encompass food and beverage as well as lodging and club products. 

I hope this new promotion might make him move to Boulder, Colorado instead of commuting from California to his Utah job as he’s done till now. 

He will be replaced by Jeremy Levitt, president and COO of CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures, who will continue to oversee CMH in British Columbia. 

This suggest that Deer Valley will get another commuter-manager and this leaves me wondering why in the world Alterra couldn’t find, among Deer Valley’s Directors or other executives, someone LOCAL capable to step right into Shallan’s shoes. 

I believe that among these folks, no one lacked the experience or talent for that job, especially if one considers that a top-notch manager like Wheaton would have made certain to groom his own successor…