Gregory Kiskinen serves as the Director of Base Area Operations at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. With a strong focus on operational excellence, team leadership, and community engagement, Gregory ensures that every visitor enjoys a safe, seamless, and memorable mountain experience. Gregory brings over 10 years of experience managing homeowners associations, giving him a deep understanding of community needs and governance. This background strengthens his ability to foster collaboration between resort operations and the Kirkwood community.

Passionate about Kirkwood’s natural beauty and remoteness, Gregory has played a key role in organizing seasonal events that celebrate the resort’s unique spirit—from winter kickoffs to family-friendly activities and community-driven initiatives. His commitment to collaboration and innovation helps maintain Kirkwood’s reputation as a premier destination for adventure enthusiasts and families alike. Outside of work, Gregory loves exploring the outdoors through hiking, bike riding, and he treasures spending time with his four young children on mountain adventures. Whether it’s a trail, a summit, or a snowy slope, the outdoors is where he feels most at home.

Greg Kiskinin Conflict of Interest Form Signed May 2026

A Timber Ridge homeowner since 2009, Dana Gifford is an active and engaged member of the Kirkwood community. As a mother of three children involved in the Kirkwood Freeride and Jets programs, she and her family share a deep appreciation for the mountain environment and the strong sense of community that defines Kirkwood.

Originally from Connecticut, Dana learned to ski on the East Coast’s icy slopes. She attended Boston College and The College of William and Mary before starting her career in international healthcare. During this time, Dana traveled the world to understand how political systems, culture, and infrastructure influence the delivery of healthcare especially during times of disaster. During this time, she helped create public-private partnerships that enhanced the delivery of healthcare across remote regions. In 2004, she transitioned into market research, applying her analytical and interpersonal skills to help organizations better understand human needs and motivations and translate those insights into innovation, branding, and global marketing strategies. She established her own research consultancy firm in 2014, which continues to thrive today.

Through her work, Dana has developed a deep expertise in listening, engaging, and translating insights into meaningful action—skills she believes are critical to serving the KCA membership effectively. She is committed to fostering open communication, collaboration, and thoughtful planning to ensure that the association’s future reflects the diverse priorities and shared vision of its members.

Contact Dana by email at KCABoard@thekca.org

Dana Gifford Conflict of Interest Signed Form May 2026

Marc Musgrove serves on the Board of Directors of the Kirkwood Community Association, combining extensive professional experience in global communications with a deep personal passion for mountain and river life. He is dedicated to helping sustain Kirkwood’s vibrant community, protect its natural beauty, and preserve the year-round outdoor lifestyle that makes it such a special place to live and visit.

Marc is the founder and principal of Musgrove Consulting, a communications consultancy that partners with organizations to shape strategic messaging, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and build authentic, results-driven communications programs. Before establishing his firm, Marc held senior leadership roles at Digital Realty and Flexential, where he led corporate communications, brand strategy, and thought-leadership initiatives supporting the growth of some of North America’s leading data-center and digital-infrastructure companies. Earlier in his career, he led global communications at Micron Technology and spent over a decade at Cisco Systems in a range of leadership positions spanning the U.S. and Europe.

Originally from the United Kingdom, Marc moved to the U.S. in 2007 and now lives in El Dorado County with his wife and two daughters. He first learned to ski while studying in the French and Swiss Alps and later taught skiing and snowboarding at Heavenly and Sierra-at-Tahoe. Today, Marc continues to share his love of the mountains as a certified PSIA/AASI instructor with the Kirkwood Ski & Ride School, where he teaches both children and adults. In the summer months, he can often be found kayaking and rafting throughout the Sierra Nevada, particularly on the South Fork of the American River. Whether carving turns in deep powder or navigating whitewater rapids, Marc is deeply connected to the natural landscape that defines the Kirkwood community — and passionate about helping protect it for future generations.

Contact Marc by email at treasurer@thekca.org

Marc Musgrove Conflict of Interest Signed Form – May 2026

Professional Background

Gary is the CEO of Kirkwood Mountain Development and its various subsidiaries (KPS, Kirkwood Mountain Realty and various land-owning subsidiaries). He is a paid manager, not a shareholder of any of those entities or their parent ownership entities.

KMD has made significant investment in the Kirkwood Valley and over the twenty-five years that he has been involved at Kirkwood is the largest single investor in Kirkwood improvements. When they owned/operated Kirkwood Mountain Resort, they had a vibrant year-round business (including many summer activities/amenities), they made sure the restaurants were open year-round and we provided numerous other services in support of Kirkwood property owners and KCA members.

For KCA, they were instrumental in getting the original club facilities built, opening the Red Cliffs club facilities (back in the day) and other KCA member-centric initiatives. He has complied to the best of his ability with the KCA Board’s conflict of interest policy, abstaining from votes that directly benefit KMD, KPS, KRE and other entities under his management.

Gary and his Mountainsprings LLC company is involved in various aspects of resort real estate development, sales and operations at some of the top mountain resort communities in the Intermountain West. These include the Kirkwood Mountain Resort community near South Lake Tahoe, CA; Purgatory Resort in Durango, CO; Angel Fire Resort in Angel Fire, NM; and Powder Mountain in Eden, UT. Gary’s specialty is overseeing the strategic positioning/repositioning of mountain resort communities and their associated real estate offerings including planning/entitlement, community development, second/vacation home product development, acquisition/disposition and strategic operating initiatives. Gary has also been involved in the strategic development/redevelopment of Taos Ski Valley, in Taos, NM and Caneel Bay, in St. Johns, USVI. He served for 8 years as the CEO of Kirkwood Mountain Resort and then 16 years as the CEO of Purgatory Resort/Durango Mountain Resort. Gary has secured approvals and led the operations and development of over 5000 new resort residential units and over 500,000 sf of commercial space in one of the largest and most comprehensive resort community portfolios in the ski industry. He has pioneered innovative solutions in resort/second home product, club & master association amenity structures, environmental programs, entitlements & approvals, system-built construction, financing, operational models and organizational structures. Previously, Gary served as CEO/General Manager of Loeb Enterprises, LLC, a master-planned community developer based in Reno, Nevada, which developed Coyote Springs (a 42,000-acre, mixed-use golf community near Las Vegas) and Wingfield Springs (a 1600-acre golf community in Reno). He was also the Director of Development at EDAW (now AECOM), one of the largest and most experienced development consulting firms in the United States based in San Francisco, CA.

Professional Interests and Expertise
Club & Master Association Operations, Resort/Hospitality Operations, Resort/Community Development, Sales and Operations, Single Family, Condominium, Fractional/PRC Residential Development, Resort/Community Planning/Design and Entitlement, System-Built Construction, Strategic Planning & Positioning

Education / Accomplishments
Gary has a BA from Cornell and an MBA from the University of Miami. Gary’s career is unique in that he evolved from a resort designer, to a resort developer, to a resort operator … and has developed/operated ski, golf and beach-oriented resorts in a wide variety of markets. He has pioneered a unique synergistic business model that allows operations and development to leverage the benefits (and mitigate the risks) of one another. Gary recently served as the Council Counselor for the Urban Land Institute’s national Resort Development Council, and as Chair of the Durango/La Plata County Airport Commission, as well as numerous local homeowners and civic association boards. Gary has been involved with numerous charitable and non-profit organizations in a variety of capacities over his career.

Contact Gary by email at gderck@durangomountain.com

Gary Derck Conflict of Interest Signed Form May 2026