Frank L. Buckley was the Managing Director of the British Canadian Lumber Co. Ltd. and the Pacific Lumber and Trading Co. Ltd. (possibly the same organization) in 1924. He assisted Kenneth Racey with buying a parcel of land on Alta Lake from the B.C. Department of Lands.

Originally from New Westminster, Dave Brownlie’s Whistler career began in 1989 when he became the Director of Finance for Blackcomb Mountain. He went on to serve as the President and COO & CEO of Whistler-Blackcomb from 2007 to 2016. During his time with W-B, he played an instrumental role in the Whistler-Blackcomb merger, the opening of the Peak 2 Peak Gondola, the hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the 2017 Master Development Agreement between W-B, the province, and the Squamish and Lil’wat First Nations, and the purchase of W-B by Vail Resorts. He received Business in Vancouver’s BC CEO of the Year Award in 2016. In 2018 Brownlie was appointed President of Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

He is married to former athlete and teacher Georgina Brownlie.

Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, poet, director, zoology professor, outdoor adventurer, and performer in stage musicals and documentaries. He has written for numerous magazines (Outside, Explore, Mountain Life Annual, Canadian Geographic, Ski Trax, Ski Canada, Equinox, sbsSKIER, PIQUE Newsmagazine, WB Magazine, The Tyee) on subjects including travel, sports, popular science, and the environment. He is/has been the Senior Contributor of Powder Magazine, Editorial Director of Mountain Life Annual, and Creative Director of SKIER Magazine. In addition, he has been the writer, editor, and photographer for his own company, Leslie Anthony Creative, since 1999. His credentials include a Master of Zoology from the University of Guelph and a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Toronto.

Books written by Anthony include "Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist," "The Aliens Among Us," and "White Planet: A Mad Dash through Global Ski Culture." He also co-wrote and co-composed the music for "SNOW - Whistler: The Musical."

Dr. Donald Aitken is an expert in renewable energy sources. He gave a talk for AWARE's Speaker Series at some point prior to 2001. Aitken has served as President of the Solar Energy Society twice, created the first of 400 all-solar homes in the Lake Chapala area, and received many awards for his accomplishments and dedication to solar energy. He now lives with his wife and business partner, Barbara, in Ajijic, Mexico.