Kim Ferber 
Aspen’s new police chief brings 27 years of law enforcement and leadership experience to the role, vowing to help those in crisis and ensure the well-being of staff. The avid fat tire and road cyclist has been called an innovative, empathetic, and transparent leader. 

Madeleine Scott
Her artistic dance film, Paradise, shot in an Aspen speakeasy, wowed crowds at Dance Aspen’s March performance. If you missed it, see the South Dakota Ballet founder’s moves this summer at the Aspen Music School’s Fourth of July concert. 

Lisa DeLosso
The Art Base’s new executive director brings experience from development roles at the Aspen Art Museum and Aspen Public Radio and arts education in schools and museums to Basalt’s decades-long home for community art. 

Katrin Naelapaa
Salud to the director of Wines From Spain at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic (which celebrates its 40th this season) for throwing storied festival kickoff parties, and catapulting Spanish wine into a multibillion-dollar export industry. 

Geoff Buchheister 
The ski industry exec (and three-time NCAA All-American alpine racer for CU Boulder) relocates to Aspen with his wife and two teenaged ski-racing kids after SkiCo lured him away from Whistler Blackcomb (and Vail Resorts) to replace Mike Kaplan as CEO. 

Lou Dawson
The local alpinist (the first to climb and ski every 14,000-foot peak in Colorado) and author of more than half a dozen guidebooks on backcountry skiing, as well as the Wild Snow blog, releases a must-read memoir, Avalanche Dreams, this summer.