Facilitating: Grassroots Membership Meeting & Shareholder's Meeting, Grassroots Vendor Partner Meeting

Gabe is a champion for specialty retailers, having served in leadership with Grassroots formerly as Vice President and Business Analyst and now as President. Gabe is also a talented golfer, outdoor recreationalist, reluctant dog lover, and girl dad.

Facilitating: The Idea is Right! Retail's Best Ideas & Women's Leadership Luncheon

Tara has called Wyoming home since 2000, and spends much of her time biking, hiking, Nordic skiing, kayaking, and traveling. She has two decades of hands-on experience working in nonprofit leadership, higher education, and community development. Tara holds graduate degrees in Counseling and Adult Education along with certifications in strategic planning, facilitation, mediation, and coaching. Through her role as an educator, facilitator, and coach, Tara is committed to helping groups work together, learn together, and achieve great results together.

Presenting & Facilitating: Grassroots Buyer's Panel & Breakout Discussions, Count Customers Not Coins: Valuable Metrics of Traffic Counting, POS System Round Table Discussions

Carrie Watson is an established member of the outdoor retail community with over a decade of experience managing merchandise for a variety of companies, from small independent shops to global fashion brands. Her expertise lies in buying and inventory management, which she utilizes to teach specialty retailers how to level-up their businesses. Founder of Outside Looks LLC, Carrie’s mission is to modernize and ‘profitize’ independent outdoor shops by guiding them with the latest merchandise intelligence, data-driven metrics, and mentorship techniques. Her passion lies in proving that local businesses are crucial to communities and advocating for independent specialty retailers nationwide.

Presenting: Wisdom from the Trenches: A New Era for Wild Iris Mountain Sports

Jake Dickerson is the lead buyer and one of the new owners of Wild Iris Mountain Sports. In his free time, he loves rock climbing and establishing new routes on the amazing limestone cliffs around Lander.

Presenting: Wisdom from the Trenches: A New Era for Wild Iris Mountain Sports

Joan Chase is GM and co-owner of Wild Iris Mountain Sports. Joan grew up on the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore of Maryland and spent her entire childhood on or in the water. In 2011 she made the decision to move to Wyoming for no other reason than loving the state. She joined the Wild Iris staff in the summer of 2013. When she's not in the shop, you have a good chance of finding her at home with her pets, fishing, hiking, or reading a book somewhere in the Wind River Range. Joan is a proud part owner of WIMS and to be a member of the Lander outdoor and business communities.

Presenting: Product & Inventory Planning: Understanding Your Brands Better
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Presenting: Product & Inventory Planning: Understanding Your Brands Better

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David Polivy is the co-owner of Tahoe Mountain Sports (TMS), a specialty outdoor store headquartered in Truckee, CA. Specializing in trail run, hike, camp, backpack and backcountry skiing and boarding, Tahoe Mountain Sports is a year round hub for local information, specialty product curation and the friendliest staff in the Truckee region. As a former program manager at the Sierra Business Council, he understands how important it is that the natural, economic and social aspects of our communities work in unison to achieve success. Dave’s involvement in the community continues with Board positions on local non-profits, representation on the Outdoor Industry Association’s recreation advisory committee and is the current Mayor and council member for the Town of Truckee. Dave, his wife Pam, and daughter Adina love to play outside and enjoy skiing, climbing, mountain biking, hiking and camping. Dave and his family enjoy exploring all the amazing places in and around the Sierra.

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Facilitating: POS System Round Table Discussions
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Facilitating: POS System Round Table Discussions

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