Name: Riley Rubenzer

Job Title:  Team Lead: Lift Maintenance

Location: Afton Alps

How Long Have You Been With Vail Resorts? 11 Years

LIGHTNING ROUND

1. Hometown: Altoona, WI
2. Guilty Pleasure:Cheese Curds
3. Childhood Aspiration:My Father
4. We’d never find you without:my sense of humor
5. Last photo you took on your phone:a ski lift chair

 

THE ESSENTIALS

1. What on-mountain activity do you enjoy most? Spring Fling water skip contest.
2. What’s your personal motto or verse? Stay positive, work hard, and good things will happen.
3. If you were to host a dinner party and could invite four people, living or in history, who would make the guest list and why? Jesus (why wouldn’t you?), Chris Farley (for entertainment), 2 lost friends (for one last round).
4. Surprise us: what’s one epic thing that most people don’t know about you: I bring food to the homeless.
5. What is your Experience of a Lifetime? My job! The potential in this industry to develop life experiences on a daily bases with guests and coworkers is incredible and found in no other workplace.

OUR VALUES

Drive Value | How do you push yourself to stay on top of your game: My passion for this job makes it easy for me to push myself to the best of my abilities to better the guest experience.

Have Fun | Tell us about the most fun you've had in the last year: Working for Vail Resorts! It may seem strange but my job and lifestyle I lead because of this industry truly brings joy to my heart every day!!!