Sister Cities Challenges Webinar Series

Debbie Braun has 25 years’ experience in the Chamber and Destination Marketing field as the President & CEO of the Aspen Chamber Resort Association. She is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organizational Management (IOM) and received her certificate for 96 hours of Nonprofit Organizational Management coursework. Debbie is also a Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) through Destinations International. She is the past chair and board member of the Destination Marketing Association of the West and former board member of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce Executives. Debbie received in 2020 the Governor’s award for outstanding individual contribution to Colorado Tourism and is a mentor for the Colorado Tourism Office leadership journey.

Christine is the Founder and Chief Executive of Aspen Institute in New Zealand. She is the former Executive Director of the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Singapore and consultant with McKinsey & Company. After living and working in Asia, Australia, and the USA for much of her professional life, Christine was inspired to launch Aspen Institute New Zealand when she returned to Queenstown, New Zealand.

Hannah Berman is the Sustainability and Philanthropy Senior Manager for Aspen One (parent company of Aspen Skiing Company, Aspen Hospitality and Aspen Ventures). She supports sustainability initiatives that harness the influence of the outdoor industry to tackle climate change. She also directs the Environment Foundation, an employee-led nonprofit, which has granted $4.5 million to environmental nonprofits since inception. In 2024, she was elected to Basalt Town Council, where she advocates for state and local polices that advance clean energy and electrification.

Paul Anderson is Chief Executive Officer of Queenstown-based NZSki Limited and Executive Director of its parent company Trojan Holdings Limited. NZSki owns and operates Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Mt Hutt ski areas, catering for more than 700,000 guests each year and employing in excess of 1,400 staff at the height of the season. As well as executive roles, his governance experience includes private sector and council-controlled trading organisations including the Establishment Board of the Local Government Funding Agency. Paul has previously held senior roles in the private, public and local government sectors most recently as General Manager Corporate Services for Christchurch City Council. He started his career as a policy analyst at the New Zealand Treasury. Paul holds a Master of Commerce (First Class Honours) from the University of Canterbury, is Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Directors.

Dr. Todd Redpath is a Senior Resource Forester at Interpine Innovation and recently a lecturer at the University of Otago Schools of Geography and Surveying.  His primary research interests are in the application of remote sensing and geospatial techniques to improving our understanding of processes in the cryosphere, particularly snow hydrology and the response of seasonal snow to climate change. He is a founding member of the Mountain Research Centre at the University of Otago, and a board member for Protect Our Winters Aotearoa. Hailing from Invercargill, Todd was fortunate to grow up snowboarding on the mountains of the Southern Lakes.