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    The Cleanup Hitter

    Nov 17, 2017 3 minutes
    INTERVIEWED BY MIKE ROGGE

    NAME: Steve Wright

    AGE: 49

    HOMETOWN: Newport, Vermont

    OCCUPATION: President and General Manager of Jay Peak Resort

    After the U.S. government put Vermont’s Jay Peak into receivership last year amid alleged ethics violations by the resort’s owners (who, among other allegations, used government investing tools to enrich themselves under the guise of capital improvements), employees and passholders were largely left in the dark about the future of their beloved ski area.

    Caught squarely

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