David is the Executive Director of Winter Wildlands Alliance, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering people to protect America's wild snowscapes. He is a board member of Outdoor Alliance and Wasatch Backcountry Alliance. He is also a national award-winning journalist, finalist for a 2015 National Magazine Award and winner of a 2016 Maggie Award. He has written for the Discovery Channel, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Men's Journal, Ski, Skiing, Powder, The New York Times, Outside, and many other publications. He was a founding board member and president of Mammoth Lakes Recreation, and a co-founder of Mammoth Medical Missions, Inc.Best Web Article, 2016 Maggie AwardBest Dramatic Narrative, 2015, American Society of Journalists and AuthorsFinalist, National Magazine Award, 2015Best Guidebook, 2010 (Bay Area Travel Writers)2009 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism AwardOutdoor Writer of the Year, 2008 (Outdoor Writers Association of California)Best Guidebook, 2008 (OWAC)Best Magazine Feature, 2007 (OWAC)Best Freelance Journalism, 2007 (OWAC)Specialties: Travel & adventure writing, skiing, land use, western U.S. history, disaster relief, environment, immigration...
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