Gary Derck, Secretary of the Board
Gary Derck currently serves as CEO and Chief Development Officer for Wasatch Peaks Ranch, in Peterson, UT where he is leading the creation of a new private mountain club community located in the Wasatch Mountains about 30 minutes north of Salt Lake City. This club community 12,000+/- acres including 3,000 acres of private ski terrain; a Tom Fazio-designed championship golf course; and hundreds luxury homes and homesites being developed under a multi-phase 15+/- year buildout. This multi-billion-dollar project will offer the most exclusive array of skiing, golf and a variety of other member amenities in a private club setting in the United States. Prior to joining the Wasatch Peaks team, Gary was CEO of Mountainsprings, LLC a development management company overseeing community development, second/vacation home product development, entitlement, acquisition/disposition and strategic growth initiatives for the Purgatory Resort/Durango Mountain Resort Community in Durango, CO, the Kirkwood Mountain Resort Community in South Lake Tahoe, CA and the Angel Fire Resort Community in Angel Fire, NM.. Gary has also been involved in resort operations, real estate development and strategic initiatives at Powder Mountain (Eden, UT), Taos Ski Valley (Taos, NM), Caneel Bay (St. Johns, USVI) and numerous other luxury resort and club projects. Gary served for 3 years as the CEO of Powder Mountain Resort, 16 years as the CEO of Purgatory Resort/Durango Mountain Resort and for 8 years as the CEO of Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Gary has secured approvals and led the operations and development of over 3000 new luxury resort residences and 400,000 sf of commercial space in one of the largest and most comprehensive resort community portfolios in the industry. He has pioneered innovative solutions in resort/second home product, club & master association amenity structures, environmental programs, entitlements/approvals, system-built construction, financing, operational models and organizational structures.