Vail Resorts Names David T. Shapiro Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company

BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today announced the hiring of David T. Shapiro as executive vice president and general counsel of the Company, effective July 13, 2015. Shapiro will oversee the Company's legal, governance and compliance efforts as well as its environmental programs, charitable giving and public affairs. Shapiro comes to Vail Resorts after a seven-year career in various executive positions at DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc., based in Denver.

"I am excited to have someone with David's capabilities, experience and leadership track record join our team," said Rob Katz, chairman and chief executive officer of Vail Resorts. "David brings a deep and sophisticated understanding of the complex legal, compliance and public affairs issues facing large corporations and will be outstanding at guiding our Company as we continue to broaden our scope and engagement in the mountain resort industry."

Since 2013, Shapiro has been the general counsel and senior vice president for DaVita's kidney care business, overseeing a 100-person team with direct responsibility for all of the division's legal work. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president and chief special counsel of DaVita from 2012-2013, with oversight over DaVita's most critical and complex litigation and regulatory efforts. From 2008-2013, Shapiro was senior vice president and chief compliance officer of DaVita, where he also oversaw the internal audit function. From 2003-2007, Shapiro worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Frauds Section in Washington, D.C. Shapiro also worked as an attorney in private practice at the law firms of Pepper Hamilton LLP, Mintz Levin and Kelley Drye & Warren.

Shapiro received his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and his bachelor's degree in economics from Trinity College in Connecticut. He serves on the boards of Children's Hospital of Colorado and the Denver Public Schools Foundation. Shapiro and his wife, Maggie, have two children and live in Denver.

About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN)
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Canyons and Park City in Utah; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.

SOURCE Vail Resorts, Inc.

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