Vol. 7, Issue 8, February 20, 2012 The mountain top www.facebook.com/themountaintop WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL: “STRIVE TO INCREASE MEMBER LOYALTY to 70% NPS” Get Ballot TRP pizza party entry pho- tos will be published on our next newsleer. Ballots will be distributed to managers along with the newsleer. All employees can cast their vote (by Thur. 3/1) for the best photo in each catego- ry. Winners and prizes will be announced on the following Mountain Top. toptweets “Since the day Sadie arrived at APH she has been an All-Star.” - Eldon Epperly, C/G Head Golf Pro “She’s made socks sexy.” - Mark Thush, Dir of Retail “Thanks to Sadie’s shop knowledge and willingness to help, we had a perfect audit.” -Lisa Abernethy Sadie LeCheminant, APH Asst Golf Pro Pamela Meyer, POS Application Specialist “Pamela saw the work we were doing and offered to build us a better database to better facilitate our transferring process.” - Lauren Everett, Merchandise Mgr & Nathan Carl, OLW Head Golf Pro Christina Lanoue, CHIR Server “Her knowledge and ability to teach and speak eloquently makes her highly sought after by members and peers.” - Heather Thorne, Oakley Bechtold & Steve Schwartz Edwin Arana, C/G Dishwasher “Edwin wears many hats and goes out of his way to help everyone. I’m honored to work alongside you everyday. You inspire me to be better.” - Lili Rodriguez, C/G Sous Chef “Lauren has won the hearts of the tennis group as well as become a go-to person with her professional writing skills. We are very lucky to have her at Sonoran.” - Matt Wooldridge, Dir of Tennis/Spa/ Fitness & Mark Thush, Dir of Retail Lauren Lehrner, Sonoran Tennis/Boutique Asst Sue Dalton, Sonoran Boutique Sales Asst Geraldine Valentin, APH Hostess Heath Hughes, REN Asst Golf Pro Amanda Stadel, APH Server “Sue always comes to work with a smile on her face and is a tremendous asset to DMC.” - Connie Jackson, Sonoran Boutique Super & Matt Wooldridge “Geraldine has a great person- ality and eagerness to help out with anything. ” - Jermain Baird, APH Rest Mgr “In the short time that Heath has been here he has been VERY helpful.”- Scott Frisch, REN Head Golf Pro “Amanda has one of the best work ethics I’ve seen in 20yrs in the industry. - Jermain Baird, APH Rest Mgr My 401K I Lunch & Learn Prize WINNERS! Sunthang Biak, APH Grnskpr Victor Vargas, Horculture Tom VanHaaren Lance Leonard Jim Key C/GAsstHeadGolfPro APHServer Agronomist Jessica Espinoza, Mem Data Admin Asst Zenaido Sanago, GER Asst GC Super Total Likes 209
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Vol. 7, Issue 8, February 20, 2012
The mountain top www.facebook.com/themountaintop
WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL: “STRIVE TO INCREASE MEMBER LOYALTY to 70% NPS”
Get Ballot TRP pizza party entry pho-
tos will be published on our
next newsle�er. Ballots will
be distributed to managers
along with the newsle�er.
All employees can cast their
vote (by Thur. 3/1) for the
best photo in each catego-
ry. Winners and prizes will
be announced on the
following
Mountain Top.
toptweets
“Since the day Sadie arrived at APH she has been an All-Star.” - Eldon Epperly, C/G Head Golf Pro
“She’s made socks sexy.” - Mark Thush, Dir of Retail
“Thanks to Sadie’s shop knowledge and willingness to help, we had a perfect audit.” -Lisa Abernethy
“Pamela saw the work we were doing and offered to build us a better database to better facilitate our transferring process.” - Lauren Everett, Merchandise Mgr & Nathan Carl, OLW Head Golf Pro
Christina Lanoue, CHIR Server “Her knowledge and ability to teach and speak eloquently makes her highly sought after by members and peers.” - Heather Thorne, Oakley Bechtold & Steve Schwartz
Edwin Arana, C/G Dishwasher
“Edwin wears many hats and goes out of his way to help everyone. I’m honored to work alongside you everyday. You inspire me to be better.” - Lili Rodriguez,
C/G Sous Chef
“Lauren has won the hearts of the tennis group as well as become a go-to person with her professional writing skills. We are very lucky to have her at Sonoran.” - Matt Wooldridge, Dir of Tennis/Spa/Fitness & Mark Thush, Dir of Retail
Lauren Lehrner, Sonoran Tennis/Boutique Asst
Sue Dalton, Sonoran Boutique Sales Asst
Geraldine Valentin, APH Hostess
Heath Hughes, REN Asst Golf Pro
Amanda Stadel, APH Server
“Sue always comes to work with a smile on her face and is a tremendous asset to DMC.” - Connie Jackson, Sonoran Boutique Super & Matt Wooldridge
“Geraldine has a great person-ality and eagerness to help out with anything. ” - Jermain
Baird, APH Rest Mgr
“In the short time that Heath has been here he has been VERY helpful.”- Scott Frisch, REN Head Golf Pro
“Amanda has one of the best work ethics I’ve seen in 20yrs in the industry. - Jermain Baird, APH Rest Mgr
My 401K I Lunch & Learn
Prize WINNERS!
Sunthang Biak,
APH Grnskpr
Victor Vargas,
Hor"culture Tom VanHaaren Lance Leonard Jim Key
C/G Asst Head Golf Pro APH Server Agronomist
Jessica Espinoza,
Mem Data Admin Asst
Zenaido San"ago,
GER Asst GC Super
Total Likes
209
DM Welcomes
Executive Chef
Please join
us in welcoming Matt McLinn as he will oversee all culinary operations at DMC. For more than 25 years, Matt has enjoyed an illustrious career in the restaurant industry ap-prenticing and cooking alongside some of the culinary world’s most recognized names.
Matt graduated from the Culi-nary Academy in San Francisco and moved to Phx to hone his culinary skills under the tutelage of James Beard award winners Chef Christopher Gross and Chef Vincent Guerithault. After 3 yrs. in Phx, he spent a summer in Europe cooking with world-famous chef Alain Ducasse of the Michelin three-stared restaurant Le Louis XV of the Hotel Paris in Monte Carlo. Then, he moved to LA and worked with mentor and James Beard award-winner, Joachim Splichal from the world famous Patina in Los Angeles. Together, they opened Pinot Hollywood which earned a Best New Restaurant designation from the LA
Times. Additional experience in CA includes opening Polo Grille at Beverly Hills Hotel and Jiraffe in Santa Monica with Chef Josiah Citron and two years as chef at Arnold Schwarzenegger's Schatzi on Main. McLinn then returned to San Francisco to work with award-winning Chef Julian Serrano at Masas. During his time in the Bay Area, he was of-fered Executive Chef position at Stars Restaurant with Chef Jeremiah Tower. This was a significant accomplishment and McLinn was extremely honored, but declined and went to work with Kimpton Hotel & Restaurants as Cor-porate Chef. The following summer, he returned to Europe to study side-by-side with Dominique Bouchet of the Michelin three-starred restaurant, Les Ambassadeurs, located in Paris. Dur-ing this trip, he also had an opportunity to work at the Michelin two-starred Le Hotel Carlton in Cannes, France and Michelin one-starred Le Maison du Seignuer in Brussels, Belgium. In 2006, he opened his own restaurant, Méthode Bistro to rave reviews. Three years later, Méthode Bistro closed and McLinn was selected by Laurent Tourondel in NYC to open his BLT Steak at the 5 star 5 diamond Camelback Inn in Scottsdale.
In 2009, McLinn’s talents were tapped again, when he was se-lected as Executive Chef and General Manager of The Grind. Here, he has combined his Old World European techniques with modern day favorites using a custom designed coal-fired oven that burns at over 1000 degrees.
Mon, February 20, None Tues, February 21, None Wed, February 22
Sergio Zambrano-Zarate, CHIR Equip Oper, 2 yrs
Christopher Walker, C/G Banquet Server, 2 yrs Thurs, February 23
Heather Bruen, Staff Accountant Finance, 8 yrs
Richard Rowell, OLW Mechanic, 2 yrs Fri, February 24
Jose Omar Ornelas-Aguinga, CHIR Grnskpr, 2 yrs
Hazim Al Ezairej, COCH Grnskpr, 1 yr
Hasan Al Azzawi, COCH Grnskpr, 1 yr
Carlos Guerra Monge, REN Grnskpr, 1 yr Sat, February 25
Wade Carmen, APH Player Asst, 1 yr
Richard Yanez, CHIR Player Asst, 1 yr Sun, February 26
Billy Woods, C/G Locker Room Attend, 2 yrs Mon, February 27
Monday, February 20Monday, February 20Monday, February 20Monday, February 20 Benjamin Splichal, Benjamin Splichal, Benjamin Splichal, Benjamin Splichal, C/G Outside SvcsC/G Outside SvcsC/G Outside SvcsC/G Outside Svcs
Luis Aviles, Luis Aviles, Luis Aviles, Luis Aviles, PorterPorterPorterPorter
Tues, February 21Tues, February 21Tues, February 21Tues, February 21 Ronal Marroquin Arriaza, Ronal Marroquin Arriaza, Ronal Marroquin Arriaza, Ronal Marroquin Arriaza, Day PorterDay PorterDay PorterDay Porter
Wed, February 22Wed, February 22Wed, February 22Wed, February 22 Meredith Will, Meredith Will, Meredith Will, Meredith Will, Personal TrainerPersonal TrainerPersonal TrainerPersonal Trainer
Thurs, February 23Thurs, February 23Thurs, February 23Thurs, February 23 Dan Sewalk, Dan Sewalk, Dan Sewalk, Dan Sewalk, CHIR Head Golf ProCHIR Head Golf ProCHIR Head Golf ProCHIR Head Golf Pro Anne Morrissey, Anne Morrissey, Anne Morrissey, Anne Morrissey, Sales ExecutiveSales ExecutiveSales ExecutiveSales Executive Ali Talakhadze, Ali Talakhadze, Ali Talakhadze, Ali Talakhadze, OLW GrnskprOLW GrnskprOLW GrnskprOLW Grnskpr
Fri, February 24Fri, February 24Fri, February 24Fri, February 24 Alberto Trejo Zarraga, Alberto Trejo Zarraga, Alberto Trejo Zarraga, Alberto Trejo Zarraga, Club Maint EngClub Maint EngClub Maint EngClub Maint Eng
Sat, February 25Sat, February 25Sat, February 25Sat, February 25 Makhammad Talakhadze, Makhammad Talakhadze, Makhammad Talakhadze, Makhammad Talakhadze, OLW GrnskprOLW GrnskprOLW GrnskprOLW Grnskpr
Sun, February 26Sun, February 26Sun, February 26Sun, February 26 Patty Mascareno, Patty Mascareno, Patty Mascareno, Patty Mascareno, HR Admin AssistantHR Admin AssistantHR Admin AssistantHR Admin Assistant
Monday, February 27Monday, February 27Monday, February 27Monday, February 27 Tabitha Torosian, Tabitha Torosian, Tabitha Torosian, Tabitha Torosian, Personal TrainerPersonal TrainerPersonal TrainerPersonal Trainer
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APH Chase Rains
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Rutilio Reyes CHIR
Brian Knott OLW
Bill Czekai OLW
Stephen Lindsay Sonoran
Zach Baker CHIR
Bill Clark, C/G
PLEASE PICK UP YOUR $25 GIFT CARD IN HR WITHIN 30
We are in the pro-cess of ordering all of the equipment, technology and sup-plies for the new Per-formance Center. We need a lot of equipment from more than 20 dif-ferent vendors. Lisa has volunteered to help organize this process and help the golf in-struction staff with the paper work and
communication with the Accounting Depart-ment. Lisa has written purchase orders, re-searched back up ma-terials, gotten bids for each item, the proper signatures, kept all of this organized, run effi-ciently and has stayed late or come in early when needed for this project. Her help has been invaluable. ————Dale Abraham, Dale Abraham, Dale Abraham, Dale Abraham, Dir of Instruction Dir of Instruction Dir of Instruction Dir of Instruction
I feel that Desert Mountain and all of its members are ex-tremely lucky to
have an employee like Jose. He is one of the friendliest people I have ever had the opportuni-
ty to meet and he truly knows how to lead a team. One would be hard pressed to find a problem that Jose can't fix and in a timely manner, with a smile. It is a pleasure working with him everyday. Thanks Jo-se! —Drew Leeland,
Club Maint. Engineer
$25$25$25$25
Lisa AbelLisa AbelLisa AbelLisa Abel, Business Mgr Golf Jose
Gonzalez,
Club Maint Team Leader
$50$50$50$50
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