GREENWOOD — Bob Harkins has been hired as the new general manager of Mt. Abram Ski Area, according to Mt. Abram.
He succeeds Dave Scanlan.
Harkins is a Maine native and ski industry veteran since the mid-1960s. He lives in Bethel with his wife, Sally.
His ski industry experience includes many years as an Alpine coach with Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Gould Academy in Bethel, and in Alpental, Wash.; and eight years as assistant Alpine director and director of athlete development with the U.S. Ski Team.
Harkins is an internationally certified coach and a 2010 inductee of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.
Harkins also served as a senior manager at Sunday River Ski Resort for 15 years during the big growth years of the late 1980s and 1990s. He most recently worked at Gould Academy as director of their Winter Term Program, before leaving in 2016 to pursue his passion of fly fishing.
Harkins said he sees “a tremendous opportunity to work together with a great staff at a ski area that has a long history of being one of Maine’s best family-oriented resorts.”
He will begin his new role on Sept. 1.
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