Christina Bruno

Snowsports and Outdoor Industry Manager

Denver

Christina Bruno is an Outdoor Industry MBA student who has worked as a snowsports instructor, adaptive examiner and snowsports director over the last 12 years in both the U.S. and New Zealand, with her primary focus and passion in adaptive snowsports instruction. Through her work on the PSIA-AASI National Adaptive Task Force Christina helps create educational resources for the adaptive community. For her MBA capstone project Christina is partnering with Burton and AASI to create an updated adaptive snowboard manual, supporting e-learning and video content as well as creating an adaptive product feasibility study on what products Burton consistently carries that can be modified to accommodate more adaptive users. In 2018 Christina worked in PyeongChang, South Korea during the Paralympics under a grant, Adaptive Sports for Social Change, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. Christina is a competitive big mountain snowboarder and has summitted peaks over 21,000 feet and loves any activity outside. Currently she is serving as an fellow for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, teaching educational webinars for adaptive instructors across the country, working as a snowsports instructor, graduate writing tutor, adaptive snowsports trainer, product tester for Burton, and PSIA-AASI adaptive snowboard examiner for resorts in the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain regions.