Rich Swift: Owner/General Manager

• location: Oxtonque Lake & Huntsville office
• Visionary leader of entire AO team, key decision-maker, liaison with Algonquin Park officials.
• quote "Hoo ho hoo!"

Sue Swift: Owner/Buyer

• location: Oxtonque Lake & Huntsville office
• Co-owner
• Casual clothing buyer

Gordon Baker: Assistant General Manager since 1992

• location: Oxtongue Lake, 1-800-469-4948,
• duties: oversees all aspects of outfitting/rentals, participates in overall marketing/strategy & customer relations.
• quote:"High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring." -Edward Abbey

Jerry Schmanda: Opeongo Store Manager since 1990

• location: Opeongo (summer), Huntville (winter)
• duties: oversees outfitting, rentals, & water taxi service at Opeongo, snowshoe, Nordic ski and souvenir buyer, trade show organizer.
• quote "Looking for something to do...?"

Jake Pigeon: Brent Store Manager since XXXX

• location: Seasonal operations at Brent store on Cedar Lake
• duties: oversees all outfitting/retail at Brent, maintains the Brent Ranger Cabin.
• quote "I like the way we used to do it, and we still do at Brent."

Beth Brittain: Oxtongue Lake Retail Manager

• location: Oxtongue Lake
• duties: oversees retail operations for Oxtongue, souvenir & technical clothing buyer.
• quote "The staff T-shirts are in"

Jeremy Bessey: Oxtongue Backshop Manager

• location: Oxtongue Lake
• duties: oversees rental/outfitting operations for Oxtongue, property maintenance and vehicle fleet manager including transportation logistics.
• quote "Follow the bow of your canoe and you will never be lost."

Will Lougheed, Bike Shop Mgr & Snowboard Buyer

• location: Huntsville
• duties: oversees retail and shop operations of the bike / snowboard department, bike & snowboard buyer, organizes off site demos.
• quote "Here's to sunshine and tail winds."

Randy Mitson: Huntsville Marketing Director & Webmaster

• location: Huntsville
• duties: oversees company marketing, including advertising, special events and website development and promotion. Resident IT manager.
• quote "If you missed the web 2.0 bus, don't worry the web 3.0 one will arrive soon."

Jeff Strano: AO Boatwerks Manager & Paddle Sport Manager

• location: Haliburton, Minden & Sir Sam's Ski Area
• duties: oversees operations at Boatwerks and Sir Sam's, paddle sport buyer, & events coordinator for Boatwerks & Sir Sam's
• quote "I'll make you an offer you can't refuse."

Bob Sutcliffe: Huntsville Surf/Snowsport Floor Manager

• location: Huntsville
• duties: oversees surf & snowsport departments including operations at our Hidden Valley Shop, surf & snow hardgoods buyer.
• quote "I can get you a deal on that."

Becky Stead: Huntsville Top Floor Assistant

• location: Huntsville
• duties: assistant to surf & snow departments, surf & snow clothing buyer, merchandiser.

Fil Schreiner: Coporate Merchandiser

• location: Bracebridge
• duties: develops marketing/merchandising strategies for the company.
• quote "I'm on my way."

Mark Sinnige, CMA: Controller

• location: Huntsville
• duties: Right hand man to Owner; providing input on strategic direction, finance, operations, marketing, etc
• quote "For many of us at AO, it's not so much a job as a way of life."

Judy May: Accounts Payable

• location: Huntsville
• duties: accounts payable, daily sales records, hourly payroll, POS support.

Andrea Waldron: Inventory Manager

• location: Huntsville
• duties: oversees shipping & receiving for all stores including inventory management for all locations.
• quote "Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
  -Mark Twain "

Lynn Robinson: Huntsville Rental Manager

• location: Huntsville
• duties: oversees rental operations at Huntsville
• quote "Be like a duck, Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. -Micheal Caine"

Chase Wilson: Camping & Footwear Buyer

• location: Huntsville
• duties: Camping gear (backpacks, tents, sleeping bag, etc) & footwear buyer.
• quote "My hair hurts!"

Kate Kerr: Warranty / Receiver

• location: Huntsville
• duties: Oversees all warranty claims & assists with shipping, receiving & inventory management.
• quote "Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes" from On Walden Pond"

Paul Zimmer: Manager

• location: Bracebridge and Port Carling
• duties: oversea all duties in the 3 stores, wakeboard and skateboard buyer.
• quote: "NO PROBLEM!!"

Neal Ross-Ross: Paddling School Director

• location: Gull River, Minden
• duties: Manages the AO Boatwerks Paddling School on the Gull River and controls its ongoing direction, development and programs.
• quote: "Yeah, I'll run that"

James Mildon - Minden Manager

• location: Minden Boatwerks
• duties: Responsible for ensuring Minden Boatwerks operates to its full capability.
• quote: "The River flows not past, but through us"- John Muir

Val Newton - Store Manager

• location: Bracebridge and Port Carling
• duties: Manager of Port Carling stores during the summer months and Assistant Manager of Bracebridge store during the winter, also assisting with merchandising and inputting.
• quote: “Enjoy”