The member-only Access to an Expert Program gives you one-on-one or group guidance through the association with an industry professional. It saves you time by eliminating the search for a qualified expert and money in consulting fees by granting you the opportunity to ask some initial questions and brainstorm.
To participate in a group call with our experts simply register for the next upcoming call below. You will have the chance to ask our expert questions and brainstorm with others in the industry.
CURRENT IN-HOUSE EXPERTS
Daniel Cooper
Partner, Cooper & Huber LLP
Daniel Cooper, Esq. is a founding partner of Cooper & Huber LLP and serves as outside general counsel to hospitality and leisure businesses including hot springs owners and operators. Licensed in California, Washington, and Texas, Daniel focuses on the operational and transactional legal work that keeps businesses running and positioned for growth: M&A, real estate, vendor and service contracts, and the day-to-day business decisions that benefit from having a trusted legal partner in the room. He has advised on acquisitions and dispositions across the hospitality sector, negotiated vendor and supplier agreements, and helped clients navigate commercial real estate transactions. As a member of the Hot Springs Association, he brings that experience to an industry with genuinely distinctive business and operational challenges and helps owners build organizations that are structured to perform, transfer, and endure.
UPCOMING GROUP CALLS WITH DANIEL
Tuesday, July 14th
11:00 PT
12:00 MT
1:00 CT
2:00 ET
Jeff Birkby
Geothermal Consultant
Jeff Birkby has worked on geothermal energy and hot springs resort issues for over 40 years. His career began in the 1980s when he served as a geothermal energy specialist for the Montana Department of Natural Resources, helping hot spring owners develop their resources for space heating and recreational use. He started Birkby Consulting LLC in 2003, and has assisted a wide variety of clients with geothermal development and hot springs resort issues. He has conducted geothermal energy assessments for private landowners, Native American tribes, and state and federal agencies.
Birkby’s work for the Hot Springs Association includes helping hot springs owners find engineering and technical advice for development projects, and compiling state and international regulations that affect the health and safety of bathers at hot springs resorts.
Birkby also writes and lectures on the history and use of geothermal energy for electric power generation, space heating and hot springs tourism. He is the author of Geothermal Energy in Montana–A Consumers’ Guide, Touring Montana and Wyoming Hot Springs and Touring Oregon and Washington Hot Springs.