In her first days on the job, Ms. Ros dreamed of transforming Hisa Franko into a travel destination.
The prime minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob, who has known Ms. Ros since 2012, considers himself a fan.
“Hisa Franko is an ambassador of our country as a culinary destination,” he wrote in an email.
But in her career, Ms. Ros described facing added scrutiny because of her gender.
Growing up in the 1980s in Tolmin, a short drive from Hisa Franko, she was a competitive skier on the Yugoslavian national youth team from about age 10 to 17.