OEC Staff

Hometown: Lincoln, NE
Favorite Place: On a summit at sunrise
Favorite Food: Pizza!
Favorite Mountain: Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
Favorite Book: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

Hobbies: Eating pizza, trail running, searching for truth, skiing

 Education:

B.A. in Liberal Arts from Wyoming Catholic College, Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Master Educator, AIARE Level 1 

 Employment:

NOLS Field Instructor, NOLS Headquarters Operations Coordinator, Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center Instructor, Experience Learning Instructor

 Adventures: 

Running a 50K trail race in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming. Navigating life with my husband and our dog Bernie!

 Favorite Quote: “There is water at the bottom of the ocean!” – The Talking Heads

 Other Interesting Information: Youngest child of eight. Made tacos on Mt. Marcy. I love love haikus.

Hometown: Baldwinsville, NY
Favorite Place: Anywhere in the Adirondacks!
Favorite Food: Buffalo chicken wings
Favorite Mountain pass: Avalanche Pass, Keene, NY
Favorite Books: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv, Wildly into the Dark by Tyler Knot Gregson, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Hobbies: Long distance running, baking, hiking/camping, writing poetry, exploring, hugging trees

Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:

Graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in May, 2019. I was a naturalist at Beaver Lake Nature Center for 4 years, Outdoor Educator at Clark Reservation for one year, Research Assistant on the American Chestnut Research Foundation at SUNY ESF for 3 years, Assistant Programmer at the Adirondack Interpretive Center for 2 years, Trip Staff Guide at Adirondack Camp for the Summer 2019. Most of my adventures have happened in the Adirondacks, climbed several fire towers, 46ers, portions of the Northville-Placid Trail, whitewater rafting/kayaking, canoed most of Lake George and exploring the less popular trails and mountains of the Adirondacks.

Favorite Quote: “Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life.” – Mary Oliver

Other Interesting Information: I was the first woman at my college to individually win a cross country nationals race. I work on big block modified racecars. My nickname is “Mars”.

Hometown: Charleston, WV
Favorite Place: My bed
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Mountain: Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming!
Favorite Books: The Sigma Force Novels

Hobbies: Skiing, watching ranching and rodeo videos and telling my dog he’s a good boy.

Education:

B.S. Geology West Virginia University, Outdoor Emergency Care, AIARE Level 2

Employment: 

Guide Manager/Rental Shop Manager/Avalanche Specialist at Sleeping Giant Ski Area Cody, WY. Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center Instructor 2014-2015

Adventures: 

Multiple ski descents in Mt. Rainier National Park, Rafting The Grand Canyon, Took a train from San Francisco, CA to Charleston, WV.

Favorite Quote: “I’d say a 70 pound dog is a pretty big dog.” – Kenny Gasch, Northwest Powder Guides

Other Interesting Information: My Subaru’s name is Josie

Hometown: Princeton, NJ
Favorite Place: New Zealand
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Mountain Range: Arrowsmith Range in New Zealand
Favorite Books: Count of Monte Christo and Game of Thrones
Hobbies: Drawing, rugby, climbing and yoga

Education:

Currently studying at Princeton University,  NOLS Semester in New Zealand

Employment:

Outdoor Orientation Leader at Princeton University, Tall Timber Ranch in Washington’s North Cascades

Favorite Quote: “Life lived in fear is a life half lived.” – Strictly Ballroom, movie

Hometown: Rochester, NY
Favorite Place: South Beach, San Juan Island
Favorite Food: Peanut Butter and Banana sandwiches!
Favorite Mountain: Penobscot Mountain, Acadia National Park
Favorite Books: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Peace Like a River by Lief Enger

Hobbies: I love running, backpacking, swimming (in lakes and oceans!!), reading, poetry and having potlucks with friends

Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:

I received a B.S. in Environmental Health and Food Studies from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the Spring of 2019. Throughout my time at university, I was able to conduct research with the USDA in Nebraska, work on an organic farm on San Juan Island in Washington, and take a semester to travel and research in California, Malawi, India and Italy. I recently finished a busy season life guarding and instructing hiking and outdoor survival skills classes for a summer camp in Maine. My latest adventure was exploring my first National Park; Acadia, and being one of the first people on the east coast to see the sunrise on the summit of Champlain Mountain!

Favorite Quote: I read the classics but I didn’t read thoroughly.

Other Interesting Information: I make really good vegan banana bread!

Hometown:  Rome, NY
Favorite Place:  Any place that has cats
Favorite Food:  Chicken Parmesean
Favorite Mountain: The summit of Blake Peak in the Adirondacks
Favorite Books: The Ruins by Scott Smith, Pet Semetary by Stephen King, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Hobbies:  Keeping up to date on Taylor Swift’s career. Crocheting, seeking waterfalls and mountain tops at sunrise and reading anything I can get my hands on.

Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:

Adolescent Education degree from SUNY Oswego. Camp Counselor and Section Head at Camp Pok-O-MacCready. ESL Program Assistant.

Favorite Quote: “If you’re not careful, you can reach a point where you’ve made choices without thinking. Without planning. You can end up living a life you’ve not meant to. Maybe one you deserve, but not one you intended.” – Scott Smith

Other interesting information: I once was four feet away from Taylor Swift. I am on the cover of a Stephen King novel.

Hometown: Blythewood, South Carolina
Favorite Place:  Hendersonville, North Carolina
Favorite Food: Queso!
Favorite Trail and it’s location: Raven Cliff Falls in Caesars Head, South Carolina
Favorite Books: The Remarkable Ordinary by Frederick Buechner, Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Hobbies:  Reading, writing, playing card games, pretending like I know how to crochet, finding new adventures to go on with my pup

Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:

I graduated with a B.S. in Business Management with an Outdoor Leadership Minor from Winthrop University. I’ve been in several different camp positions since starting my degree. I started at Camp Bob in Hendersonville, NC as a counselor and then as Head Female. After that I worked as an Adventure Guide at Camp Canaan in Rock Hill, SC. When I graduated, I was offered a position as an Adjunct Professor for the Beginning Rock Climbing course at Winthrop University. Then I decided to make a little move to Dublin NH to work as an Assistant Program Director at Camp Wa-Klo for Girls.

Favorite Quote: “I don’t know how much value I have in this universe, but I do know that I’ve made a few people happier than they would have been without me, and as long as I know that, I’m as rich as I ever need to be.” -Robin Williams

Other interesting information: My dog is way cooler than I’ll ever be.