Mollie Dean, Director, Outdoor Education Center
Hometown: Terre Haute, IN
Favorite Place: In a kayak at sunset
Favorite Food: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Favorite Mountain: Grand Tetons
Favorite Books: Finding Your Way in a Wild New World
Favorite Hobbies: Dancing, yoga, painting, writing, laughing
Specialty Area: Team Building
Previous Education, Employment, Adventures:
- Interpretive Naturalist at O’Bannon Woods State Park
- Zip Line Guide and Manager for Holler Hoppin Zip Lines
- Team Building Facilitator at Team Effect Inc.
- Program Specialist at Bradford Woods Outdoor Education Center
- Spent two weeks in Japan visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima
- White-water rafted in Asheville, NC
- Visited 9 national parks in one week including Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Arches
Feel free to contact Mollie for any questions about summer camp, employment, and general inquiries: [email protected]
Zack Floss, Crux Director
Hometown: Honeoye Falls, NY
Favorite Place: Dawson City, Yukon Territory
Favorite Food: Anything Thai or Indian
Favorite Mountain: Chugach Mountains, Alaska
Favorite Books: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
Hobbies: Exploring the woods and mountains, wood carving, writing, reading and canoeing.
Specialty Area: Rock Climbing and Survival
Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:
- Backpacking and sea kayaking in Alaska
- Wilderness canoeing in the Yukon
- Many Adirondack adventures
- I went to school for Politics and Philosophy but I discovered that I prefer spending time in the mountains. I have worked building trails, caretaking on lakes and mountain tops, helping manage invasive species in the ADKs and have worked in plenty of kitchens.
Favorite Quote: “Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.” – John Muir
Other Interesting Information: When I was younger, I thought I could fly…and found out I couldn’t — Ask me to tell you the story!
Klari Prikazsky, Instructor
Hometown: Endicott, New York
Favorite Place: Camp Huntington on Raquette Lake
Favorite Food: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Favorite Body of Water: Green River as it runs through Desolation Canyon in Eastern Utah
Favorite Books: Mortal Instruments Series (I feel a special connection to the heroine as a red head who shares the same name)
Hobbies: Cooking / Baking, Hiking, Canoeing, Playing games (all sorts)
Specialty Area: Canoeing
Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:
- Bachelor of Science in Therapeutic Recreation from SUNY Cortland
- Theraputic Recreation Intern at Camp High Hopes (Sioux City, IA)
- NOLS Spring Semester in the Rockies – Winter camping, canoneering, rock climbing, whitewater canoeing
- Outdoor Educator/wilderness canoe guide for Wilderness Inquiry (Minneapolis, MN)
- Canoemobile – 3 month east coast tour that involves taking youth in big cities (NYC, Boston, Philly, Atlanta) canoeing on their local waterways
Favorite Quote: “There is no such beauty as where you belong” – Stephen Paulus ‘The Road Home’
McCormick Sinclair, Instructor
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Favorite Place: Memorial Union Terrace, Madison WI
Favorite Food: Giordano’s Pizza
Favorite Mountain: Lake Mendota, Madison WI
Favorite Books: Ender’s Game, Harry Potter series
Hobbies: Hiking, Reading, Card/Board games, Chillin out, Maxin, Relaxin all cool, shootin some bball outside of the school.
Specialty Area: Team Building
Previous Education, Employment, and Adventures:
- BS in Elementary Education from UW-Madison
- Facilitated teambuilding workshops, including high and low ropes courses, with the Adventure Learning Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Studying abroad for a summer in Norway and travelling the Nordic countries, including hiking and white-water rafting.
Quotation: “Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself.” Orson Scott-Card, Ender’s Game
Max Minichiello, Instructor
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Favorite Place: I love being in any type of mountains, but if I had to specifically choose a place, it would have to be Yosemite (especially backpacking, where you can get away from the crowds)!
Favorite Food: Thai food, Indian food, any form of potato.
Favorite Mountain, trail or body of water & its location: Like I said above, Yosemite. I’m also very fond of the Gaviota wind caves and Elwood Mesa, both near Santa Barbara, CA
Favorite Book(s): The Omnivore’s Dilemma, A Thousand Splendid SUns, and Harry Potter Series, the Eragon series, and definitely more than that I’,m blanking on!
Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, reading, team sports, video and board games, embroidery, being outside in any capacity, and wanting to get more into climbing and other fun arts’n’crafts!
Specialty Area: Survival
Previous Education, Jobs, and Adventures:
- B.A. Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara
- Catalina Island Marine Institute Summer Camp Instructor, Avalon CA
- Outdoor Science Educator at High Trails Outdoor Science School , Angelus Oaks, CA
- Volunteer Docent at NatureTrack, Santa Barbara, CA
- Study abroad with Wildland Studies in Ecuador, through the Andes, the Amazon, and the Galapagos
- Recent adventures include backpacking the Trans-Catalina Trail over 4 days, backpacking in Yosemite for 4 days, camping and exploring in Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Deep Creek Hot Springs
Quote: “Everything you do is a vote for how you want the world to be”
Other Interesting Info: I’ve lived in SoCal my whole entire life, and living in a place with seasons and weather is a big, new, exciting challenge!
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