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Deb Ajango is the owner and director of SafetyEd which provides teaching, training, and consulting in theareas of wilderness medicine, risk management/accident prevention, and emergency action planning. She teaches for Wilderness Medical Associates and serves on WMA's faculty committee. Deb has more than 2,000 days of backcountry field experience and is the author of two books on risk management in the outdoors. She has presented workshops, taught, and provided consulting around the United States and abroad. She has also served on university faculty committees, AEE's accreditation council, and a variety of state and national boards.
Aram Attarian, Ph.D. has been working in the adventure industry for over 30 years. He is currently Associate Professor at North Carolina State University, specializing in Adventure Recreation, Outdoor Leadership, and park and protected area management. He has over 20 seasons as a Course Director and Instructor at the North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS). He is a member of the NCOBS BOD where he chairs the safety committee and participates in safety and program reviews for various organizations and the Association for Experiential Education. He is also a regional editor for Accidents in NA Mountaineering.
Jarrod Ball is the Northwest and Alaska Regional Program Director for the Student Conservation Association’s young adult programs. He has led youth and adult trails teams, instructed trails maintenance and construction, and spent winters working as a professional ski patroller. Prior to his move to the outdoor industry, Jarrod evaluated and mitigated risk as a small business owner, manager and officer of a title insurance agency. An Idaho native, he can now be found skiing, climbing and generally recreating with his family outside of Seattle, Washington. 
Stacy Bare, an avid outdoorsman, is a former Army Captain and received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Iraq from 2006-07. He helped found Veterans Expeditions before joining the Sierra Club as their Military Families and Veterans Representative. He oversees the Club's military and veteran community related partnerships, outings, and leadership development. Stacy believes outdoor recreation should be a fundamental step in any veterans transition out of the military or home from deployment.
Christopher Barnes has been working in wilderness and academic education for many years both before and following his co-founding, with his wife Molly Barnes, of the High Mountain Institute (HMI). HMI is a defining and recognised program in the industry. As a small program, HMI's experience in working to understand and locate appropriate insurance is a process it wishes to share with other small programs that are struggling to address the same issues. He was the WRMC Conference opening speaker in 2011. 
Katie Baum Mettenbrink brings nine years of experience as a program administrator and field instructor at NOLS. She is the Staffing Coordinator at NOLS Professional Training, a senior NOLS field instructor, and works as a consultant and administrator for NOLS Risk Management Services. Before coming to NOLS Pro, she supervised faculty and risk management as the Program Manager at NOLS Alaska and accumulated over 120 weeks of field experience on extended wilderness expeditions.
Mark Bixby completed medical school at the University of Illinois and residency in Family Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Mark practiced in rural Wisconsin for 10 years prior to joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota. He worked in and served as director for the University of Minnesota North Memorial Family Medicine residency program, and currently works for North Memorial Health Care as the medical director for a 15-clinic system in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ross Cloutier is in high demand as an international consultant to governments, school districts, businesses and law firms in the area of adventure tourism and outdoor education risk management and defense. He has worked on dozens of related cases around the world including murders in Uganda, elephant riding accidents in Zimbabwe, out-of-bounds skiing in Canada, school forest fires, drownings in California and the deaths of seven Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School students in Rogers Pass. Ross Cloutier is the Founder and an Associate Professor in the Adventure Studies Department at Thompson Rivers University. 
Joshua Cole is the Program Director for Northwest Outward Bound in Washington, and has been a field instructor, course director and trainer for Outward Bound. Josh is a Lead Instructor for the Wilderness Medical Training Center and a mountain guide and backcountry skiing guide for North Cascades Mountain Guides. In addition, Josh has an MSc in geological sciences, with several publications and presentations at national conferences.
Jenni Conrad first led wilderness trips at 16, and has since instructed courses and directed programs with Outward Bound Wilderness, National Parks Service, Audubon, Passages Northwest, and Metrocenter YMCA of Seattle. As a middle/high school teacher in Seattle, Jenni also leads wilderness medicine, backcountry skiing, climbing and mountaineering courses with Washington Alpine Club and advises on risk management. Jenni is committed to making outdoor experiences and learning accessible for youth of all backgrounds. 
David Critton is Chief Operating Officer for Site Leadership for the Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) where he provides support and oversight to each of SCC’s regional operations across the southwest. Previously he spent more than a dozen years with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) where he held many positions from Crew Leader to National Director of the Conservation Corps Program. Critton helped develop and manage several corps programs based on various models with different emphases. He has also spent extended periods overseas, living for several years in both Africa and the South Pacific. Although his first degree was in engineering, he later received graduate degrees in both education and forestry.
Michael Curry, from Cleveland, Ohio, obtained a B.S. in finance with a minor in economics from Miami (Ohio) University in 2000. He spent a year working in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and then enrolled at Case Western Reserve University, where he graduated in 2004 with a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree. An avid snowboarder and outdoorsman, Mike decided to leave Ohio and move to Colorado to further pursue these activities and his legal career. Until 2008, he practiced insurance law exclusively in the areas of workers' compensation and subrogation. Mike discovered his passion for litigation early in his career while arguing cases at administrative hearings throughout Colorado. He joined Grund, Dagner, P.C. to put that passion to effective use in the courtroom. Before joining the firm, Mike was an associate with Clifton Mueller & Bovarnick, P.C. in Grand Junction and Thomas, Pollart & Miller, L.L.C. in Greenwood Village.
Sylvia Dresser has worked in experiential education for over 20 years, as a school librarian, trainer forProject Adventure, and Executive Director of the Association for Challenge Course Technology. In all of these and other roles, she has provided informal coaching to others. More recently, she has completed training as a coach, and started her business, Third Season Consulting, providing coaching, consulting, and communications services. 
Wilma J. Gray received her B.A. degree from Queen’s University in 1984; J.D. from New College of California in 1996. Ms. Gray has been practicing law since being admitted to the California Bar in 1997; she joined McNamara Law Firm in California 1998 and became a partner in 2005. Ms. Gray is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Bar Association, the Contra Costa County Bar Association, and the Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California. When not working in trial or deposition, she loves to get outdoors to enjoy hiking, canoeing, biking, skiing (cross-country and downhill), and snowshoeing. Winter recreation time is spent volunteering at the Disabled Sports USA Ski School at Alpine Meadows at Tahoe.
Reb Gregg is a Houston, Texas attorney specializing in outdoor adventure and education law. He is a member of the WRMC Steering Committee, the Accreditation Council of the Association for Experiential Education, the Board of the Independent Schools Experiential Education Network, and the Risk Management Committee of Outward Bound International. Reb serves as legal counsel to the Association for Challenge Course Technology and to a number of adventure programs including summer camps, college and secondary school outdoor programs, challenge course and zip line operators and builders. He is a frequent lecturer and writer and honoree of the Charles (Reb) Gregg Award, established by the Wilderness Risk Management Conference in 2009
Reginald "Flip" Hagood serves as the Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives for the Student Conservation Association’s (SCA) strategic initiatives and business development. Prior to joining SCA he worked for the Department of Interior for 30 years, and in his last position worked for the National Park Service, as the Director of Training and Education. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for SCA and the Advisory Council for its Diversity Initiative. He also served as the Board Chair of the Park and History Association. Currently he is a member of the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society, a Board of Director for the Institute of Conservation Leadership, and is also a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association for Interpretation. He received his M.S. degree from NOVA University in Florida and his B.S. Degree from American University in Washington, D.C. He is a certified Career Counselor and has advanced training and education in the fields of Human Resource Development and Instructional Systems Design.
Catherine Hansen-Stamp is an attorney in Golden, Colorado. She advises recreation and adventure providers on law, liability and risk management issues. She speaks and writes on these issues both regionally and nationally, and has presented at the WRMC since its inception in 1994. Cathy provides legal counsel to a variety of organizations, including recreation, adventure and sport program providers, camps, schools, outfitters and guides. She is a member of the Wyoming and Colorado Bar Associations, and co-authors the Outdoor Ed Adventure and Recreation Law Center with Reb Gregg.
Gennifre Hartman is the Principal and Founder of The Traveling School, a non-profit, semester-abroad program for girls between the ages of 15-18. As a high school student, Gennifre found her life transformed by an academic year overseas. She has since devoted her life to teaching and introducing girls to the adventures of outdoor skills and foreign travel. Fluent in several languages, she has traveled extensively around the world and has led expeditions with high school students to New Zealand, southern Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. Gennifre has made cultural awareness and responsibility a key aspect in her life. She has been a presenter at Girls for a Change since 2008, and was recently a speaker at the National Conference on Girls’ Education in Washington DC. 
Stephen Hatfield has fifteen years of experience designing, developing and managing a wide array of programs related to outdoor recreation, environmental education and volunteer stewardship, including more than fifty weeks of experience leading backcountry expeditions. Stephen spent six years working as the Forest Park Conservancy’s stewardship director, and has a deep understanding of Forest Park’s natural and cultural history, including its varied landscape.
Dr. Seth Hawkins, an inaugural Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, has worked for over 15 years in wilderness medicine and out-of-hospital emergency medical care. He serves as medical advisor/director for NC Outward Bound, Landmark Learning, and Starfish Aquatics Institute. He is the Senior Editor of Wilderness Medicine magazine and the founder and Executive Director of the Appalachian Center for Wilderness Medicine. When indoors, Dr. Hawkins is a clinical emergency physician and vice president of Mountain Emergency Physicians.
Kevin Heiner joined SCC after finishing his undergraduate degrees at Western State College of Colorado with a double major in Outdoor Leadership & Resort Management and Business Administration. Compelled to stay in the mountains and do something meaningful with his time Kevin rejoined the corps. His first stint was with Rocky Mountain Youth Corps of Colorado in 2002. He left to pursue ventures such as running his own forestry company, finishing school, skiing, taking raft and kayak trips, and adventuring out in the wilds of Colorado and beyond. When he’s not at work Kevin can be found, often with his canine adventure companion, Mariah, exploring the many nooks, crannies, crags, and canyons that the Wild West serves up on a daily basis.
Thomas Hornbein, M.D. currently serves on the boards of the Altitude Research Center at the University of Colorado-Denver, the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum, and HEALTH INC, a nonprofit in Ladakh, India. Dr. Hornbein has received many awards and given numerous honory talks throughout his distinguished career. He is a Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Nearly 50 years ago, Tom Hornbein and hisp artner Willi Unsoeld became the first climbers to ascend Mount Everest via the West Ridge as part of the first American expedition to Everest. In his ninth decade, he remains active in exporing, climbing, and cariing for mountain environments. 
Leah Knickerbocker has a BS from St. Lawrence University with a major in Environmental Studies and Geology, and a minor in African Studies. She recently received her Master’s degree in Science Education at Montana State University. Leah has significant experience in outdoor education as she is a Lead Instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School, and has taught for other organizations including Outward Bound, Montana Outdoor Science School and several others. As an outdoor educator she led trips in remote backcountry wilderness in the eastern and western United States. She has significant experience in rock climbing, mountaineering, backpacking and Nordic and downhill skiing. Leah has traveled through Europe, Canada and Mexico, and as a participant in a study abroad semester to Kenya and Tanzania. Leah believes that developing into a well-rounded local and global citizen requires opportunities for new experiences and challenges. TTS provides these opportunities as well as supports the students in their learning and development as citizens in our world.
Tracey Knutson is a licensed attorney whose primary practice involves working with recreation and adventure sports commercial operators, public land administrators, and recreation oriented educational groups. An experienced trial lawyer, Tracey defends recreation companies and sports groups from liability claims, often negotiating pretrial conclusions that minimize time and expense. In addition, she provides risk management and training services.bTracey's belief, when it comes to recreational endeavors, is that risk and opportunity exist simultaneously. Learning how to maximize the opportunities in your recreational endeavors by minimizing or mitigating the risks is a key component of operating a quality adventure sport or recreational endeavor or business.
Alex Kosseff is the Director of the Outdoor Safety Institute and author of the AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership. He has helped over fifty outdoor education, recreation & conservation programs improve their risk management practices. As the former Leadership and Volunteer Relations Director for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Alex developed risk management systems for 9,000 annual professionally and volunteer led outdoor programs. He instructs outdoor leadership and climbing programs and enjoys exploring the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and beyond.
Mike Lucas has over 25 years in the insurance industry working as a risk management consultant and insurance broker for clients in manufacturing, contracting, public and independent schools and experiential education. He and his team at Fred C. Church Insurance have gained in depth experience in the world of experiential education working with current clients that range from Aerie Backcountry Medicine to Project Adventure, SCA and Outward Bound. Mike also brings his invaluable experience on the job as a fire protection engineer, an industrial engineer and a textile worker.
Jason Luthy serves as the Program Director of Longleaf Wilderness Medicine. For the past ten years, Jason has worked throughout the outdoor education industry, from adjunct faculty at Northland College to lead instructor and course director for Outward Bound, and until recently as the Director of the Adventure Education Department at Boulder Creek Academy. Jason completed his graduate work at University of Minnesota - Mankato studying the impacts of experience within the learning environment. When not working Jason can be found exploring the climbing opportunities in the Selkirk Range of Idaho and southern Canada
Melanie MacInnis was first introduced to the Sierra Club as a participant on an Inner City Outings rafting trip in 1993. She since trained as an ICO leader and has led hundreds of participants on ICO day hikes, backpacks and river rafting trips. Mel continues to volunteer her time leading raft trips with Inner City Outings and Disable Sports USA. She's an open water swimmer, biker, and a whitewater guide instructor as well as a first aid and CPR instructor.
Brendan Madden is the Rocky Mountain Program Director for Outward Bound Canada. He was previously Director of Hulbert Outdoor Center in Vermont. He spent 11 years at the National Outdoor Leadership School, as senior instructor, Rocky Mountain Program Director, Yukon Program Supervisor, and Assistant Director of Professional Training. Prior to NOLS he was a senior instructor at Outward Bound Canada. 
Will Marling earned his undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines. In 2000 he was trained by the National Organization for Victim Assistance© (NOVA) and added to his skill set and experience base in responding to people in crisis. His praxis has been informed as a responder to a variety of national and international events from violent crimes to natural disasters. Marling was appointed as Executive Director for NOVA in July 2007.
David McEvoy is the co-founder of Aerie. He has over 20 years professional experience as a paramedic and has led backcountry conservation corps crews for the SCA, the Green Mountain Club and the Vermonth Youth Conservation Corps. Yet to be mauled by anything other than a hungry chicken, David spends as much time as possible with his family in Montana's backcountry.
Frances Mock is an attorney specializing in advising outdoor education and recreation programs. She is counsel to NOLS, Outward Bound, and other clients providing advice about responding to serious incidents, claims, and lawsuits, as well as other matters such as ADA compliance, liability release forms, contracts, and general risk management. Frances worked as a Class V whitewater rafting guide, cross country skiing instructor for special needs populations, and in other adventure-based industries for ten years before becoming an attorney. 
Jeremy Oyen is currently the Curriculum and Training Corrdinator for REI Outdoor Programs and Outreach. In this role he is responsible for annual Outdoor School Instructor Trainings including specific components of Risk Management, Judgment, Emergency Management and Incident Response. Prior to joining the REI team, Jeremy held the position of Safety Education, Instruction and Outreach Director for the American Canoe Association, and has been working in the Outdoor Education field at the local, regional and national level for over 20 years. 
Sascha Paris is the Sierra Club’s Outdoor Activities Training Manager. Since 2003, Sascha has trained hundreds of Sierra Club volunteer trip leaders and program managers who lead thousands of outings for 200,000 members annually across the country. Sascha brings both institutional program management and educational experience from his work as an instructor and course director for Outward Bound, program director for the University of California, San Diego and instructor for the Wilderness Medicine Institute. 
Phil Powers is a long time climber with first ascents in the Alaska, Teton and Karakoram Ranges including an ascent of K2 without supplemental oxygen. He has authored two books on climbing and now serves as executive director at the American Alpine Club and co-owner of Jackson Hole Mountain Guides. He lives with his wife, Sarah, and children in Colorado.
Shaun Quinn has worked at NOLS since 2001 leading trips in sailing, whitewater rafting, hiking and sea kayaking at the branches in Mexico, Pacific Northwest, Teton Valley and Rocky Mountain. Prior to NOLS he worked as a raft guide in Colorado and West Virginia while maintaining an avid love for telemark skiing.
Gates Richards is a senior instructor for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS. Gates has been involved in outdoor education and EMS since the early 90's. Over the years he's worked outdoor programming throughout the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He's worked urban EMS in Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; Gunnison County, CO; and is an Intermediate EMT in Lander, WY. Gates began teaching for WMI in 1998 and now bears the title of WMI Special Programs Manager. He oversees WMI's WEMT and Instructor Training programs and is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.
Jennifer Royall is a nationally certified educator who spent over 15 years in the classroom. With a Master’s in Education from Lesley College and a BA from Duke University, Jennifer first learned the importance of incorporating outdoor education, community service, and a rigorous academic curriculum at the Chadwick School in Palos Verdes, CA. Today, as The Traveling School’s Program and Curriculum Director, Jennifer directly oversees semester programs in both Latin America and southern Africa.
Jay Satz is the Northwest Regional Vice President at SCA, where he serves as a senior risk management advisor. He joined SCA 25 years ago leading a conservation crew of teens and recent immigrants to the Seattle area. He has served as program manager, traditional skills instructor and Vice President of Program and Safety for SCA. As a member of the WRMC committee since 1995, Jay is committed to building a community of dedicated professionals to support each other in our important work.
Tod Schimelpfenig has been a NOLS Instructor since 1973. He is a volunteer SAR WEMT and is currently the Curriculum Director of WMI of NOLS. Tod was the NOLS Risk Management Director for 8 years and the NOLS Rocky Mountain School Director for 6 years. He served on the board of the Wilderness Medical Society for 3 years and founded the Wilderness Risk Manager’s Committee. Tod authored NOLS Wilderness Medicine and co-authored Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders. He was the recipient of the 2010 Charles (Reb) Gregg Wilderness Risk Management Award.
Kurt Simer is the Wilderness Program Director at YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, where he oversees trip planning and logistics, staff training, and risk management. Widjiwagan leads canoeing and backpacking trips for approximately 650 high school aged students a summer. Prior to this position, Kurt worked as a backpacking, rock climbing, and canoeing instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School, and as a canoeing Instructor for Outward Bound Twin Cities
Steve Smith has greatly enjoyed (and grown from) his association with all three of the WRMC’s sponsoring organizations. A two-time NOLS alumnus, he served Outward Bound by leading programs, hiring, and training staff for 13 years, and now directs risk management for the Student Conservation Association. Since 2008, he has also operated a Seattle-based risk management consulting company, Experiential Consulting. He embraces the inherent risks of extreme caffeination.
Liz Tuohy has worked at NOLS for 16 years, serving as field instructor, admissions officer, and program director for NOLS Rocky Mountain, overseeing risk management, staff performance, student outcomes and curriculum. She currently leads NOLS Risk Management Services, which offers consulting and training to organizations internationally. Liz is chair for the WRMC Steering Committee. 
Jed Williamson, M.Ed. is the Immediate Past President of Sterling College in VT. He is co-author of the AEE Accreditation Standards for Adventure Programs, editor of Accidents in North American Mountaineering since 1974, and co-designer of the "Live, Learn, and Teach" graduate program in experiential education at UNH. He has conducted over 60 risk management reviews and accident investigations for schools, colleges, and adventure programs.
Chris Yager is the Founder and Executive Director of Where There Be Dragons, a professional guiding company on 4 continents that specializes in mentoring teenagers through intercultural exchanges and rugged travel in developing countries. At the age of twenty-five, Chris founded Dragons and took his first groups to China and Tibet. Today, Chris directs an instructor corps of one hundred active field-staff. Building systems to manage risks abroad has been the core of his professional work for the company’s twenty year history of safely guiding students abroad. 
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