Aaron began working in-town for NOLS in 1998 and started field instructing for the school in 2000. He primarily serves as a glacier mountaineering in…
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Abby (she/her) grew up on the North Shore of Minnesota, fostering an early love of the outdoors. She now seeks out backpacking, canoeing, nordic skii…
After graduating from an Atlanta, Ga. High School in 2002, Adam picked up an extraordinarily heavy backpack for the first time and marched through th…
Ahmad Thomas is the CEO of the Silicon Leadership Valley Group, California's most dynamic business association. As a change agent and next generation…
Aiyana began climbing when she was 14 years old in the Pacific Northwest, and spent her 20s guiding rafts, instructing Outward Bound courses, and lea…
Born in Australia, where he grew up sailing off the beaches of Adelaide, Alan is an '85 NOLS Alaska Semester grad who started as an instructor in '86…
Alan R. Townsend is Dean and Franke Professor at the WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana. His childhood in Ha…
Alice gets her fill of wilderness medical field experience as a mountaineering and whitewater instructor who has taught extensively at NOLS’ high lat…
Allen joined the Advisory Council in 2001 after serving for six years on the NOLS Board of Trustees including the last eighteen months as Chair. H…
Allen started working for NOLS in 1987. Since that time he has worked at almost every location and area of instruction. He has administered NOLS prog…
Allie started her career as an outdoor educator at age sixteen, as a summer camp counselor in beautiful western Washington. After graduating from the…
Allie is originally from the mountains of Western North Carolina but fell in love with Alaska in 2018. Since moving to Alaska, Allie has completed he…
Alli Lambert brings over two decades of advancement experience to her role as the vice president of advancement for NOLS. She has spearheaded major f…
Amber graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Movement Science and has since explored her own movement across the country and to d…
Amy is a philanthropic consultant who works with foundations on strategic planning, program design, field and nonprofit capacity assessment, and g…
Amy has been teaching community and workplace CPR and first aid classes for over 12 years along the Front Range of Colorado. She got the teaching bug…
Auny is a seasoned business strategist and marketing executive with over 25 years of experience and a proven track record of helping to start and …
Andy has been working for NOLS since 1992 as a field instructor and since 2001 as a wilderness medicine instructor. He is known to state repetitively…
Andy started his NOLS journey as a student on an Outdoor Educator sea kayaking and hiking course in Alaska in 2010. He later completed an Alaska Inst…
Anna Haegel has supported NOLS in the field and in-town for many years. She got started with NOLS when she did a student semester in the Rockies in 2…
Anna ran away from the circus (where she practiced flying trapeze and contortion) for a less sedentary lifestyle as a NOLS Wilderness Medicine and NO…
Anna started NOLS work as a horse packer at Three Peaks Ranch. In 2007 she completed her Instructor Course concentrating mostly on wilderness, canyon…
Anne was a field instructor for NOLS from 1969 - 1976 in addition to doing a number of different administrative jobs including being co-director i…
Anne grew up playing in and on many of MN’s 10,000 lakes. During college, her career plans pivoted from neuroscience to marine ecology following a 30…
Anne hails from southcentral Pennsylvania, and spent weeks every summer of her childhood camping and hiking with her family. Always with her were a …
Anne has enjoyed exploring the outdoors since before her first backpacking trip in a WV wilderness when she was 13. For the past 30 years she has wor…
Annie is an executive with Apple, Inc., and was most recently the lead for Internet Software & Services in Greater China, focusing on the App Stor…
Ari came to NOLS from a background in search & rescue, as well as outdoor education and guiding, and a little experience as a medical interpreter in …
Ashley Drake is a proud Oregonian who moved to the town of Lander, Wyoming to work for NOLS in 2015. Ashley is the Operations Manager for NOLS Custom…
Ashley started with NOLS in 1998 after completing the River Instructor Course in Vernal, UT. As a field instructor, he works sea kayaking, hiking, pa…
Atila has held various administrator jobs at NOLS from Program Manager at the southern NOLS Patagonia base in Magallanes and in NOLS Brazil from 2005…
Audrey currently lives in Albuquerque, NM but loves to travel and explore new places whenever she can. She became hooked on outdoor adventure and exp…
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