Edmilson (Ed) has worked in the outdoors since 1996 as a rock climbing and hiking guide. He entered the outdoor education industry as a rock climbing…
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Elias Sjöberg is a nursing assistant and has been working full time in the outdoors since 2013. His first big expedition was crossing Madagascar from…
Eli Helbert is a WEMT working with Landmark Learning in the Southeast. He is an Eagle Scout with the Vigil Honor from the Order of the Arrow. He earn…
Elliott was born and raised in the mid-west. At age 18, without ever previously visiting “the Treasure State” he enrolled in classes at the Universit…
Elliott grew up in Northern New Mexico and Colorado. In Maine for college, Elliott pursued Conservation Biology and History while guiding trips with …
Emily grew up in Snowmass Village, CO and went to Colorado State University in northern Colorado. When she asked her college advisor what degree woul…
Emily’s first love of rivers came from a family vacation rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. She continued to pursue this love …
Emily has been working at the junction of mental health and wilderness for over 15 years. With expertise drawn from extensive time in the field with …
Hailing from the Evergreen state's rainy "wet" side, Emily lives and breathes all things PNW. She was hooked on outdoor education after an internship…
Em Ledingham has worked as an instructor and administrator at NOLS. They have accumulated over 160 weeks of experience instructing hiking, mountainee…
Originally from the wilds of urban NY, Era now calls Lander, WY home. After taking her WEMT course in 2008, she rode for the Tarrytown Volunteer Ambu…
Originally from the vertically challenged state of Wisconsin, Eric has been working in the outdoor education field since 2000. He took his first NOL…
Eric Boggs began working for NOLS in 2001, He works in executive development for custom education clients, teaches Master Educator courses, wildernes…
Eric and his wife, Jody, live in Manhattan Beach, California and Rollins, Montana.
I grew up sailing and bodysurfing in Hawaii. After…
Erick's first adventure experiences were weekend hiking trips along Ontario's Bruce Trail. Those short trips turned into longer ones further and furt…
Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Eric Swanson is a two-time, 30-day NOLS graduate having completed wilderness and mountaineering courses in the Wi…
Eric first took an urban-based EMT course in 2000, in his home state of Colorado. He then headed north to make a new home in Jackson, WY in 2003. Aft…
Eric is a lover of the worlds watery places from lakes to sounds to creeks and rivers. Eric's childhood was spent in the great mitten state on the s…
Tarheel born and tarheel bred, Eric started in education by teaching high school science in rural south Texas with Teach For America. During his summ…
Erin has enjoyed decades of teaching in the field of experiential education. From adjudicated youth to Montessori preschoolers, from Outward Bound ex…
Erin grew up in a variety of Southeastern states but did not manage to pick up a Southern drawl. After graduating from college, she headed west towa…
Ethan Meers has been a part of the NOLS community for more than 20 years. He is a former instructor who worked courses out of the Rocky Mountain a…
Ethan Schmertzler is the CEO and a co-founder of Dispel, a U.S. cybersecurity firm providing industrial zero trust access for manufacturers, utili…
Ethan grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and started hiking, rock climbing, and backpacking in elementary school. He studied biology and …
