Meet Our Team

Heart, Expertise, and Wildness

Our team works behind the scenes and all over the world to give you the best experience possible. Click below to read their stories.

Talbott Simonds
(Advisory Council Member)

Talbott Simonds is a Managing Director for Investments at Tondern Capital, an affiliate of The Hillman Company, a private, family investment offic…

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Taylor Ganz
(Instructor)

Taylor came to NOLS in 2011 as an intern and took an instructor course soon after. She predominately works hiking, climbing, skiing and fly-fishing c…

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Taylor Huntley
(NOLS Expeditions Faculty & NOLS Northeast Program Manager)

Taylor has spent the last decade facilitating human powered outdoor pursuits. He holds a B.S. in Adventure Education, an M.S. in Experiential Educati…

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Terri Watson
(Former President/Current Wilderness Medicine Instructor)

Terri Watson became NOLS President January 1, 2020. She is the organization's sixth president.

Terri first came to NOLS as an instructor…

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Thea Sittler
(Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician)

Thea has worked as an educator for the last 8 years, teaching a variety of topics ranging from chemistry to sea turtle biology and rainforest ecology…

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Thomas "Wags" Wagner
(WEMT, NOLS Wilderness Medicine Instructor)

Thomas worked for Outward Bound for 15 years, leading canoe expeditions in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, backpacking trips …

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Tim Thomas
(Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician)

Tim has been working as an outdoor guide, educator, and instructor since the 80's in the US and abroad. A native of Colorado, he currently calls Dura…

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Todd Bevans
(NOLS Wilderness Medicine Instructor)

Todd was first exposed to the outdoors through Boy Scouts of America at age 12. Thanks to the BSA, his outdoor interests and experiences include clim…

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Tod Schimelpfenig
(Instructor)

Tod has been a NOLS Instructor since 1973 and a volunteer EMT on ambulance and search and rescue squads for the past forty years. He has taught wild…

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Tomas Wise
(Advisory Council Member)

Tomas is a third-generation music publisher and the Chief Executive Officer of Music Sale Corp./G Schirmer/AMP. He attended Tufts University and H…

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Tom Lamberth
(Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician)

Tom has worked as an outdoor educator since the early 90's as the director of wilderness programs at the United World College – USA in New Mexico. He…

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Tom Schmitz
(Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician)

As a life-long Minnesotan, Tom loves any outdoor activity that falls into the categories of biking, mountaineering, or paddling. After a long career …

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Tori Murden McClure
(Former Board Member)

Tori Murden McClure is the President of Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. Tori may be best known as the first woman and first American to …

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Tracy Baynes
(Advisory Council Member)

Tracy is the Founder and President of STEP: Student Expedition Program – a multi-year col…

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Travis McMullen
(Instructor)

Growing up wanting to be Indiana Jones, Travis spends his time traveling, exploring, and going on adventures—but without the fedora and leather jacke…

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Travis Welch
(Alumni Trips Director)

Travis took his first NOLS course in 2009, a WFR in northern Thailand. He became an Instructor the next year and moved to Wyoming to work at NOLS'…

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Tre-C Dumais
(Instructor)

As a New England native, Tre-C Dumais grew up hiking and climbing in the Appalachian Mountains but migrated to Alaska after university. She has spent…

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Trisha Cloutier Domenie (she/her)
(Wilderness Medicine Instructor - RN, BSN, WEMT)

Born and raised in New England, Trisha has been exploring the woods, mountains, and seacoast for as long as she can remember. When she isn't teaching…

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Trish Eubanks
(Recruitment + Expedition Scholarship Coordinator)

Trish is lucky enough to call the Lander Valley home and is from a ranch just south of town. She grew up riding horses and taking care of livestock. …

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Tyson Lehmann
(Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic)

Antipodean to start, northern resident by choice. Tyson has been involved in outdoor education since Y2K ...tricked... him into leaving a distinguish…

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