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MEET OUR STAFF |
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| |  | | Gregory A. Miller, Ph.D., President | | Greg has more than 20 years of experience in conservation and natural resources program development and a track record of public-private partnerships, fund raising and non-profit management. Before joining American Hiking Society as President in 2005, Greg served as Executive Vice President at a global environmental consulting firm, EnDyna, Inc. For more than 15 years, as Division Vice President at The Nature Conservancy, he headed development of the South America conservation portfolio.
Email: GMiller@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Julia Braun, Administrative Assistant | | Julia joined the staff in the spring of 2007 as an administrative assistant. She is proud to have been a seasonal park ranger at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis where her love of the outdoors and conservation was further cultivated. Growing up in southern Maryland, she went on cross-camping trips with her family and grew to love bird watching and the outdoors.
Email: JBraun@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Margie Cohen, Director of Marketing and Development | | Margie joined the organization in 2006 to support American Hiking's corporate sponsors, donors, and foundations. Margie earned her BA from Tufts University and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. She has over 20 years of business experience including ten years as a management consultant. She also started and operated an outdoor outfitting business because of her commitment to the environment and desire to help connect people with nature.
Email: MCohen@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Kim Hutson de Belle, Senior Director for Stewardship and Policy | | Kim brings to American Hiking more than 15 years of experience in the protection of trails, open spaces and our national outdoor heritage. She is well-versed in the needs of the trail and conservation community and has proven skills in strategic planning, capacity building, policy, law and regulatory formulation and advocacy, stewardship management, recreation planning and non-profit fund raising. A lifelong Westerner, Kim and her husband, Steven, look forward to exploring the east coast's great outdoors.
Email: kim@americanhiking.org | |
| |  | | Andrea Ketchmark, Volunteer Programs Manager | | In 2005, Andrea joined American Hiking as the Trail Programs Intern. Andrea now manages Volunteer Vacations and Volunteer of the Year. Andrea received her BS in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism from Colorado State University with a concentration in Tourism and an emphasis on sustainable travel. Although her heart remains in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest’s canyon country, she enjoys exploring trails in and around Washington, D.C.
Email: AKetchmark@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Seth Levy, Western Public Lands Initiative | | Seth joined American Hiking in 2005, to protect trails on Bureau of Land Management lands and now manages the Western Public Lands Initiative. He graduated The College of Wooster with a BA in Philosophy, concentrating in Environmental Law. His employment history includes experience in the federal government, conservation organizations and outdoor retail. Seth enjoys backpacking, having completed the Long Trail and more than half of the Appalachian Trail.
Email: SLevy@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Peter Olsen, Director of Membership | | Peter joined American Hiking in 2004 to focus on membership outreach and growth as well as development initiatives, including planned giving. Peter, formerly a Russian linguist with the U.S. Air Force, received his BA in Business from the University of Maryland. He is also the former Executive Director of One Less Car, a Maryland bicycle and pedestrian advocacy nonprofit, on whose board he now serves.
Email: POlsen@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Bobbi Sankey, Communications Manager | | Bobbi joined American Hiking in November 2007. She is responsible for coordinating the organization’s communications, media and outreach efforts and is editor of American Hiker magazine. A Minnesota native, Bobbi moved to the D.C. area from Colorado, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in geography and professional writing and was a writer for the Colorado Springs Gazette. An avid hiker, Bobbi has explored Alaska, Guatemala and Mexico and loves spending time in the mountains.
Email: BSankey@AmericanHiking.org | |
| |  | | Ed Talone, Office Manager and Trail Information Specialist | | Ed joined the staff in 2001 and is American Hiking’s Office Manager as well as “trails information specialist” and hiking historian. In addition, Ed has contributed more than 50 articles for American Hiker magazine and has also provided content for several trail guidebooks. Ed earned a BS in Accounting from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Ed is an accomplished backpacker with over 40,000 miles to his credit.
Email: ETalone@AmericanHiking.org | |
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Consultant Profiles
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| |  | | Randy Rasmussen, Recreation Policy Specialist | | Randy is a resource to conservation and recreation interests engaged in federal agency land use/travel planning processes throughout the Pacific Northwest with the goal of protecting nonmotorized trails and areas, the hiking experience, and related wildlands and wildlife. He also works with organizers in other key regions to elevate the voice of traditional trail users throughout the West. Randy’s work is a natural outgrowth of his passion for hiking and protecting treasured public lands.
Email: RRasmussen@AmericanHiking.org | |
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