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Meet
Your GreenMAP Trip Leaders!
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Director
of Adventure Programming
Education:
Graduated 1998 Clemson University/2000 University of Nebraska-Omaha
B.S. Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Mgt./ M.A. Recreation Administration
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities:
Cycling on roads and trails, telemark skiing through trees, paddling OC-1 and sea kayaks, wilderness travel, ultimate, reading,
& cooking
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness Education Association Instructor, Leave No
Trace Master Educator, American Canoe Association Level 3 instructor for
canoeing, whitewater and sea kayaking, Swiftwater Rescue, Professional Ski Instructors of
America Telemark Instructor, Wilderness First Responder
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: Snow and evenly spaced birch trees
Favorite
Quote: "Look to where you want to go, not at what you
are trying to avoid"
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall: Building and eating sandwiches from the Sandwich Bar |
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Bruce Saxman |
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Adventure
Education Program Director
Education:
Ph.D., Leisure Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2007)
M.S., Outdoor Recreation Administration, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
(1999)
B.A., Outdoor Recreation, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison,
CO (1997)
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities:
Kayaking, Skiing, Mountain Biking, Reading, Cooking
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, Swiftwater Rescue ,
Wilderness Education Association
Favorite
Quote: "Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir your
blood. Make big plans." -Vince Lombardi
What
do you want to be when you grow up? Happy (I am now too!)
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Dr. Tom Stuessy
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Year: Senior
Major:
Fine Arts/Adventure Rec Minor
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Climbing Rocks, ice, and butter sculptures, Pottery, Snowboarding, and
running
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: Coffee
Favorite
Quote:
"Don't Be the Reason."
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall:
Vegan No Bakes |
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Zach
Behney |
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Year: Sophomore
Major:
Natural Resources Management
Favorite Hobbies/Activities: Skiing,
Snowboarding, Running
Certifications/
Trainings: PSIA Level 1
Item you can’t
live without on a GreenMAP Trip: Pasta
Favorite Place:
My bed.
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Luca Neugebauer |
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Year: Senior
Major:
Adventure Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: whitewater kayaking, ice and rock climbing,
backpacking
Certifications/
Trainings: Leave No Trace Master Educator, Wilderness First
Responder, CPR
Favorite Place:
The Poultney River and surrounding area.
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall:
a glass of milk.
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Charlie Watt |
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Year: Sophomore/
Junior
Major:
Environmental Policy
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Backpacking, Canoeing, Snowboarding, Camping,
Fishing, Dog Sledding
Certifications/Trainings:
Wilderness First Responder, CPR
Favorite Place:
Grand Teton National Park, WY
Favorite
Quote:
Live hard, never hesitate, celebrate all victories. |
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Chris Wight |
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Year: Senior
Major:
Environmental Studies, Concentration in Recreation and the Environment
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Backpacking, Kayaking, Knitting!, Painting,
Swimming, Snowshoeing, Traveling
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Master
Educator, CPR, Wilderness Education Association NSP
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: Favorite
Quote:
"I wish to live deliberately... and not, when I come to die, discover that I have not lived." -R W Emerson
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall:
Stuffed
Shells |
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Lisa Gilbert |
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Year: Senior
Major:Adventure
Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Backpacking, Climbing
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, CPR
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: Pepperoni
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall:
Ed's
Omelettes |
| Nate Higgs |
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Year:
Senior
Major:
Psychology
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities:
Biking, Running, Backpacking, Climbing, Paddling
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Master
Educator, CPR
Favorite
Quote: "It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious
and angry woman." [Proverbs 21:19]
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall:
Saltine Crackers
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Kevin Rockey |
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Year:
Junior
Major:
English
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities:
Whitewater Kayaking, Whitewater Canoeing, Climbing, Mountain
Biking, Surfing
Certifications/
Trainings: Life Guard, Wilderness First Responder, Leave No
Trace Master Educator
Favorite
Food/Dish in the dining hall: Water
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: GreenMAP Leader
Handbook
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Kevin Rafkin |
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Year:
Senior
Major:
Adventure Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities:
Ice Climbing, Backpacking, Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, Canoeing,
Mountaineering
Certifications/
Trainings: Leave No Trace Master Educator, Wilderness First
Responder
Favorite
Quote: "It is not the mountain we conquer, but
ourselves" -Sir Edmund Hillary
Favorite
Place: Keene Valley, NY
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Derek Gavelis |
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Year:
Junior
Major:
Adventure Education
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Snowboarding, Climbing, Backpacking,
Canoeing
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, CPR
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: Crazy
Creek
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall: Mac n'
Cheese
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Alaina Killion |
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Year:
Freshman
Major:
Adventure Education
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Crocheting, Chilling with my cats, Cooking,
Hiking, Traveling and Trail Running
Certifications/
Trainings: ALPSS '09
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip: The
Outcome Model
Favorite Food/Dish in the dining
hall: Curry garbanzo beans on jasmine rice surrounded by sautéed
green beans, with unsweetened ice tea.
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Morgan Gentry |
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Year:
Senior, GreenMAP Intern
Major:
Adventure Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Skiing, Mountain Biking, Hangliding,
Backpacking, Kayaking, Ping-Pong
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, 2 Hangliding Pilot,
Swiftwater Rescue, Advanced Open Water Diver
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
Down Booties...and snow under my skis.
Favorite
Quote: "The
man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd,
the man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has
ever been." -Alan Ashley
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Aaron Strock |
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Year:
Junior
Major
: Adventure
Education
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Backpacking,
Snowboarding, Running
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness
First Responder, ACA Flatwater Kayak Instructor
Favorite
Place:
Campsite
#21 at Leigh Lake in Teton National Park
Favorite
Food/Dish in the dining hall: Pig
roast on Mardi Gras
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Heath Myers |
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Year:
Junior
Major:
Adventure Education
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Snowboarding, Whitewater Kayaking,
Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Car Camping, Fly Fishing,
Hunting, Slack Line, Cliff Jumping
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, CPR, American Canoe
Association Flatwater Instructor Certification, Swiftwater Rescue, Leave
No Trace Trainer
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
Hot Sauce
Favorite
Place: Where the snow is.
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Ben Halay |
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Year:
Junior
Major:
Adventure Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Snowboarding, Free Solo Rock Climbing,
Backpacking, Slack Line, Canoeing, Tele Skiing
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, CPR, American Canoe
Association Flatwater Instructor Certification, Leave No Trace
Trainer
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
Foldable Dishes
What
do you want to be when you grow up? A mountaineer guide in
Alaska
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Mariano Sastre |
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Year:Junior
Major:
Adventure Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Whitewater Kayaking, Mountain Unicycling,
Top Rope Rock Climbing, Mountain Biking
Certifications/
Trainings: Wilderness First Responder, Swiftwater Rescue Clinic,
Raft Guide Training
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
Snickers Bars
Favorite
Food/Dish in the dining hall: Making anything into a burrito
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Jon Debay |
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Year:
Sophomore
Major:
Adventure Recreation
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Soccer, Camping, Backpacking
Certifications/
Trainings: First Aid
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
Honey
Favorite
Place: Ricketts Glen, PA
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Tyler Randolph |
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Year:
Junior
Major
: Environmental
Studies with a concentration in Recreation and the Environment
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Snowboarding,
Skiing, Snowshoeing, Canoeing, Cooking, Winter Camping
Certifications/
Trainings: OEC
Technician, Lifeguard, WSI, CPR,
Favorite
Place:
Adirondacks
Favorite
Quote:
"Resist much, obey little.'
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Steven Carpenter |
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Year:
Sophomore
Major:
Art, Psychology, Sociology/ Anthropology
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Playing Frisbee, Rock Climbing,
Snowboarding
Certifications/
Trainings: ALPSS 2009
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
Tie-Dye Bandana
Favorite
Quote: "Your work is to discover your world, and then with all
your heart give yourself to it." -Buddha
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Leanne Callahan |
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Year:
Freshman
Major:
Adventure Education
Favorite
Hobbies/Activities: Snowboarding, Horseback Riding, Rock
Climbing
Certifications/
Trainings: CPR
Item
you can’t live without on a GreenMAP Trip:
My spoon-fork-knife thing.
Favorite
Place: Any place that is extremely awesome, like Smith Rock, Oregon,
or a good place to snowboard
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Samantha Grist |
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