Bold Leaders Project
By Critical Mass Leadership Education, Inc.
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Fifteen years of transformational program design and delivery, a background in classical and applied psychology, and specialization in-group dynamics and dialogue make Michael an expert resource for any learning initiative. He is the Co-Director of Critical Mass Leadership Education, Inc. (CMLE), which supports youth creating projects that connect community. Michael is the former Program Manager for Touchstone Leadership & Outreach for Colorado Youth At Risk and the Program Manager for the Leadership Academy that trains volunteer adults and selected youth to deliver the programs at Colorado Youth At Risk. Michael is also often time contracted to train other mentoring organizations and education staffs. He is the author of a workbook manual for adults working with teens and is currently collaborating on two books, one targeted for adults who mentor teens and the other targeting educators and teachers with renowned youth worker, Derek Canty, of The Winning Edge.
Michael has participated in over 35 intense camp experiences across the USA including the proposal language, design and delivery of the ACT2003 AMIDEAST BSP. He was a core team member to NinthEdge Consulting and did follow up surveys for knowledge retention at 3-month intervals. Michael continues a coaching relationship and follow-up support with over 50% of the ACT2003 students. Michael was also a core design and delivery team member for the Colorado National Guards Project Challenge program beginning in 1994.
Michael is also a “Rap Director” (motivational facilitator and accountable for student safety and participation) for the nationally recognized college prep program, College Summit. Beginning in 2001, Michael has worked with over 500 low-income, mid-tier juniors in high school around the USA . He is a facilitator and trainer for Play for Peace International, Denver and supported the creation of and establishment of a regional hub for Play for Peace in Denver . He also provided vision and consulting for teens in Belfast , Northern Ireland and the U.S. to establish Play for Peace in that part of the world. Michael has also worked with the regional office of the International Institute of Education (IIE) meeting with adult youth workers from Russia , the Ukraine and South Africa in applying his work and design for their youth programs.
Michael is a two-time facilitator and presenter at the Peace Leadership Conference for middle school and high school students and teachers in Denver , hosted by the School Mediation Center and The Conflict Center. A keynote speaker, he recently “kicked off” a Diversity Conference for 180 Denver teens. He has been a lead facilitator and designer for the Youth Peace Conference in Denver that included teens from Northern Ireland and the Native American community. Michael has also worked with intercultural groups in Northern Ireland and with immigrant youth from, Mexico , Latin America and South East Asia .
Michael has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Ying Cai Award by the staff and administration of a local high school as: “ One who Honors Learning” The “World Leader Causing World Leaders Award” by a school Student Council and recently named one of the June 2004 recipients of the Minoru Yasui Denver Award for Community Volunteerism. Michael is married and the father of four children and legal guardian to one.
Laryl Hutchin founded the Odyssey Institute out of a desire to help build understanding between people of different cultures. She has lived, worked, studied and visited 23 countries on 4 continents including Africa, Asia, Europe and North America . She speaks both French and German, is trained as a professional coach, trainer and business consultant, and is experienced in project design, management, strategic planning, and program monitoring & evaluation.
Through her experiences living abroad in her teens, Laryl noticed that there were frequently gaps in peoples' perceived understanding versus their actual knowledge of those different from themselves, which all too often contributed to breakdowns in communication and relatedness. Passionate about all cultures, she decided to pursue a career building awareness between diverse cultural groups. She attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as a Political Science major with a focus on International Relations, and spent her summers working and living in Kenya as a teacher to pan-African refugees. After graduating magna cum laude , Laryl accepted a position with Amnesty International's Government Liaison Office (AIUSA) in Washington , DC where she assisted in lobbying Congress, the diplomatic community, and the White House to improve human rights in sub-Saharan Africa .
Prior to founding the Odyssey Institute , Laryl served as co-founder for Just GO! Global Outreach for Students , a nonprofit promoting and facilitating travel abroad for U.S. high school youth. She also spent five years serving as an independent business consultant and trainer to companies in Los Angeles and Boston. Laryl currently resides in Denver, CO, where she is a member of numerous local and national organizations, including the Denver Future Forum , Kids Voting Denver , and the American Society of Association Executives . In addition to providing trainings to Denver-area high school students in international awareness, intercultural communication and leadership, Laryl is currently completing her thesis for her M.A. in Intercultural Service, Leadership & Management at the School for International Training (SIT) .
Brady Rhodes is a career youth educator with 17 years of experience in camp programs, wilderness travel, urban immersion programs and teaching. Brady is a science, leadership and writing instructor at an area Denver school for the past six years and the past Program Director of an at risk teen mentoring program as well as spending three years directing the Children's Diabetes Camp of Colorado.
Brady has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Vermont and a Master's in Experiential Education from Prescott College in Arizona . Brady has used his love of the outdoors as a gateway to help young people become empowered individuals by challenging them in wilderness adventure experiences. Besides his previous camp work, Brady has led 10, week-long backpack trips through the Grand Canyon, 6, week-long winter expeditions in the Colorado high country, numerous river trips down the Colorado, Green & Missouri rivers, and multi week camping trips with large groups, (100+ people), throughout the Southwest and countless day hikes and summit climbs. He is a certified medical Wilderness First Responder. Brady is a single father of a young boy.
Chad's primary role in the AMIDEAST BSP, Cyprus Bold Leaders project is the creation of the initial static web site, (to be used by BSP Cypriot teens and escorts regarding information, readings and contacts), as well as the post program interactive web site . He will also act as a video recorder and photographer for portions of the program. It is important to note that Chad has training in conflict mediation as well as international teen escort experience, adventure travel as well as his work with hundreds of teens. He is a magnificent coach, collaborator and adventurer. He is passionate about learning and discovery. The Cypriot teens will enjoy his company, stories, support, and full effort, insuring that they experience and act on what the Project will provide. Chad will accompany the team as a CMLE member during the Inspiration Platform in the wilderness of Colorado . Mr. Steele possesses a MESE Uni versity of Colorado and serves on local boards and volunteers for several educational and environemental organizations, local, national as well as international, including Colorado Youth At Risk and Play for Peace, Denver . He is a world traveler who has immersed himself in several cultures.
Dr. Walden possesses over ten years of experience as a college educator, and currently divides her time as an instructor at the University of Colorado in Boulder and Director of Training at the Odyssey Institute.
Soon after completing her B.S. and M.A. degrees in Sociology at the University of Northern Arizona with Honors, Dr. Walden began teaching at the college level. Because of her passion for teaching in a university setting, she went on to earn her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003.
Through the years, Dr. Walden has been mentored by some of the finest professors and teachers and participated in educational programs that provided training in team building, personal results coaching, and effective communication. She has won the student-nominated "Mortar Board Senior Honor Society" award for Excellence and Dedication in Teaching and the Graduate School 's Certificate of Excellence in Teaching. She has designed and implemented curriculum at the college level for various learning styles. She has also presented and facilitated discussions for high school groups and participated in college recruitment activities with young people.
Dr. d'Estrée possesses a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University . She has held faculty appointments at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University , and the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona . Her research interests lie at the intersection of conflict resolution and social psychology, including work on social identity, inter-group relations, and conflict resolution processes, as well as on evaluation research and reflective practice.
She is the co-author of Braving the Currents: Evaluating Conflict Resolution in the River Basins of the American West(Kluwer), as well as author of several book chapters and articles in various interdisciplinary journals. She has led trainings and facilitated interactive problem-solving workshops in various inter-communal contexts including Israel-Palestine , Ethiopia , and in U.S. inter-tribal disputes, and she has directed and/or evaluated projects aimed at conflict resolution capacity- and institution-building in Israel-Palestine , Ukraine , Georgia, and most recently Trinidad & Tobago.
Prof. D'Estree, along with several of her students, will be delivering an interactive, practical workshop that will have the students actively engaged in gaining a knowledge base regarding conflict resolution and practical skills for resolving issues of conflict. She will also act as an advisor prior to the project kick-off with CMLE staff to insure the bridge use of all skills as the students and escorts continue through the program. In addition, she will provide knowledge base reading material for the static web site to prepare the participants as well as act as an active advisor to the support platform of the Bold Leaders Project, as well as post assessment and evaluation.
** Please note: Dr. d'Estree will be joined by two Doctoral students, one from Turkey and another from Greece
Michelle has an M.S. in guidance and counseling, a B.S. in community services and sociology and is an experienced consultant, advising hundreds of organizations, community groups and staff members in conflict management, leadership skills and anger management. She has ten years of leadership experience in higher education prevention programming and is a seasoned trainer, facilitator, and presenter, with local, regional, and national prevention programs.
Stefanie is the School Program Coordinator for the Conflict Center and has extensive experience working with youth as a wilderness therapist and school counselor and as a trainer with diverse populations in sexual health, ropes courses, anger and conflict management.
Bill Fulton will be presenting a workshop from the “Facing History and Ourselves” curriculum, called “Choosing to Participate,” which uses case studies from history to teach the importance of democratic citizenship. Bill completed his undergraduate degree at Brown University , received his M.A. from the University of Colorado at Denver in Curriculum and Instruction, and is pursuing a joint Ph.D. at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology in the use of public dialogue for social justice. He taught humanities and mathematics for six years at the Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning (RMSEL) in Denver, where he also served as the Upper School Coordinator for two years. Before joining the Facing History Project four years ago, Mr. Fulton worked as a national consultant in Project-Based Learning and as a staff developer with Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, helping schools around the country implement the whole-school design of Expeditionary Learning.
Wendy is the Executive Director of the Spot Urban Teen Center . Prior to that position she was the Director of Access Housing Inc. Wendy has a B.S. in social work from Whittier College . Prior to her move to Colorado she was the Homeless Service Coordinator for the City of Santa Monica . She began working with youth as a guest speaker for the Grassroots Aspen Experience in 1999. In 2000, she led the Peer Leadership Development Program, and during that time facilitated large group workshops with teens from all over the USA . In 2001, Wendy was contracted by College Summit to work with teens to empower them in their college choices and to motivate them to succeed. She has now worked with over 800 teens through College Summit and has started working with an organization, Especially Me, targeting minority women, 14-17 years of age, focusing on building self confidence and self care.
Drawing upon her African-American heritage as well as her travels, nationally renowned entertainer Opalanga Pugh brings to life the rich and diverse legacy of oral stories. She encourages us to pass on the tradition in our own families, a rebirth of the wealth of wisdom from one generation to the next. Pugh has won a Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts twice and Westword's Best Storyteller honor.
She has worked in public relations, mental health, and outdoor education. Opalanga seeks to present programs that not only harness the power of stories to instruct and inspire, but stories that bridge youth and age, tradition and technology. She believes that stories can be instructive in our multicultural move through the 21st century. A full time professional storyteller since 1986, this Denver native has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor. She was recently honored by NBC television with 9 other African American s across the country in 30 second national spots saluting her work as an African American "Living Legend." She is the 2004 Peace Leader Award Winner from The Conflict Center.
Todd Siler is a visual artist, author, inventor, presenter, educator and consultant, who is the founder and director of Psi-Phi Communications, LLC , and the Think Like a Genius Program (formerly the ArtScience Program ) for Education . He received his Ph.D. in Interdisciplanary Studies in Psychology and Art from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986. He was the first visual artist to receive a doctorate from the Institute. He is currently a member of the advisory board for the Council on Art, Science and Technology at M.I.T . He is also a member of the board of directors for the Foundation for Human Potential in Chicago .
Todd Siler has published many articles and books on his work, including his latest book, Think Like A Genius (New York: Bantam , 1997). His book, Breaking the Mind Barrier (New York: Simon and Schuster , 1990 and Touchstone Books , 1992) was nominated for the 1994 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education for “ a work of outstanding educational achievement with potential for worldwide impact . ”
Siler has consulted and presented extensively throughout the world on creativity, innovation and education, and other related topics. His ArtScience Program for Education trains teachers to use Metaphorming in their classrooms to help students restore their natural creativity, and learn their curricular material with greater comprehension and retention. The Program has trained over 165 teachers and reached over 15,000 students in the Denver metro area alone.
Todd Siler is a Fellow of The World Economic Forum . He is also a recipient of an I.B.M. Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to Paris, France (1975-76), a Fulbright Fellowship to India (1985-86), and a Meitec Fellowship (1989-91), awarded by the Meitec Corporation in Tokyo, among other fellowships and awards. He received the 1995 “ Artist-of-the-Year ” Award from the New York City Teachers Association and United Federation of Teachers .
Since 2000, Blair has been the Program Coordinator and Curriculum Developer for Rage and Resolution workshops at the Museum of Outdoor Art. She received her B.A. from Pitzer College in Liberal Arts and Theater Performance. During that time she was the recipient of a Durfee Foundation Grant to travel and study theater in North Eastern China. Previous to her work with the Museum of Outdoor Art she served as a Denver Public School Teacher. Blair is proficient in Japanese and French and has lived and traveled throughout South East Asia, China and Europe.
Craig has traveled the world working with teens in area of conflict as the co-founder of Play for Peace International, including Bosnia , the Middle East and Guatemala . He spent twenty-five years teaching in University an high school settings, as well as several years in Papua New Guinea serving as the recreation and education specialists as a United Nations Development and Peace Corps Volunteer. He is a former Board Member of the AEE, Association for experiential Education, and winner of the Michael Stratton award, (1994) for Outstanding Practitioner in the Field of Experiential Education.
Craig was chosen to give the 2003 International Association Experiential Education, Kurt Hahn Address, an honor given annually to a person who has contributed to the development and advancement of experiential education. This was a highlight for Craig, as his good friend and former coworker, Dr. Michael Gass, University of New Hampshire , was the Kurt Hahn award winner for 2003. A highlight of Craig's career was the creation of the Towson University , (along with Mr. Gass), Outdoor Education program.
Along with Play for Peace International, Craig is the co-founder of Youth Biz as well as a founding member of the West Pines Training Center . A keynote speaker and conference presenter, Craig often facilitates his favorite session at conferences. The Intrinsic Value of Collaboration: How Interdependency Leads to Compassion. Craig is the author of two manuals on experiential learning. He lives with his wife and son in Boulder , CO .
Hal is a corporate trainer and human resource consultant with over fifteen years experience in schools and businesses facilitating experiential training and teaching. He has more than ten years of experience working with adventure programs, outdoor and indoor challenge courses, and corporate team development activities. He works with teams who want to build or enhance a cohesive culture and develop their potential: to make quantum leaps (organizational learning) and do more with existing resources.
Hal is the founder of Funlosophy, Inc., a training company dedicated to developing positive and constructive working relationships within organizations; helping working groups accomplish more with existing resources. Hal and Funlosophy, Inc. are members of two local Chambers of Commerce: the Arvada Chamber and the Denver Metro Chamber. Funlosophy is an organizational member of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE), and the Association for the Society for Training and Development (ASTD).
Hal is a founding member of the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth Program (AWRSAY), which provides recognition and scholarships to resilient youth; a volunteer with YouthBiz, Inc., helping inner-city youth develop business skills; and Colorado Youth at Risk (Play for Peace Denver), providing positive experiences for students from diverse communities. In addition, he is the June 2002 recipient of the Minoru Yasui Denver Volunteer Award for his work with Denver area youth groups.
Erin holds a Masters of Arts in Peace and Development Studies from the
University of Limerick, Ireland, where she studied as an inaugural George J.
Mitchell scholar. Her thesis explored the challenges political leadership faced
in their efforts to work together in Northern Ireland 's first coalition
government to implement the historic 1998 agreement. To comprehend the issues
that posed the greatest obstacles to full implementation – namely disarmament,
decommissioning, policing reform, and the varying public perceptions of the new
government - Erin interviewed key political players including Gerry Adams, John
Hume, Monica McWilliams, Ian Paisley, Jr., and David Trimble. Erin 's honors
thesis is a comparative study of peace building activities in Northern Ireland
and Cyprus.
It was while working toward a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs at the
University of Colorado at Boulder that Erin's interest in Northern Ireland
began. She was initially drawn by her desire to understand the role the US
played as a facilitator of the peace process. Erin's awareness of how
collaborative strategies involving governments, international organizations and
civil society could transform conflict further deepened during her time abroad
in Geneva, Switzerland, where she interned at the International Peace Bureau
and the Hague Appeal for Peace.
Erin has a deep commitment to public service. In 1996, she spent a year as a
volunteer for AmeriCorps, the federally funded national service initiative. In
1998, as an intern for the Youth Volunteer Corps, in Santa Rosa, California,
Erin designed an educational seminar to teach 7th grade students about the
subject of child labor that including a service project. Most recently, she was
a volunteer teacher at Denver 's The Conflict Center where she taught
anger and conflict management to youth. An advocate of service learning, Erin
sees tremendous value in youth and university programs that combine learning
with service to create opportunities for young people to both broaden their
understanding of issues affecting their communities and develop skills to
effect change.
Last fall, Erin had her first opportunity since returning from Ireland to teach
a group of Americans about conflict and the Northern Ireland experience. She
co-moderated a senior Honors seminar in Conflict Resolution at the Colorado
School of Mines in Golden, Colorado . She believes it is as important for
Americans to become more knowledgeable about the complexities of conflict and
to build conflict resolution skills as for those living in ‘divided societies'.
She is excited by the development of conflict resolution curriculum in American
schools and the increase in peace studies programs at universities around the
country. Erin sees the unique position of the US in the global community as an
opportunity for the US to demonstrate the strength of diplomatic alternatives
to violent conflict and the potential for multilateral approaches to peace
building.
Excerpt from the recent book: How to Change the World - Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas By David Bornstein
. . .Then Schramm called up Derek Canty, a youth motivator whom he had met on a Flyers' excursion to Colorado, and invited him to Washington to conduct a motivational "rap session" for the students. Schramm wanted to help them identify personal obstacles that might derail their college plans. "Derek was without question the best youth facilitator I'd ever seen," he recalled. . .
Derek has worked with thousands of teens, & adults, including professional athletes, around the US and parts of Europe , for over 18 years. He is a highly sought after platform trainer, consultant, advisor and facilitator who provides a level of coaching that raises anyone's performance level almost immediately. He is profoundly dedicated to supporting the minority communities in the US , in particular young adults and teens, to succeed and go beyond real and perceived limiting circumstances.
Dr. Rianoshek is a social psychologist who specializes in helping people align their communication and conduct to achieve desired organizational outcomes. His work over the past 15 years has focused on the areas of leadership, productivity, teamwork and customer/client relations. He has worked as a professor of management at John Jay College , where he was selected as an Exchange Scholar to the British Staff Command and Leadership College at Bramshill. He also taught management at the University of Colorado 's Graduate School of Public Affairs. Dr. Rianoshek served as Aspen 's Chief of Police and was appointed by Governors Lamm and Romer to the Colorado Peace Officer's Standards and Training Board. A partial client list includes Hewlett-Packard, Capital One, Tektronix, AT&T, Levi Strauss, the FBI, Digital Equipment Corporation, New York City Police Department's Executive Development Program, the City University of New York, and the municipalities of Aspen , Boulder , and Breckenridge , Colorado. He is also the co-author of The Communication Catalyst with Mickey Connolly.
Michael has designed and facilitated productivity development programs for, students, schools, union laborers, engineers, educators, and staff managers. His coursework focuses on amplifying people's strengths and uniqueness, designing environments that compel people to be creative and accountable, and instilling a sense of game and sport into problem solving. Domain familiarity includes communication, context/perspective, collaboration, and strategy design, raising & resolving of difficult issues, cross-boundary partnering and integration.
Michael has a B.S. from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. Michael has extensive experience working internationally including Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Italy, Japan, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Belgium, Netherlands, Korea, Wales, France, Iceland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Thailand, Nepal, and India.
He also serves as a director for Critical Mass Leadership Education Inc. a non-profit organization that he co-founded to integrate factional communities through youth leadership initiatives.
The Colorado Mountain Club will provide two experienced volunteer climbers from their youth education division to lead the team. As of the writing of this proposal we do not have biographical information on the volunteers.
Colin will leave his Hollywood film Prop Master job to spend two + weeks with the team as a logistics volunteer and driver. He will utilize his University of New Hampshire Anthropology degree and love of conversation, international travel and laughter to support the Cypriot students in exploring diverse cultures from a unique perspective. As a former high school soccer player, and Division One scholarship basketball player, the Cypriot teens are insured to engage in raucous sport with Colin. This will not be his first volunteer position. In LA, Colin has served as a volunteer to the Special Olympics, as well as Best Buddies, a mentoring program for disabled teens. Colin is inspired by the life of his younger sister who is severely disabled.
An active participant in the Rainbow Bridge program where she created relationships with numerous elderly persons in the Denver area, helped in the partnership of other students and elderly, and educated many on the importance of intergenerational relations.
She spent two years as a youth facilitator for the international program Play For Peace. During this time she created and played noncompetitive, cooperative games with cultures in conflict, both in her own state as well as abroad, including Belfast , Northern Ireland . There she supported a group of teens at Hazelwood College in creating their school as the “Hub site” for Play For Peace in NI.
Megan is passionate about living a live of active philanthropy, volunteerism, and leadership through service. Megan currently lives in Oregon where she is a freshman at Linfield College , pursuing a degree in Sociology. (Megan was nominated for a Nine Kids Who Care Award in 2003.)
Jaime recently returned from Baja CA. where she was completing her high school senior project on Eco tourism. While there she worked in a research facility supporting the protection of Sea Turtles, swam with whales, dolphin and sea lions. Jaime has been a youth leader for Touchstone, as well as Play for Peace. She traveled to NI, with a group of teens and delivered two “play days” to children in conflict in Belfast . Included in her many travels, a trip to New York City to study: Understanding Tolerance, Intolerance and Diversity. Before she completes her senior year of high school, Jaime will backpack the Grand Canyon one more time. Jaime has volunteered for many projects including Big Brothers and Big Sisters as a mentor. She is a Mayor's Mile High Scholar and a College Summit graduate. She will attend college at Mills University in Oakland CA. where she was awarded several scholarships.
Ari is a senior in high school on her way to Cornell College, (The one in Iowa) Ari has a long history of service learning and volunteerism, but the most notable is her commitment to Play for Peace. After spending a month attending school in a North Belfast neighborhood, Ari raised the money to return to Belfast, live with a north side family, attend school and facilitate and support a group of 12 Hazelwood College teens raise funds and create a Play for Peace Hub in Belfast NI, a program now thriving and expanding. For her efforts, Ari is featured on the Play for Peace website and she was awarded in 2002 the prestigious Nine Kids Who Care Award. She has also served as a youth representative on several not for profit organizations was recently awarded scholarships by Project Pave, ( Promoting Alternatives to Violence through Education ), as well as the Daniels Scholarship Fund.
A freshman in college at 16, Evan is also a Nine Kids Who Care's winner along with his friend Ari, in 2002, but for another reason. He, too, traveled to Northern Ireland as part of that project, yet his award came for his work, training adults to mentor at risk youth, for Colorado Youth at Risk, a program he completed as a 14 year old at risk teen. He has traveled extensively, in particular to South Africa , spending time in the townships, often times the only Caucasian., doing service learning work. He is an accomplished musician, with several CD's to his credit. An independent director in Denver is currently filming a screenplay he wrote and he is working on a book to “transform the world.” Evan has facilitated over 20 “play days” for children from conflicting cultures.
Brian is part of a small group known as "Colorado Natives". Originally from Colorado Springs , he began climbing when he was only 13 years old. Brian's love for the vertical world and his desire to share those skills and experiences he has learned with others encouraged him to start the Front Range Climbing Company. Now at 28, Brian has climbed and guided in Europe, India , Japan and in a great majority of the 50 states, extensively in the western U.S. He has claim to first ascents of V5 boulder problems, 5.12 sport and traditional routes and WI5 ice routes.
Jason has been guiding in the Colorado area for 7 years in both the rock and ice environments. Jason began rock climbing in New Mexico in 1992, and has since moved to Colorado Springs and climbed extensively throughout the American West. Before coming to FRCC, Jason has instructed and been the Climbing Coordinator at Colorado State University at Pueblo . Jason is working on his an advanced degree in outdoor adventure recreation and leadership.
**Please note: Front Range Climbing Company will provide two other advanced guide climbers to the team.
Robert Wood has been guiding groups for the past 17 years, with over 6500 river miles, and training in advance canoeing and first-aid. He is a teacher of meditation and intuitive development. He leads the Medicine Wheel ceremonies. and brings a relaxed safe playful consciousness to the river.
Stan Gale: has been head guiding for 12 years, musician, cook, world traveler, and archeology, spontaneity of life. Very safe consciousness with satisfied customers.
Billy Hinch: Head Guide and past owner, He has been guiding for over 9 years. His trips bring a very exciting spiritual energy.
**Please note: Canyon Passages will add one more team member from their crew. We are hoping for one of their female team members!