Staff Profiles

Adam M. Edwards

Volunteer/Outreach Coordinator

ATL, & TL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2010

Hometown: Berrien Springs, MI
Outdoor activity of choice: Rafting, Kayaking, Climbing
Next on the list: There is so much to do in those three alone...
“We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.” –Eric Hoffer

Afrita (Monique) Davis

VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Coffeyville, Kansas (No, coffee is not made there, but we do have the Dalton Gang!)
Outdoor activity of choice: Swinging from rocks
Next on the list: Watersports
“You gotta wanna.” –My Momma

Allie Ritz

Equipment Center Attendant, VTL, ATL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Fall 2009
Home Town: New York
Outdoor activity of choice: Climbing, Mountaineering, Biking, Hiking
Next on the list: Surfing, Canyoneering
“Terra Incognita.”

Amy

Equipment Center Attendant, Climbin Instructor, ATL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in January 2010
Hometown: Bay Area
Outdoor activity of choice: Rock climbing, cycling tours, destroying invasive species
Next on the list: Surfing and traditional climbing
“Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man"

Bailey Johnston

Seminar Instructor & TL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Winter 2005
Hometown: Etna, California (Marble Mountains, Trinity Alps, Salmon River, Trinity River, Klamath River, pretty awesome)
Outdoor activity of choice: Backcountry.  Snow or dirt, water when I get a chance but that is a bit more rare.  A good ski mountaineering adventure is always appreciated.
Next on the list: Get out on the water more, as well as on the rocks.  Climbing and rafting, much needed.
“Those things you regret most are the ones you failed to try.”

Ben Berry

Climbing Instructor & VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in January 2010
Hometown: Portland, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Rock climbing
Next on the list: Mountaineering and rafting
"Pushing your limits is the best way to find out who you really are."

Christy Hawkins

Volunteer
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Winter 2011
Hometown: Ocean Springs, MS
Outdoor activity of choice: Lately, anything on the mountains.  In the past, anything in the ocean or on a bike seat.
Next on the list: get more technical mountaineering climbs under my belt.
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn."  — John Muir

James McQueen

Volunteer
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Newberg, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Mountaineering
Next on the list: Whitewater rafting
“If you’re not sweatin’, you’re not tryin’.”

Jordan Bermingham

Outdoor Program Coordinator
Began working with the Outdoor Program many moons ago...
Hometown: Carlisle, Massachusetts
Outdoor activity of choice: Kayaking
Next on the list: Kayaking more...maybe surf kayaking

Kelly Gray

VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: La Habra, CA
Outdoor activity of choice: Hiking & backpacking
Next on the list: Whitewater kayaking & climbing
“For this is my goal! To reach that unreachable star! No matter how hopeless, no matter how far!” –Dr. E.H. Bronner

Kyle Yeager

Equipment Center Attendant, VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Damascus, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Rock climbing
The area I would like to focus on next would be the one I'm headed to.
"He who fights and runs away, lives to run away another day." -Brett Maverick

Lacey Moore

VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in October 2010
Hometown: Burlington, WA
Outdoor activity of choice: Hiking/backpacking
Next on the list: A watersport if my schedule would actually allow it
"You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?" -Rumi

Lorena Jasis-Wallace

Climbing Center Student Coordinator & ATL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2008
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
Outdoor activity of choice: Climbing & adventures with dogs
Next on the list: Long-term backpacking and more climbing
"Those who say it can't be done should get out of the way of those who are doing it."

Nathan Hills

Volunteer
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Born in Vancouver, WA; grew up in Battle Ground, WA; Ventura, CA; Anna, IL; and been in Portland for 9 years now
Outdoor activity of choice: Backpacking
Next on the list: Mountaineering & backcountry skiing
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” -John Muir

Paul Burdick

VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Fall 2010
Hometown: Portland, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Mountaineering
Next on the list: Rafting
“Carpe Diem”

Steve White

Logistics Coordinator
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Winter 2006
Hometown: Portland, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Whitewater: kayaking, rafting, canoeing
Next on the list: Climbing/mountaineering
"Life is like a piano: what you get out of it depends on how you play it."

Tina Shantz

Graduate Assistant/Volunteer Coordinator & VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in August 2010
Hometown: Manlius, NY
Outdoor activity of choice: Sea kayaking
Next on the list: I'd love to get out climbing more!
"If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time." –Marcel Proust

Trevor Marlar

VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Winter 2011
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Outdoor activity of choice: Rock Climbing
Next on the list: Skiing
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." -William Arthur Ward

Mackenzie Baxter

Equipment Center Attendant & VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Fall 2010
Hometown: Hood River, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Whitewater kayaking, hiking, & backpacking
Next on the list: Rafting or climbing

Dustin Abbott

Assistant Trip Leader
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Fall 2011
Hometown: Re-to the-No, Reno, NV
Outdoor activity of choice: Whitewater Rafting
Next on the list: Mountaineering 
The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it. 
- Chinese Philosopher

Lanie White

Equipment Center Attendant, Climbing Instructor, VTL                                                                                         Hometown: Helena, MT                                                                                                                                       Outdoor activity of choice: Climbing, Backpacking, Soaking up the mountain sun                                                  Next on the list: Snow and water                                                                                                                         "So I got that going for me, which is nice."

Jared Tracy

Equipment Center Attendant                                                                                                                               Hometown: Whittier, CA/Medford, OR                                                                                                                   Outdoor activity of choice: Fishing/Kayak Fishing                                                                                                 Next on the list: Bouldering                                                                                                                                 "As I wade into that quiet river, the hope in my heart builds, and I realize... that hope is all I need."

Michael Paxson

Equipment Center Attendant
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Trout Lake, WA
Outdoor activity of choice: Hiking & mountain biking
Next on the list: Climbing/bouldering

Eddie Hockemeyer

VTL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Woodburn, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Rock climbing
Next on the list: Whitewater kayaking
“What if no one ever told me the sky was blue?“

Sara Loreno

Equipment Center Student Coordinator & ATL
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Fall 2010
Hometown: Lake George, NY
Outdoor activity of choice: Living in the backcountry for extended periods of time.  Learning to love rapidly moving water.
Next on the list: I want to survive and thrive in whitewater rapids.
"I urge you to please notice you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" –Kurt Vonnegut

Ben Wilson

Volunteer
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Portsmouth, NH
Outdoor activity of choice: Climbing & reading
Next on the list: Paddling

Emily Martin

Volunteer
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Salem, OR
Outdoor activity of choice: Hiking
Next on the list: Summer backpacking
"Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?" –Robert Frost

Nate Fox

Volunteer
Began working with the Outdoor Program in Spring 2011
Hometown: Portland, OR native! (specifically the Aloha suburb)
Outdoor activity of choice: Anything that involves being in the sun! (hiking, setting up camp, and enjoying a swim in the lake kind of deal) Or anything in the water! (Advanced Open Water SCUBA certified)
Next on the list: I would love to increase my outdoor rock climbing experience. I also think it would be really cool to tackle some of Oregon's rapids in a kayak!