Our Team
Staff
Aaron Cano
Program Officer
Janelle Choi Hillhouse
Program Officer
Jaime Colling
Program Officer
Katherine Day Hase
Development Director
Re deAnda
Senior Administrative Assistant
Kristen Ragain
Managing Director and Board Member
Paty Sands
Fundraising Program Manager
Board of Directors
Wilma Wallace
Board Chair
Chief Diversity and Social Impact Officer, REI Co-op
Caiti Anderson
Board Member
General Manager, REI Flagship, Washington, D.C.
Eric Artz
Board Member
President & CEO, REI Co-op
Bert Quintana
Board Member
Chair of Nominating and Governance Committee, REI Co-op Board of Directors
Marc Berejka
President and Ex Officio Board Member (nonvoting)
Director, Community Advocacy & Impact, REI Co-op
Community Advisors
Julie Garreau - Executive Director, Cheyenne River Youth Project
Jose Gonzalez - Founder of Latino Outdoors and Avarna Group Consultant
Teresa Martinez - Executive Director, Continental Divide Trail Coalition
Vasu Sojitra - Independent Consultant, advocate for the disability community
Charles Thomas - Executive Director, Outward Bound Adventures, Inc.
Alumni:
CJ Goulding - Partner, Avarna Group
Juan D. Martinez Pineda - Senior Program Manager, forum for Community Solutions, Aspen Institute
Mercy M'fon - Executive Director, Wild Diversity
Nikki Santos- Executive Director, Center for Native American Youth, Aspen Institute