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)
DVP, 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