Field Staff

Cadeau Assoumani

Jasper Barnes

Joey Barness

Leah Bentfield

Katie Burns

JP Chance

Clarissa Candia

Paula A Cheatwood

Colin Clark

Colin first joined the Outward Bound community as a participant on a winter expedition in the wilds of northern Maine. Since that time he has worked with Outward Bound Professional as a facilitator, program manager, and director of OBP’s operations in Boston. His consulting practice focuses on leadership development and building effective teams. He is also a certified executive coach assisting leaders in their growth and efforts to affect positive change. Colin has worked with Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions.

Colin’s clients with Outward Bound have included American Express, the U.S. Air force, Yale School of Management, Harvard JFK School of Government, and the World Bank. In addition, Colin is a past President of the New Hampshire Chapter of the American Society for Training & Development.

Colin holds an MBA with course work in organizational development from the University of Southern Maine. When not consulting, Colin enjoys the outdoors and teaching martial arts.

Liesel Clark

Mike Cox

Paul Duba

Paul has worked as a leadership educator for over 25 years. He works with executives in business, civic, educational, and military organizations, helping them understand what leaders do (and teams need) to enable collaboration and innovation. He is a master of experiential methods that bring leadership forward and teams together. Along with program delivery from the front of the room, Paul leads expedition-length whitewater, backpacking, and mountaineering courses for leadership development.

Paul is a certified executive coach and has a Master of Public Administration. He teaches leadership theory as an adjunct professor at Western State Colorado University and presents with the Denver Community Leadership Forum and other cohort-based leadership development programs. He is author of the Do-Be Model© for Leadership and Teamwork and conducts workshops and seminars that lead participants to a better understanding of themselves, the interpersonal skills necessary for teamwork, and the leadership practices that define and animate a team in its desire to perform.

Paul lives in rural Colorado, is a past director of Gunnison County’s Adult Literacy and GED programs, and was an elected member of Gunnison’s City Council. In his spare time Paul is a devoted high altitude gardener, skier, and guitar player.

Kai Daniel

Chelsey Deal

Chris Doyle

Nicola Dragonetti

Katie Dyer

Gabe El

Rice Ermilio

Emilie Evans

Yoshie Fujimoto Kateada

David Friedman

David has 10 years of experience working extensively with groups and teams from a range of backgrounds. From high schools and college students to municipal agencies and corporate groups, he has intentionally crafted and facilitated programs that fit the goals and needs of each participant. David lives in Baltimore City with his family. In addition to his love for working with people he also enjoys reading, cooking, and draining three pointers over defenders in basketball games.

Sara A Ghavidel-Asgari

Elaine Gray

Tory Haltermann

Grace Hardy

Malachi Harrod

Shannon Kriz

Lynne Lindsey

Lynne Lindsey is a dynamic and creative leader with over twenty years of experience in the field of education. Her teaching career has ranged from the traditional classroom to unique outdoor environments such as Yosemite National Park. In her capacity as Program Manager and Outward Bound Professional Facilitator, Lynne has worked with clients such as Martin Guitar and T. Rowe Price, among others.

During her tenure as faculty at Penn State University, Lynne developed and taught classes in the Recreation and Park Management major as well as in the Outreach Division. Since 2001 Lynne has been specifically focused on the areas of professional training and development. Through her work with Outward Bound and other organizations, has had the opportunity to effect positive change in the realm of non-profit organizations, government agencies and private corporations. Lynne spends her winters as a ski patroller and the warmer months hiking, biking and paddling. She currently lives in Hagerstown, MD where, together with her husband, she is happily in the midst of raising three boys.

Bex Lyons

Peter Meredith

Peter has more than twenty-five years’ Outward Bound experience in adventure, teambuilding and corporate development. Since his first course as a sailing instructor in 1991 he has facilitated programs throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast for an impressive list of local clients on corporate leadership training programs, including The Leadership (Greater Baltimore Committee), T. Rowe Price, The Robert H. Smith School of Business (U. of Md.), Lockheed Martin, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and the World Bank. He has a background in journalism and extensive management experience in the corporate world, including Assistant Managing Editor at U.S. News & World Report. He lives in Severna Park, enjoys kayaking, paddle boarding and cross-country skiing and is active in community organizations in Anne Arundel County and beyond.

Courtney Moore

Liz Moore

Liz Moore joined our professional team in early 2018 having worked in experiential education up and down the east coast, most recently with a non-profit out of Vermont called High 5 Adventure. She stepped in with joy and gusto to serve the Baltimore area believing adventure education has a certain power for challenging us to be better individuals and teammates, learning through play and discussion. In addition to supporting Outward Bound Baltimore, Liz runs the ‘Power Play Project’ where she trains and supports educators, recreational therapists and leaders to use experiential methods in their own work. Outside of work Liz continues to play in the form of hiking, rock climbing, reading, paddle boarding, and her favorite - teasing her nieces.

Natalia Morales-Vila

Laurie L McPherson

Laura Menyuk

Tiana Morris

Mary Odell

Khai Overton

Darryl Pollard

Darryl is an energetic and creative facilitator who started his Outward Bound career in 1996 and who continues to be an active staff member for many of the corporate leadership training organizations for which he’s consulted. Darryl has trained a long list of diverse leaders from organizations such as Yale School of Management, Denver Colorado Leadership Forum, Martin Guitar, NASA, World Bank, JP Morgan, Booz Allen and JP Morgan. The past three years he has been a corporate trainer at the Western Management Development Center in Aurora, Colorado, and has a strong background in outdoor leadership. Darryl did one tour of military service after high school then returned to study Theater Arts, Management and Accounting, at Towson State University and then to Loyola for Business Administration. He is also a certified diver and canoe instructor as well as an EMT. He lives near Annapolis and he’s big Indy Racing League fan who hopes to someday speed his Cobra around the Brickyard, crossing the yard of bricks at, almost, Indy speed.

Gavin Reen

Kelly Reynolds

Brian Schachter

Emily Shames

Marissa Sherman

Rachel Shapiro

David Stude

Daniella Sions

Alex Smith

Katie Snyder

Katie is a partner in Achieve Consulting Group which works with organizational leadership, teams and individuals to amplify their success. Before this role, she held positions in banking, law, marketing and the nonprofit sector. Her varied background provides great insight into workflows, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement. Katie has worked for and with Autodesk, WSP, Sundance Institute, Kimball Art Center, Virginia Gold Cup Association, AARP, Light Point Hospitals, and Salesforce.

Katie grew up on farm in Rixeyville, Virginia. Her undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Business Administration from Boston University. She also holds a M.B.A. from Marymount University, a J.D. from University of Richmond and a M.S. in Organizational Dynamics with concentration in executive coaching and organizational consulting from University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed attorney in New York, District of Columbia and Virginia. She is a Master Trainer in the psychometric assessments Life Orientations and Accountability Circles and also certified in MBTI, and DiSC. These instruments provide a conversational frame for leaders, managers, and teams to improve understanding and productivity through self-awareness and interpersonal “soft skills.” Katie is a member of the International Association of Coaching and regularly coach’s leaders striving to reach their next iteration. Professionally, Katie is inspired when clients reach “ah moments” and when, through intentional reflection and visioning, innovative ideas and solutions emerge.

Anna Sprague

Katelyn Stoskus

Andrew Taylor

Gary Tublin

Gary is an Organizational Development consultant with a graduate certificate in that field from Georgetown University. Since 2000, Gary has focused on working with Outward Bound and a few other leading professional development organizations. He utilizes action learning and experiential methods to promote team development and leadership skills. Utilizing proven learning models and mental modes, Gary designs and administers unique developmental programs to global and small businesses, applying a philosophy of adventure and challenge, systems thinking, learning by doing and social and environmental responsibility and character building. Gary gets especially energized when he has the opportunity to work for longer periods with clients.

Gary has worked with Fortune 500 senior and middle managers in organizations like the World Bank, CIA, JP Morgan, GE Capital, Under Armour, Merrill Lynch, TRowe Price, BB&T, McCormick, and many others. He is an ACA Whitewater-Kayak Instructor and has led adult and teen wilderness expeditions for over 20 years. Gary lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Dian. When not working he can be found fishing on streams far and near or bounding along mountain trails.

John Willauer

Chris Washburn

Nathan Wertheimer

Nacoya Villegas