Authors & Presenters



posted Nov 16, 2021

Mike Riediger

Through his work in more inclusive outdoor recreation and sport, he has led KASA to a number of world firsts in the emerging sport of adaptive mountain biking, helping to bring British Columbia to the centre stage in development of this new sport. No...


posted Nov 16, 2021

Quinn Brett

Worked as a climbing ranger in Rocky Mountain for 4 seasons, taught Wilderness EMT courses in the off -season for Remote Medical. Off-season pursuits globally as an accomplished mountain athlete, (first ascent on Fitz RoyFitz Roy in Patagonia). Susta...


posted Nov 3, 2021

Ursula Sandstrom

Ursula Sandstrom is the Trail Ranger and Outreach Director at Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) in the DC area. She was part of the original part-time Trail Ranger team in the inaugural 2013 season after she applied for an outside summer j...


posted Nov 2, 2021

Joe Foelker

Joe Foelker is the lead mechanic for Singletrack Trails, an industry leading trail building company in shared-use trail planning, design and construction. Driven by the desire to protect natural resources while providing better experiences for recrea...


posted Oct 26, 2021

Andrea Shillolo

Andrea Shillolo is a Client Consultant with Eco-Counter. Since 2019 she has worked with public, private, and nonprofit organizations across North America to improve cycling and walking in their communities. She helps trail organizations design, imple...


posted Sep 28, 2021

Aaryn Kay

Aaryn has been working with PTBA since 2017 and has been working in the trail industry since 2002. During that time, Aaryn has worked with more than one hundred non-profits in almost every U.S. state and Canadian province with specialities in develop...


posted Sep 28, 2021

Joe Jacobs

Since 2005, Joe Jacobs has served as the manager of Marketing and Revenue for the State Parks Division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. In this role, he manages the division’s marketing program, including the Division’s $1.5...


posted Sep 15, 2021

Megan Lawson, PhD

Megan leads Headwaters Economics' research in outdoor recreation, public lands, economic development, and demographic change. She is an economist, and uses economic and demographic analysis to better understand the issues communities face. She holds ...


posted Sep 14, 2021

Chris Gomon

Chris Gomon is the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps (ACCC) Program Coordinator. Chris has been with the Texas Conservation Corps at American YouthWorks since 2014, starting as an AmeriCorps member. In between his work with the program and his gradu...


posted Sep 14, 2021

Scott Gordon

Scott Gordon has trail experience spanning 20 years during which he has designed dozens of successful new trails, reroutes and retrofits. He sees trails as both a recreational amenity and a tool to manage visitors and protect cultural and natural res...