Authors & Presenters



posted Jul 31, 2023

Elizabeth Stewart Burger, PhD, MBA, EMT

Elizabeth E. Burger, PhD, MBA is Vice President of Healthy Communities at Sunflower Foundation, a grantmaking health philanthropy that serves the entire state of Kansas. In her role, she leads foundation initiatives such as Sunflower Trails, which ce...


posted Jul 27, 2023

Jim Allen

Jim Allen has been involved with natural resources and outdoor recreation most of his life. Jim attended Colorado State University graduating with a BS in Forest Management Science. He worked his entire career with the US Forest Service primarily in ...


posted Jul 19, 2023

Kirsten Spence

Based in Northern Ontario, Kirsten Spence is the principal of Quercwood Consulting, a personalized consulting company specializing in trail development, trail and management planning, operations, and project management. Clients include provincial and...


posted Jul 19, 2023

Jane McCulloch

Jane McCulloch (nee Murphy) is the Community Liaison (Atlantic Canada) with The Trail Research Hub. She is also a principal of Terminus Consulting and is a trail recreation and tourism consultant with a focus on community and stakeholder engagement a...


posted Jul 19, 2023

Dr. Kelsey Johansen, PhD

Dr. Johansen is a Board Member of the Canadian Trails Federation. She is an avid hiker, trail rider, snowshoer and canoeist. She has travelled many trails throughout Northwestern Ontario, Southern Ontario, and Northern Quebec (Canada), Germany (Natio...


posted Jun 28, 2023

Marissa Byers

Marissa is passionate about connecting people with the natural environment to improve mental health and well-being and inspire climate action. She graduated from Butler University with an Environmental Studies degree in 2018. Her current collaborativ...


posted Jun 26, 2023

Lindsey Jorstad

Lindsey Jorstad works to engage, collaborate, and support Gwinnett County’s diverse residents, workforce, volunteers, and partners. As a founding member of Gwinnett’s community-wide health initiative, Live Healthy Gwinnett, she takes a proactive well...


posted Jun 26, 2023

Jody Baumstein

Jody Baumstein, LCSW, is a licensed therapist on the Strong4Life team at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. In her current role, she develops behavioral and mental health messaging, content, and programming. She also serves as the primary media expert...


posted Jun 23, 2023

Loren Drummond

Loren has dedicated her career at WTA and other nonprofits to using digital communications for positive change. She's backpacked (and rebuilt) sections of the Colorado Trail, and she's put in miles on the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trails, too. At...


posted Jun 22, 2023

Mike Linnane

Mike holds an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering and has led 130 Software Projects with 100 different customers over the last 23 years. Acquainted with many different sectors and industries, Mike’s specialisms include the areas of System Archit...