Authors & Presenters



posted Jun 22, 2023

Eoin Hogan

Eoin Hogan has worked in outdoor recreation for 15 years, 7 years as the Rural Recreation Officer for County Kilkenny and then for the past 8 years and the RRO for County Clare. In his time in Kilkenny he set up and managed the award winning non-prof...


posted Jun 16, 2023

Rachel Hailey (She/They)

Rachel is the Owner/Transformationalist at DEI Outdoors, a national firm that deals directly with the outdoor industry to foster DEI in organizations. Her main objective is transforming the outdoor industry into a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and a...


posted Jun 13, 2023

Maayan Ziv

Maayan Ziv is the Founder & CEO of AccessNow in Toronto, Canada. Maayan is an activist, photographer, and entrepreneur. In 2015, she launched AccessNow, a mobile app and website that collects and shares information about the accessibility status ...


posted Jun 12, 2023

Steve Smith

Steve Smith has worked in the outdoor industry for over thirty years, in the field, in the office, in the boardroom, and in national conference leadership roles, specializing in program leadership, risk management, and staff training. His career ha...


posted Jun 8, 2023

Kevin Joell

Kevin Joell is the owner and primary trailbuilder of Sierra Trail Works, a PTBA member company. He has been building trails with organized groups since 1994, leading over 250 volunteer trail days. He has served as President and Trails Director for th...


posted Jun 8, 2023

Bobby Chappell

Bobby Chappell is a respected thought leader and practitioner of destination stewardship, with more than 23 years’ experience in visitor use management, conservation ecology, ecotourism, and sustainable destination development. Bobby's strategic plan...


posted Jun 7, 2023

John Kremer

A graduate of Iowa State University in 1989 with a degree in Public Service Administration & Environmental Studies, John has worked in the field of conservation since 1990. He has been Director of Operations Planning, & Public Safety of McHen...


posted Jun 7, 2023

Karen Ann Miller

Karen Ann Miller has been a Planner with the Kane County Development Department in Geneva, Illinois for almost twenty-three years. She has had a wide range of responsibilities from local and regional planning to organizing a variety of County functio...


posted May 22, 2023

Jo-Elle Burgard

Jo-Elle Burgard, PLA,LEED AP, is a landscape architect with the District Department of Transportation, in Washington, DC. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and is an enthusiastic member of DDOT...


posted May 22, 2023

Steve Zeender

Steve is a project manager and transportation engineer located in Baltimore, MD. He has been with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. since 2011 and has worked in the transportation consulting industry since 2005. He has worked on several trail, bicycl...