Authors & Presenters



posted Feb 20, 2018

Andy Williamson

Andy Williamson has based his career on seizing opportunities to share his passion and commitment to conservation and outdoor recreation to better the communities he lives and works in. From an early stint leading a Boy Scout camp to his recent role ...


posted Feb 20, 2018

Douglas Leed

Douglas Leed has administrated the Ohio Water Trails Program, maintained and updated the Ohio Motorized Boating Facilities and Stream Access databases, and served as Recreational Planner for the Division of Watercraft since 2007. He has worked for OD...


posted Feb 20, 2018

Lisa Beyer

Lisa Beyer is a landscape architect and urban designer, passionate about cities, design and community. Her love of urban landscapes informs a long-standing commitment to planning, design, and implementation of high-performance green infrastructure an...


posted Feb 20, 2018

Zachi Anderson

Zachi Anderson has been a builder for many years and a lover of trails. Besides building a variety of surface and design types, he is a mason and woodworker and introduces character features like stone arched bridges to his projects when possible....


posted Feb 20, 2018

Allen MacPherson

Allen MacPherson has worked professionally for over twenty-five years as a college and university educator in the fields of Park and Ecotourism Management. He is an author and has written and worked on several consulting projects in the areas of trai...


posted Feb 20, 2018

Galeo Saintz

Galeo Saintz is the co-founder of two of South Africa’s premier long-distance trails. Today he is founding chair of the World Trails Network, an international initiative focused on taking the trails industry into the future, while highlighting the gl...


posted Feb 20, 2018

Masato Takemoto

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posted Feb 20, 2018

Brad Towle

Brad Towle is originally from Canada and now lives in his adopted hometown of Tanabe City, Japan. He first traveled to the Kumano region in 1999 and fell in love with the people and cultural landscape while walking and exploring the Kumano Kodo pilgr...


posted Feb 19, 2018

Dayton Duncan

Dayton Duncan has been a writer and filmmaker for over 20 years and is Ken Burns’ producing partner for The National Parks: America’s Best Idea documentarythat was released last year. Duncan wrote and co-produced the 12-hour mini-series in which the ...


posted Feb 19, 2018

Chris Balish

Chris Balish is a nationally known keynote speaker on topics such as how to thrive in a down economy, active lifestyles, sustainable transportation, building green cities, sustainable development, promoting mass transit, bicycle commuting, and green ...