Authors & Presenters



posted Feb 6, 2023

Emilia Crotty

Emilia Crotty is a Senior Program Manager for Trails & Outdoor Recreation at the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, where she primarily focuses on equitable access to trails, nature, and outdoor experiences in Southeastern PA. Emilia works at t...


posted Feb 2, 2023

Karin Reid Offield

Born in Aspen Colorado, Karin spent decades riding horses learning to jump, play polo, barrel race, and it was in the Roaring Fork Valley where she learned how to go out on trail rides to have fun and come back safely. Karin began riding horses and ...


posted Feb 2, 2023

Jenny Cook

Living in Michigan with its diverse seasons, terrains, and waterways, Jenny Cook has had wonderful opportunities to enjoy nearly every outdoor recreation activity. As an owner and operator of bikes, boats, camping gear, fishing equipment, hiking, hor...


posted Feb 1, 2023

Anna Roth

Anna manages Washington Trails Association's online hiking guide, a database of nearly 4000 hikes in Washington state. With trails ranging from short, flat half-milers in town to remote routes hundreds of miles long, the hiking guide has something fo...


posted Jan 27, 2023

Jay Simpson

Jay Simpson serves as the Festival Director at Trails Film. He is also a wilderness guide, media producer, educator, and trail advocate. Jay recently co-authored Walking & Wayfinding in the Westfjords of Iceland, a 4-part eco-cultural guide to th...


posted Jan 27, 2023

Zak Klein

Zak Klein serves as Project Director for Trails Film. Zak also gets to provide leadership to Maine Trails Coalition, Maine GearShare and as a program officer for the Quimby Family Foundation. Prior to serving in leadership for social impact organizat...


posted Jan 24, 2023

Helena Kotala

Helena Kotala is a Program Manager and GIS Specialist with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, where she combines her love of maps, storytelling, environmental conservation and advocacy. Her work spans a variety of projects across Pennsylvania, f...


posted Jan 23, 2023

Zhenya "Z" Nalywayko

Zhenya Nalywayko is a planner, designer, and environmentalist with a deep love of nature, the people it creates, and the places they build. His work spans the Philadelphia region and includes park and trail planning, design, and development; communit...


posted Jan 17, 2023

Mark Wilkinson

As Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Trails Council, Mark Wilkinson has been a champion of new trail projects and programs for over a decade. Under his leadership, he has planned and developed 20+ miles of new trails throughout Santa Bar...


posted Jan 17, 2023

Sandy Brown

Sandy Brown is one of the world's premier pilgrimage trekking guidebook authors, with popular guides to the Camino De Santiago (2018, 2020), Via di Francesco (2015, 2017, 2019), Via Francigena - Part 1: Canterbury to Lausanne (2023), Via Francigena -...