Kate Abraham

Instructor

With HIOBS since: 2018

Hometown:  Appleton, WI

Fun Fact: Kate has a degree in cartography and a certificate in yoga instruction!

Mel Barrett

Bart Blankenship

Hometown of Palmetto, FL

Instructor since 1994

Fun Fact: Bart likes rowing his dinghy with homemade oars.

Hannah Brock

Hometown Stuart, Florida

With HIOBS Since 2017

Fun Fact: In college I taught hip hop fitness classes at the school gym.

Sarah "eSBee" Buhlman

Hometown of Marriottsville, MD

Instructor since 2012

Fun Fact: When not instructing at HIOBS, eSBee teaches health & sex-ed, algebra, and micro-anatomy to high schools students in Portland, Maine.

Julia Carleton

Hometown of Camden, ME

Instructor since 2003

Fun Fact: Julia met her future husband working for HIOBS!

Laura Carson

With HIOBS Since 2016

Lia-Lucine Cary

Hometown of Stuart, FL

Instructor since 2015

Fun Fact: Lia-Lucine’s goal is to find massive amounts of treasure so she can spend her time collecting stories, studying archaeology, inventing things, playing accordion, and pursing hobbies.

Wendy Cirko

Dana Crane

Hometown of Brunswick, ME

Instructor since 2011

Fun Fact: Dana plays roller derby.

Janny Daniels

Hometown of Franklin, VA

Instructor since 2008

Fun Fact: Janny has sailed through the south end of Greenland.

John Donovan

Hometown of Hanover, NH

Instructor since 1976

Fun Fact: John skippered a 35' sailboat on two short-handed transatlantic crossings.

Sam Eakle

Hometown of Oakland, CA

Instructor since 2012

Fun Fact: Sam majored in the history of art and visual culture at UC Santa Cruz.

Annie Fagan

Lead Instructor

Hometown Camden, Maine

With HIOBS Since 2016

Fun Fact: Annie's newest hobby is learning how to windsurf.

AJ Frithiof

Hometown of Pensacola, FL

Instructor since 2006

Fun Fact: AJ has spent hours with friends looking for moose in Maine over a number of years but has yet to see one. She’s not convinced they actually exist there.

Norm Greenberg

Course Director

With HIOBS since: 1989

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Fun fact: Semi-pro adventure racer for 7 years.

Erika Hartman

Beth Jackson

Hometown of Bloomington, IN

Instructor since 2007

Fun Fact: Beth once had a dog that would steal Halloween candy and hide it under pillows. She never opened the candies so it was like getting presents all the time!

Ben Jacques

Hometown of Springfield MA

Instructors since 2012

Fun Fact: Ben is a birder and enjoys watching and listening to different bird species in different habitats.

McKenzie Kimball

With HIOBS Since 2017

Fun Fact: McKenzie has a collection of dinosaur zipper pulls on her jackets and likes to look for puffball mushrooms and berries while hiking. 

Elisa Knapp

Dave Menges

Course Director, Resident Course Director & Instructor

With HIOBS since: 1989

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Fun Fact: Dave was an elementary school principal at an all-boys school in Richmond, VA for 17 years.

Rachel Milito

Lead Instructor and Course Director

With HIOBS since: 2015 (instructor since 2013)

Hometown: Cranston, RI

Fun fact: Rachel is fluent in Spanish and has traveled to 13 countries in Latin America.

Allie Miller

Hometown of Dartmouth, MA

Instructor since 2014

Fun Fact: Allie has built a few wooden canoes.

Nate Miller

Hometown of Emmaus, PA

Instructor since 2008

Fun Fact: Nate is in a band called Thick Knuckles.

Emilee Monson

Kelsy Morganwalp

Hometown of Herndon, Virginia

Instructor since 2009

Fun Fact: Kelsy owns over 100 pairs of socks!

Ken Olivier

Hometown of Ouray, CO

Instructor since 2013

Fun Fact: Ken lived on a sailboat as a small child with his twin sister and family.

Luke O’Neill

Hometown of Gloucester, MA

Instructor since 1990

Fun Facts: Luke also serves as Program Manager for Outward Bound Peacebuilding’s Emerging Leaders Program—an intensive leadership development program that brings together both Israeli and Palestinian leaders ready to challenge themselves with a 10-day Outward Bound expedition in Croatia. The expedition is the first step in a multi-year involvement designed to build, strengthen, and reinforce connections and inspire personal development. . . . Oh—and he has also enjoyed soaring through the air on the flying trapeze for over 20 years.

Andrew Pape

Hometown of Wellsville, NY

Instructor since 2011

Fun Fact: Andrew bought a 28' William Atkins Sloop which he sailed to Virginia, and in summer 2016 will sail back to Maine to live-aboard between courses, and while course directing.

Anna Parker

Hometown of Lexington, MA

Instructor since 2014

Fun Fact: Anna learned MIG welding basics—even though all the gloves were many sizes too large!

Whitney Pander

Suzanne Newsom Pierce

Hometown of Newry, ME

Instructor since 1990

Fun Fact: Suzanne was a bank manager before becoming an Outward Bound instructor.

Meganne Radway

Hometown of Newry, ME

Instructor since 2015

Fun Fact: Meganne recently trained for her first Triathlon and hopes to compete in many endurance races.

Jeremy Reinerston

Assistant Instructor

Hometown: Springfield, IL

With HIOBS Since: 2018

Fun Fact: 

Jeremy once wrote a novel which featured a house full of talking furniture, a journey to the underworld, and one very bad haircut. He is still dealing with the aftermath.

Hannah Redmon

Position:  Instructor

With HIOBS Since:  2018

Hometown: Lexington, MA

Fun Fact:  Hannah spent the past four months living in Madagascar and learning to speak Malagasy at home and in the markets.

Eric Ruben

Madison Ruopp

Hometown Mechanicsburg, PA

Fun Fact: For the last two summers I worked at a zoo where I got kisses from an elk on a regular basis in exchange for feeding her corn.

Hannah Ryde

Instructor 

With HIOBS since: 2019

Hometown: Concord, MA

Fun FAct: Hannah loves to swim and has gone swimming at elevations that range from sea level to 12,000 feet!

Anna Sand

Assistant Instructor

With HIOBS since: 2018

Hometown: Pomfret, VT

Fun fact: I've hiked all 46 high peaks in the Adirondack State Park over 4,000ft, making me a "46er."

Marissa Sanzone

Hometown: Fairfax, VA

Been with HIOBS since: 2019

Nora Spicer

Hometown of Cambridge, MA

Instructor since 2012

Fun Fact: Nora attended a Spanish bilingual school and loves backpacking in South America. 

Ken Sinapius

Hometown of Lynn MA

Instructor since 1984

Fun Fact: Ken is a member of the first graduating class of Outdoor Recreation majors at Unity College.

Lucia Tonachel

Position: Instructor, Logistician

With HIOBS since: 2018

Hometown: Cambridge, MA

Fun fact: I currently split my time between India and Maine!

Maria Versteeg

Position: Assistant Instructor, Newry Base

Been with HIOBS since: 2019

Hometown:  Owatonna, Minnesota

Fun Fact:  I used to grow pigs and rabbits at Conty and State fairs growing up!

Ben Vockley

Eli Walker

Hometown of Thomaston, Topsham, and Union, ME

Instructor since 2011

Fun Fact: Eli was a camper on a 5-week Chewonki Foundation canoe expedition in central Quebec when he was 16. One of his trip leaders was also an Outward Bound instructor. From that year on, he knew that he wanted to work for Outward Bound. He was finally old enough to apply when he was 21, and he became a HIOBS instructor. 

Dan Wellehan

Hometown of Newbury MA

Instructor since 1997

Fun Fact: Dan can juggle flaming torches and knives, but not at the same time . . . yet.

Chris Wells

Hometown of Metuchen, New Jersey.

Instructor since 1982

Fun Fact: Chris attended Woodstock!

Peals Wrobel

Hometown of Buffalo, NY

Fun Facts: Peals used to hitchhike a lot before getting her motorcycle then her car. She’s still not a grown up.