LaTonia Arnold is the Director of Talent for the Academy Group, a nonprofit whose mission is to unlock opportunity for young people from the most resilient communities to realize their full potential. Before that, she worked in human resources for the Obama Foundation. LaTonia’s daughter attended the Fall 2019 semester.
Cailin has been on the Board since 2014 and currently serves as Senior Director, Outdoor Recreation for Quantified Ventures. Before that, he was the Director of Outdoor Recreation for the state of Oregon. Previously, he was Local Recreation Advocacy Manager for the Outdoor Industry Association, a fellow with the Environmental Protection Agency, and Policy Director […]
Katie has been involved with Alzar School as a volunteer, staff member, member of the Advisory Committee, and joined the Board of Directors in 2010. She has worked in the outdoor industry since 2000, and continues to teach wilderness medicine courses for NOLS Wilderness Medicine. Katie studied at Middlebury College in Vermont and Idaho State […]
Cecilia Valdes lives in Santiago, Chile with her four children, one of whom is a spring 2017 alumna of Alzar School. A native Chilean, Cecilia spent part of her youth in the United States, London and Colombia and holds a degree in design from Universidad Catolica de Chile. Cecilia is currently the Administrator of the […]
Philip currently works as the Repair and Outreach Specialist for Osprey Packs in Cortez, Colorado. Previously, he was the river program manager for NOLS. He has lived and worked all over the USA, as well as in Patagonia, Chile and Nepal. He has dedicated significant efforts to advocating for people of color to explore and […]
Jami is the Director of Admissions at Alzar School who initially began working at the school as a teaching fellow in Fall 2015. Jami first learned about Alzar School when she participated in Alzar School’s Future Leaders of Whitewater summer program in 2010. Jami’s passion for education blossomed while working at a Montessori School in […]
Sean Bierle co-founded Alzar School in 2004. Prior to working at Alzar School, he taught in public, private, and charter schools, as well as led in the outdoor industry across the US and abroad. He is a passionate whitewater paddler, loves scheming up endurance challenges to train for and attempt, and relishes the chance to […]
Kristin is the co-founder and Executive Director of Alzar School and has been with the organization since 2004. Kristin’s professional and personal path has followed the search for intersections in learning- merging the power of academics with self-discovery in the outdoors and broadening perspectives through cultural exchange. When out of the office, Kristin and her […]