Olympia Branch Council, Meeting Minutes and Committee Chairs
The Olympia Branch Council is comprised of our elected officers. The Branch Council meets the second Wednesday of every month to conduct general branch business. These meetings are open to all Olympia Mountaineers members. Olympia Mountaineers Activities and Events are chaired by Activity Committee Chairs.
Current Officers
- Chair: Bob Keranen
- Chair-Elect: Neal Kirby
- Past Chair: Marko Pavela
- Director: Greg Lovelady
- Community-Relations Social Chair: Maxine Dunkelman, Virginia Haas
- Secretary-Communications Chair: Doug Hansen
- Treasurer: Beth Peden
MEETING SCHEDULe
- Monthly (2nd Wed), 6:00 - 8:00 P.M., Olympia Center (222 Columbia St. NW, Olympia WA, 98501), Room 200
- At times these meetings can be held via Zoom instead of the above listed location
meeting minutes
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
- Adventure Speaker Series Carolyn Burreson
- Alpine Scrambling Tom Eckhout
- Awards/Pins Kerry Lowry
- Backcountry Skiing Tom Eckhout
- Banff Coordinator Mike Riley
- Branch Calendar Bob Keranen
- Branch Editor (Magazine) Mike Kretzler
- Climbing Division Mike Riley
- Climbing- Basic Julie Dasso
- Climbing- Beyond Basic Tristan Steed, Doug Souliere
- Climbing- Intermediate Rich Irwin
- Climbing- Intro to Leading Bolted Routes Douglas Hansen
- Climbing- Self Rescue Roland Lanoue
- Conservation Jim French, Kathy Fox, Jennifer Fortin (Co-Chairs)
- Eblast Coordinator Regina Robinson
- Equipment: projectors, laptop, etc. Sergey Frolov
- Family Activities Carla Jonientz
- Hiking/Backpacking Donna Kreuger, Becky Andrade
- Leadership Marko Pavela, Donnie Miller
- Library/Bear Boxes Maxine Dunkelman, Mike Riley
- MOFA/First Aid Bob Keranen, Greg Lovelady, Donnie Miller
- Naturalists Dee Ann Kline
- Navigation Mike Kretzler
- New Member Outreach Jennifer Fortin
- Program Center Liaison Kristina Ciari
- Safety Officer Mike McIntosh
- Sea Kayaking John Dunlap
- Trail Running Julie Dasso
- Webmasters Mike Kretzler, Julie Dasso
- Wilderness Skills Jennifer Goodwin, Chris Sullivan
- Winter Travel- Nordic Skiing and Snowshoeing Tom Eckhout
- Youth Program Dixie Havlak, Becky Nielsen
leadership planning calendar
This calendar is for use by Olympia Branch leaders to plan courses and events for the upcoming year. Please see the course listings under Courses for finalized dates.