Leader Spotlight
Leader Spotlight: Shuko Hashimoto & Christina Buckman
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leaders: Shuko Hashimoto & Christina Buckman. They are leaders and mentors with the Backpacking Building Blocks (B3) course who love to share their passion for hiking and backpacking with new students.
Leader Spotlight: Thomas Bancroft
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Thomas Bancroft. He is a life-long lover of birds (despite an allergy to both eggs and feathers!) who believes that the ability to identify local wildlife is critical to fostering a sense of care for our wild places.
Leader Spotlight: Nataliya Semez
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Nataliya Semez. She is a trail running leader who never imagined herself running in the mountains, and now loves introducing others to her favorite sport!
Leader Spotlight: Becky Jacobsen
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Becky Jacobsen. She is a newer hike leader with the Tacoma Branch who loves post-hike treats. Milkshakes in the winter ... why not?
Leader Spotlight: Peter Hendrickson
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Peter Hendrickson. He is a 15-year member with a love for wilderness navigation who has served in numerous trip, course, and branch leadership capacities.
Leader Spotlight: Dee Ann Kline
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Dee Ann Kline. She is a 13-year member who helped form the new Olympia Naturalists Committee to encourage folks to slow down and learn more about the natural world around them.
Leader Spotlight: Steven Anderson
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Steven Anderson. He is a climb leader with the Kitsap Branch who led an expedition to Denali in 2019, and now has his sights on Kilimanjaro and Fuji!
Leader Spotlight: John Gilbert
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: John Gilbert. He is a 29-year member who loves hiking, scrambling, and pedaling his kayak!
Leader Spotlight: Carlanna Livingstone
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Carlanna Livingstone. She became a hike leader three months after joining The Mountaineers and wants you to know that “if I can do this, you can do this!”
Leader Spotlight: Atsuko Yamaguchi
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Atsuko Yamaguchi. She is climb, scramble, and hike leader with the Everett Branch who led a scrambling trip to Japan over the summer!
Leader Spotlight: Ginger Sarver
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Ginger Sarver. She is an active volunteer with the Olympia Branch who is most proud of her work with their Conservation & Stewardship Committee.
Leader Spotlight: Lisa Loper
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Lisa Loper. She is a seasoned leader with the Everett Branch who goes to the mountains to feed her soul.
Leader Spotlight: Lonny Moore
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Lonny Moore. He is a 6-year member with our Kitsap Branch who co-chairs the Basic Climbing Course and enjoys helping to train new leaders.
Leader Spotlight: Karen Wallace
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Karen Wallace. She is a 3-year member with an adventurous spirit, a keen attention to detail, and a passion for sharing her love of the outdoors with others.
Leader Spotlight: Lisa Hayek
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Lisa Hayek. She is a 3-year member who hikes almost daily with her baby daughter. They hope to see you out on the trail!
Leader Spotlight: Krissy Fagan
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Krissy Fagan. She is a 10-year member who found her climbing family through The Mountaineers!
Leader Spotlight: Gordie Swartzman
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Gordie Swartzman. He is a 37-year member who is addicted to bird and plant identification... as well as the feeling of sharing the places he loves with others!
Leader Spotlight: Debbee Lynn Straub
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Debbee Lynn Straub. She is an avid climber - and paddler! - who was motivated to become a leader to encourage other women to lead and to help build a positive community.
Leader Spotlight: Nancy Lloyd
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Nancy Lloyd. She is a 12-year member from Olympia who is always working for the weekend and her next adventure outside!
Leader Spotlight: Bill Coady
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Bill Coady. He is a sea kayaking and cross-country ski leader who plays the drums and loves being a grandparent!
Leader Spotlight: Tab Wilkins
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Tab Wilkins. He is a 18-year leader who has supported The Mountaineers both in the backcountry and on the Board ... and he met his wife through our community!
Leader Spotlight: Rena Chinn
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Rena Chinn. She is 12-year member who believes that climbing can empower people to face challenges in all areas of their lives.
Leader Spotlight: Curtis Stock
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Curtis Stock. He is a climb leader in Tacoma who has leveraged his experience with The Mountaineers to climb around the world!
Leader Spotlight: Henry Romer
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Henry Romer. He is a long-time leader and instructor who supports multiple activities ... and who just completed the 100 Peaks at Mt. Rainier list in July 2018!
Leader Spotlight: Ted Miller
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Ted Miller. He is a 9-year member with the Bellingham Branch who became a leader to give back to his community.
Leader Spotlight: Bernadette Lamarca
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Bernadette Lamarca. She is an Everett-based hike leader with 13 years of experience leading for The Mountaineers!
Leader Spotlight: Jacob Wolniewicz
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Jacob Wolniewicz. He is a Seattle-based volunteer who joined to gain technical skills and stayed for the community!
Leader Spotlight: Jill Uthoff
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Jill Uthoff. She's a Tacoma-based volunteer who loves to climb and who's a leader on a number of climbing committees!
Leader Spotlight: Christine Grenier
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. Meet this month's featured leader: Christine Grenier. She is a 12-year leader who always remembers to keep trips fun, and to enjoy the wild places she's exploring.
Leader Spotlight: Danielle Graham
Leader Spotlight is a monthly blog to showcase our incredible volunteer leadership at The Mountaineers. It is a platform for our leaders to share tips and tricks, favorite memories, and inspiration for new and rising leaders. Meet this month's featured leader: Danielle Graham