by Mt. Adams Institute | Dec 19, 2024 | Staff
Program Director Kristin grew up in rural Vermont, where her love for nature first took root. With a degree in Cultural Anthropology, she’s explored the world through NOLS in Baja, Mexico, and a study abroad semester in Nepal. Her career journey includes serving in...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 26, 2024 | Staff
VetsWork Program Coordinator Amber grew up in a small rural farming community in northeast Iowa but found her second home in the Columbia Gorge. With a degree in Global Resource Systems from Iowa State University, her career has taken her from working with rural...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Nov 20, 2024 | Staff
Land Stewards Program Coordinator Chelsea is our Land Stewards Program Coordinator. Before joining MAI, she worked in a variety of roles all centered around the intersection of people and place, including as a land use planner, farmers market manager, food educator,...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Aug 23, 2024 | Staff
Outreach Coordinator Cole is an outdoor recreation enthusiast with a background in journalism, marketing and advocacy. They joined the Mt. Adams Institute team in August 2024 as Outreach Coordinator, where they focus on connecting people with the natural world through...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2023 | Staff
Finance Director Mike is supporting the MAI team helping manage day-to-day operations with oversight of our facilities, financial management and program support. Mike’s background includes work with AmeriCorps programs, nonprofit management and a variety of youth...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2023 | Staff
Human Resources & Recruitment Director Sherrie has over twenty five years’ experience recruiting AmeriCorps members and fiscal management: Northwest Service Academy and Confluence Environmental Center. Sherrie enjoys playing hard in the outdoors with her family...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2023 | Staff
Executive Director Aaron Stanton is our Executive Director and has been at MAI since the early years, beginning in 2013. For most of those years, he was the Program Director, overseeing our AmeriCorps programs. Prior to joining MAI, his background was in public school...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2023 | MAI Recruiter, Staff
Recruitment Coordinator Erica joined the MAI staff after serving three terms as an MAI AmeriCorps member. She got her start in 2016 with the Land Stewards program where she served one year as a refuge technician with US Fish & Wildlife Service, and two years in a...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2023 | SOP Host, Staff
Sense of Place Host & Curator Sarah Fox comes to MAI as the creator/producer of the podcast Hear in the Gorge and as curator/host of the Sense of Place Event Series. Her work has appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and has been recognized by the Oregon...
by Mt. Adams Institute | Jan 29, 2023 | Staff
VetsWork Program Manager Johannah provides support to VetsWork participants and partners as a program coordinator. She has worked as a penguin researcher in Argentina and the Galapagos. In 2019, Johannah completed three years of service as a Peace Corps volunteer in...
