Wolf School of Natural Science: Adjunct Faculty

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Senior Instructors & Adjunct Faculty

Nayaret Quezada-Salazar, Naturalist, Healer, Original Wolf Camp Instructor
Nikki van Schyndel, Survivalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Artist
Bill Baroch, M.Ed., Lead Instructor, Storyteller
Lorien MacAuley, Ph.D. Agricultural, Leadership, & Community Education
Patrick Wiley, M.S., Lead Instructor
Hannah Hynes-Petty, B.A., Lead Instructor
Ella Ashford, B.S., Lead Instructor
Amy Liu, B.A., ESL Director
Malachi Cabera, Business Mangement & DEIJ Consultant
Don Nguyen, Founder, Climbers of Color and We Do It Outside
Kelda Lorax, B.A., Founder, Divine Earth Gardening Project
Andrea Jacobson, M.OT., Occupational Therapist
Chris “Huck” Anderson, B.A., Lead Instructor
Carol Goulet, Lead Instructor & Staff Advisor
Jason Patterson, Lead Instructor & Artisan
Megan Damofle, Lead Instructor
Dana Miller, Lead Instructor
Sarah Inskeep, B.A., Camp Instructor
Heather Carmichael, B.A., Lead Instructor
Jordan Ewing, B.A., Camp Instructor
Logan Nelson, B.A., Camp Instructor
Leila Lavender, B.S., Camp Instructor
Bridget Breithaupt, B.S., Camp Instructor
Torrey Burke-Weeks, B.A., Lead Instructor & Artisan
Braden Ploger, B.A., Lead Instructor & Finance Director
Scott Fanello, M.S., Lead Instructor, Appropriate Tech
Rachel Edwards, M.A., Lead Instructor & Herbalist
Kate Hedges, Lead Instructor, Founder of Blue Skies
Griz Chambers, Lead Instructor & Artisan
Orion Baker, B.A.Ed., EMT, CDL, Lead Instructor
Krista Rome, B.S., Conservation Consultant, Farmer
Jacquelyn Kellin, B.S., Lead Instructor
Thomas Fellows, B.S., Lead Instructor
Alexandra Bunker, B.S., Camp Instructor
Marco Garcia-Duarte, B.S., Camp Instructor
Caitlin Davis, B.S., Camp Instructor
Wren Schmid, Camp Instructor
Khadyja Reinhardt, Camp Instructor
Andres Godinez, Camp Instructor
Kyler Shumaker, Camp Instructor
Jacob Gerstman, Camp Instructor
Chelsea Jacobs, EMT, Camp Instructor
Andy Jacobs, Website Guru, Assistant Instructor
Matt Budzak, Business Mangement Intern & Accessibility Consultant

Nayaret Quezada-Salazar

Roles/Work: Naturalist, Healer & Original Wolf Camp Instructor
Hometown(s): Santiago de Chile and Puyallup WA
Approximate Age: 60
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 1994
First Leadership Year: 1996

Nayaret taught our very first Wolf Camp programs alongside founder Chris Chisholm in the summer 1996, including wildlife tracking workshops, bird language classes, and wilderness survival trainings. Nayaret is responsible for bringing the professional guidance and moral support needed to launch Wolf Camp, and she went on to mentor countless others to succeed in their dreams. She is a successful life coach and healer, practicing multiple healing techniques including Systemic Family Constellation Work, Reike & Massage, Aromatherapy & Homeopathy, Acupressure & Digitopuncture, Feng Shui, Earthing in Nature, and more. After raising her children in Albuquerque NM and her childhood home of Santiago de Chile, Nayaret recently followed her children back to the Pacific Northwest as they enter their college years, and is joining Wolf Camp for another summer of inspired teaching, including weekly Nature Healing Walks for all ages.

Nikki van Schyndel

Roles/Work: Survivalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Artist
Hometown(s): Echo Bay, B.C.
Approximate Age: 50
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 1999
First Leadership Year: 2000

Nikki is a 1999 graduate of the Dominion Herbal College, illustrated Wolf Journey – Trail of the Naturalist, authored an account of her 2 year primitive living experience in the western wilderness called Becoming Wild with our apprenticeship graduate Micah Fay, and stars on the History Channel’s “Alone” Season 6 which is set in the arctic wilderness. She was mentored in wildlife photography by William Gibbons, a great Rocky Mountain wildlife photographer. She has been a loved volunteer for Wolf Camp since 2000, and our most advanced student having progressed through our Wolf Journey course. Nikki is a natural teacher and excellent tracker, herbalist, artist and survivalist. It is an understatement to say that Nikki is now one of the most highly trained earth skills educators in the field. For more details on Nikki’s trek after training at the Wolf School of Natural Science, check out our book review on Becoming Wild.

 Bill Baroch, M.S.

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor, Storyteller
Hometown(s): Deming, WA
Approximate Age: 65
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 1999
First Leadership Year: 2000

Bill teaches using story as a technique for subtly sharing insight and information. He emphasizes stories which celebrate the natural world and human-nature interactions. From 1991-98, Bill was Co-Director & Instructor at Free Spirit Nature Camp in Warwick, NY, conducting six-week summertime camps for 4-12 year olds, presenting pre-camp staff orientation, acting as camp medical director, and planning/implementing activities focusing on nature study and exploration, survival skills and conflict resolution. Bill was also Program Director at Pathfinder Outdoor School in Mountain Center, CA from 1991-92 & 1993-94, administrating the residential outdoor education program, communicating with schools to set schedules, giving school site presentations to students and parents, developing/implementing new classes and programs, and teaching classes in natural science and other outdoor pursuits. Bill was also Teaching Fellow at Montclair State University’s N.J. School of Conservation in Branchville, NJ, from 1992-93, where he taught environmental education classes and developed teacher training workshops. From 1990-91, bill was a Naturalist Instructor at Greenkill Environmental Education Center in Huguenot, NY, where he designed and taught classes natural history to grades 410 during 3-5 day visits, using Project Adventure, High Ropes and the Climbing Wall to establish cooperative learning. Bill was also an Environmental Education Intern at Clemmie Gill School of Science and Conservation in Springville, CA from 1989-90, at Ryerson Conservation Area in Deerfield, IL , and at Northcoast Environmental Center in Arcata, CA in 1988. Bill was also a Docent at the Nature Conservancy’s Lanphere-Christensen Dunes Preserve in Arcata, CA from 1985-88, leading interpretive walks for school groups and the general public which focused on the geology and ecology of the dunes. He was a trail crew member for the U.S. Forest Service in Tongass National Forest,, Misty Fjords National Monument in Alaska in 1985, a Wildlife Technician for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks, AK in 1994, working on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and again a Wildlife Technician for the U.S. Forest Service, Institute of Northern Forestry in Fairbanks in 1993, assisting a biologist on a moose foraging ecology study in Denali National Park.

Lorien MacAuley, Ph.D. Agricultural, Leadership, & Community Education

Roles/Work: Lead Wildlife & Virtual Instructor, Sustainable Ag Specialist,
Hometown(s): Brunswick, MD and Mannassas, VA
Approximate Age: 45
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2004
First Leadership Year: 2004

Lorien MacAuley, B.S. in Biology, M.S. in Life Sciences, PhD in Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education at Virginia Tech while working for the Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition. She now researches on-farm apprenticeships at Virginia Tech, with areas of interest including beginning farmer education, community-based food systems initiatives, food justice, alternative agrifood movements, sustainable development discourses, and labor issues within the food system. In Fayette County, WV, she managed an educational market garden for two seasons, in which youth grew, harvested, and sold veggies at the farmers market. Lorien holds a PhD in Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education; a Masters Degree in Agricultural and Extension Education; and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organization; from Virginia Tech.

Lorien graduated from our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in the summer of 2004, and due to her expertise in wildlife tracking & birding, already was a lead day camp instructor in August of that year. She also lived at Wolf Camp for an additional year, helping to develop our farm internship with organic gardens and farm animals while also studying earth skills to a great depth. Lorien lead several of our camps in 2005-06. She was Wilderness First Responder certified, and trained in Site/Risk Management. Lorien did environmental research in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest during the summer of 2007, worked at Southern Appalachian Labor School in West Virginia, received her masters from the Virginia Tech in 2015, and her Ph.D in 2017. For a personal note from Lorien, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2004

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Patrick Wiley, M.S., Lead Instructor

Roles/Work: Overnight Camps & Adult Programs, Lead Staff Trainer & Camp Instructor
Hometown(s): Eugene, OR; Olympia, WA
Approximate Age: 30
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2004
First Leadership Year: 2008

Patrick Wiley first came to Wolf Camp as a camp participant in 2004, he completed our Naturalist Mentoring CIT course in 2006, and our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in the summer of 2007.  In 2008, he served as an assistant camp instructor and became our youngest-ever lead instructor in 2009.

Patrick holds a variety of accolades including certification in Outdoor Leadership from Whitman College; Permaculture Design Certification from Oregon State University; Wilderness First Responder medical training from WMI; Storytelling and Presentation Mastery from NLP Pacific; and he achieved Level III Track & Sign Certification from Cybertracker, Int’l at his evaluation in October, 2017.  Patrick received a B.S. in Religious Studies from the University of Oregon.

Most recently, Patrick received his M.S. in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from the University of Oregon School of Law.  As part of his studies, he completed coursework and certification in mediation, facilitation, negotiation, and collaborative governance.  His graduate thesis focused on blending Social Psychology and Wildlife Management to write more effective wildlife policies.  For a personal note from Patrick, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2008.

Hannah Hynes-Petty, B.A., Lead Instructor

Roles/Work: Herbal Specialist, Lead Camp Instructor
Hometown(s): Eugene, OR; Olympia, WA
Approximate Age: 30
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2013
First Leadership Year: 2014

Hannah began our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship at the Wolf School of Natural Science in 2013 and graduated as a lead herbal instructor in 2014. She graduated from the University of Oregon in 2014 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Languages, and has continued expanding her herbal education ever since. Hannah studied herbalism at the International Integrative Educational Institute (IIEI), the North American Institute of Medical Herbalism (NAIMH), the East West School of Planetary Herbology, as well as personal studies from herbalists such as Matthew Wood, Jim Mcdonald, Michael Moore, Rosemary Gladstar, and beyond. Hannah was also Product Coordinator for Mountain Rose Herbs from 2016-18. As an outdoorswoman and an Oregon native, Hannah loves exploring the beautiful wild places of the Pacific Northwest.  In her free time, she can be found in the outdoors, knitting, gardening, and learning about plants.

Megan Damofle, Lead Instructor

 Roles/Work: Lead Instructor, Herbalist
 Hometown(s): Seattle & Vashon Island, WA;
 Approximate Age: 36
 Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2006
 First Leadership Year: 2008

Megan completed the bulk of our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in 2006 and returned to complete her training and lead instruct Wild Chefs & Herbal Medics in the summer of 2008. She has studied permaculture with Dave Boehnlein, Toby Hemenway and at the Sustainable Agriculture Program at Edmonds Community College.  She has pursued herbal education for over 10 years on her own and with various teachers.  Most recently she completed her 1st year of the Professional Herbalist course at IIEI with KP Kalsa in 2014 and is currently pursuing the Professional Herb Course with East West School of Planetary Herbalogy. She also completed the Hunter Gatherer Immersion Course with Raven’s Roots in 2015 where she learned bow making and wild food harvesting all over Washington State.

Megan has worked with kids for over a decade as a caregiver for all ages.  She also had the opportunity to volunteer at her daughter’s Waldorf Preschool for 2 years where she found her love for Waldorf education.  Her interests include cooking, hiking, foraging, and having adventures with her family.  She lives on Vashon Island with her partner Gavin and their 5 year old daughter, Runa, a seasoned Wolf Camper. For a personal note from Megan, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2006

Amy Liu, B.A., ESL Director

Roles/Work: ESL Students Director, Chinese Language Interpreter, Day Camp Assistant Instructor
Hometown(s): Shanghai, China; Sammamish, WA
Approximate Age: 35
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2018
First Leadership Year: 2018

Don Nguyen, Co-Founder, Climbers of Color and We Do It Outside

Roles/Work: Program Development, Virtual Instruction, Lead Instruction, Big Game Tracking, Mountain Guiding
Hometown(s): Oklahoma City & Tacoma WA
Approximate Age: 30
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2016
First Leadership Year: 2020

Don Nguyen is a life long outdoors-person. Born in Oklahoma’s Little Saigon, he followed the call of the outdoors life and spends much of his time working in the mountains and wilderness of the western US.

Don guides mountaineering trips on Rainier, Denali, in South America and beyond. In the fall time he is a professional big game tracker and guide in the Rockies. You can see Don in his element, surviving the full 23 Days on Discovery Channel’s “Naked and Afraid” in Namibia.

Don’s passion for the outdoors extends beyond guiding and instruction, he is a co-founder of Climbers of Color, a non-profit organization working to create Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color leaders in alpine climbing and other outdoor spaces. Don also manages We Do It Outside with his partner Emily.

Kelda Lorax, B.A., Founder, Divine Earth Gardening Project, Seattle Permaculture Guild & Tacoma Permaculture, Stardust Market Garden & Fairland Farmers Market

Roles/Work: Permaculture Instruction, Virtual Instruction, Small Scale Agriculture, Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants
Hometown(s): Puyallup WA & Fairland, Oklahoma
Approximate Age: 40
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2010
First Leadership Year: 2020

Kelda began studying permaculture as a teenager in the 90’s, graduated from Evergreen State College with a B.A. and focus on Sustainable Communities, had a 2-year internship at the Bullock’s Permaculture Homestead, helped launch the Seattle Permaculture Guild, then the Tacoma Permaculture group, has co-taught and led several Permaculture Design Courses, served on the board of the Northwest Permaculture Convergence, and has Diplomas in Permaculture Site Design and Permaculture Education through the Permaculture Institute of North America(PINA). 

Kelda is widely considered to be the person who brought permaculture to Puyallup & Pierce County, and recently moved to Oklahoma to take over her grandmother’s farm, renaming it Stardust Market Garden after the next-door motel her family used to manage. She started the Fairland Farmer’s Market, served on city council for a term, is on the board for L.E.A.D. Agency, and teaches virtually with Permaculture Women’s Guild, Oregon State University’s Online PDC, and is a PINA Field Advisor. Kelda’s passion is for learning about and creating models of healthy human-ecosystem relations, while acknowledging and working to end the many injustices that have disrupted our collective relationship with the land

Jason Patterson

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor, Artisan & Survival Specialist
Hometown(s): Woodinville, WA
Approximate Age: 50
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2004
First Leadership Year: 2005

Jason came to us with many years experience guiding wilderness therapy courses, and many years of dirt time with survival skills. He teaches artisan camps for us, and has been a great help to our program since starting to work with us years ago. He’s a great craftsman with wood and rocks, especially knowledgeable with minerals and geology, and has an amazing, calm, happy, humble and welcoming energy with young people. Jason is a carpenter by trade, and mong many other accolades, he earned a Level I Cybertracker Track & Sign Certification in 2013 and various Wilderness First Aid certifications over the years.

Dana Miller, Lead Instructor

Roles/Work: Camp Parent & Instructor
Hometown(s): Sitka, AK & Seattle, WA
Approximate Age: 50
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2014
First Leadership Year: 2022

Dana was introduced to Wolf Camp through her daughter in 2014. Her first career was in commercial fishing where she became licensed captain at age 19. During her teens and twenties, she spent her shore time more owned by than owner of an air taxi.  This combination afforded her a lot of experience in Search & Rescue.  At the turn of the millennium, she left self-employment behind her and became a construction site surveyor. To prevent returning to work in construction, she now drives a school bus during the school year, and during the summer of 2022 she became a Wolf Camp instructor.

Sarah Inskeep, B.A.

Roles/Work: Wildlife Conservation & Herbal Instructor
Hometown(s): Manhattan, KS
Approximate Age: 26
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2015
First Leadership Year: 2016

Sarah was born and raised in Kansas, went to Maine for college, and studied in the Himalayas before coming to the Wolf School of Natural Science, working 24/7 at Wolf Camp and Blue Skye Farm in the summer of 2016 to complete both our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship and Blue Skye Farm Internship simultaneously. She subsequently returned to Kansas State University to finish her undergraduate degree.

Sarah’s expertise with wildlife rehabilitation, knowledge of birds world-wide, and affinity for the wild edible and especially medicinal plants of the west astounded us from the beginning. Sarah taught both kids camps and adult classes in her first summer with us, and for a sense of what Sarah brings to students of all ages, here’s what she wrote in her original application:

“Nature has ever been at the forefront of my mind. Though as a child I was shy with people, I was eternally curious about the plants and animals around me, regardless of shape or size. This biophilia, as Edward O. Wilson called it, grew as I did. The more I learned, the more I loved. The more I loved, the more I wanted to protect these things.

“This desire led me to train and care for rescue dogs, and later to volunteer at a local nature center. Working with and learning from my mentor Vanessa, my perspectives were reshaped. I always sought to help by working with animals directly, but there, I was witness to the pivotal role of education in determining the fate of animals and their world. All too often people fear what they do not understand, and what people fear they will see no need to look after.

“After high school, when studying with Where There Be Dragons in Nepal, I came to an even sharper realization. Just as I saw the beauty of the land mirrored in the open-hearted ways of its people, and found my own heart opening in return, I also saw for the first time the stark reality of human suffering – of exploitation, pollution, and poverty. And I understood my own species is equally in need of love and healing as the animals I cared for.

“Upon these foundational ideas my subsequent education has unfolded. Though somewhat unconventional, my path has not been without aim. From study of politics at College of the Atlantic, to living at a Zen Buddhist monastery, to becoming a full-time student of Aikido, I have been crafting a yet-unnamed degree of my own.

Ella Ashford, B.S., Lead Instructor

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor
Hometown(s): Port Townsend, WA
Approximate Age: 22
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2012
First Leadership Year: 2015

Enough cannot be said about Ella. We’ve said since she completed our Double IT Mentoring Program at age 14 and then our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship at age 16 that she’s an old soul. Ella has tons of family outdoor experience in Port Townsend, including several sailing trips to/from Hawai’i, she has won scholarships for studying (and teaching) abroad in Europe, she has won top national honors in Robotics competitions, and the list goes on. Her acumen teaching youth and adults is incredible, with excellent group discipline and risk awareness which arises from homeschooling experience with parents who were ocean lifeguards, who encouraged herbal knowledge, wildlife tracking ability, traditional craftwork, and so much more. Ella recently graduated from Willamette University and while there, was a Heather Dempsey Environmental Science Scholar and STEM Fellow.

Chris “Huck” Anderson, B.A.

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor, Founder of Lost & Found Adventures; Now Working as a Lead Guide for Arizona Outback Adventures and chosen as one of 5 Most Exceptional Worldwide REI Guides for 2014
Hometown(s): Phoenix, AZ
Approximate Age: 40
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2005
First Leadership Year: 2006

Huck served as our camp nurse and graduated from our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in 2005, when he also co-taught our Rock-Climbing course and assisted with several day and overnight camps as well. In 2006 he ran the Geo TRIP, and he taught a variety of camps for us in 2007. He comes to us with a plethora of previous experience, including as an ambulance driver EMT. He is a gifted musician, having played with many of the great jazz artists of our time who visited Arizona State University during his years there. As you can read in his Arizona Outback Adventures bio where he heads up their risk management and instructor training divisions, plus his Most Exceptional Worldwide REI Guides write-up, the list of his attributes and accolades goes on and on. We are proud to be part of his history and future.

Kate Hedges

Roles/Work: Advisor, Founder of Blue Skies – Earth Skills
Hometown(s): Helensburgh and Edinburgh, Scotland
Approximate Age: 40
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2001
First Leadership Year: 2002

Kate Hedges was the first graduate of our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship. She came specifically to learn earth skills and to learn how a functioning earth skills school ran in order to go back home to found the first official earth skills training institute in Scotland, all in the same year she graduated from the University of Edinburgh. Due to her skill, talents and fun, she made her Blue Skies earth skills training institute a popular success in its very first year! If you live in Europe or enjoy traveling the British Isles, contact her through us or telephone, (international prefix varies) 0131 228 9608/ 07984 893436, to find out about attending one of her great courses or to arrange a custom-designed program. Most exciting is that Kate acquired a new permanent home for Blue Skies, a beautiful piece of land called Roeburn Wood, situated about a 30-minute walk from Helensburgh, west of Glasgow. It is best accessed by train to Helensburgh Central railway station, a short journey from Glasgow. It’s harder and harder for Kate to get free to fly over and teach with us anymore due to her packed schedule at Blue Skies. For a personal note from Kate, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2001.

Carol Goulet

Roles/Work: Staff Advisor, Co-Founder of B.C. Primitive Adventures
Hometown(s): Vancouver
Approximate Age: 55
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 1998
First Leadership Year: 1998

Carol has extensive experience teaching in a variety of settings, and was co-founder of B.C. Primitive Adventures in 1996. She has worked as a counselor at Leyline for several years, and all the students who have attended Wolf Camp can attest to her fun, nurturing, and challenging leadership. She is a graduate of many Tracker School courses, including Advanced Scout, and has become a highly skilled herbalist, survivalist, and teacher.

Heather Carmichael, B.A., Lead Instructor

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor
Hometown(s): Sammamish WA
Approximate Age: 26
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2014
First Leadership Year: 2015

Heather started at Wolf Camp when she was 15 years old, attending the Backcountry Leadership training course. She has loved the outdoors her whole life, and has been going camping and backpacking since she was a small child. Heather graduated from Cornell College, majoring in biology. She’s a black belt in Shudokan Karate, which she has been doing since she age six. Heather completed our Double IT Youth Mentoring program in 2016, then our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in 2017, and became a lead instructor in 2018. She is considered one of the most inspirational camp instructors and natural science educators out there, leading everything from morning workouts to wildlife tracking forays.

Torrey Burke-Weeks, B.A.

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor & Artisan Contractor
Hometown(s): Bellingham, WA
Approximate Age: 28
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2001
First Leadership Year: 2010

Torrey first came to a Bellingham day camp when he was a wee little 7 year old, and has been coming back ever since. Growing up without TV or video games, his entertainment and education has always come from nature and the outdoors. His interests include teaching, tracking, backcountry camping, woodworking, traditional survival skills, foraged food, blues/swing dance, and sustainability. After 10 years of Waldorf education and 4 years at Bellingham High School, he received his Bachelors in Sustainable Design from Quest University Canada in Spring of 2016. Most impressive about Torrey, in addition to his advanced outdoor skills, is his natural teaching ability. Balancing what he learned at Waldorf with his Wolf Camp experience, he just knows how to inspire students to learn, and take them safely through lessons like a pro. For a personal note from Torrey, check out our apprenticeship testimonials and scroll down to 2012, and check out his personal construction business website at Cedar Creek Designs.

Braden Ploger, B.A., Finance Director & Lead Camp Instructor

Roles/Work: Day Camps & Finance Director, Camps & Classes Instructor
Hometown(s): Bainbridge Island, Seattle & Bellingham WA
Approximate Age: 26
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2005
First Leadership Year: 2012

Braden Ploger first started at Wolf Camp when he was 8 years old. He finished the Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship by the time he was just 16. He has always loved the outdoors and has been going on backpacking trips for as long as he can remember. He got his finance and economics degree at Western Washington University, while also teaching home school workshops on earth skills to all ages. He came on board as our finance director in 2018 to help Wolf Camp budget for its transition of the Conservation College into an independent, non-profit organization.

Krista Rome, B.S.

Roles/Work: Advisor, Environmental Consultant, Farmer
Hometown(s): Bellingham, WA
Approximate Age: 45
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2000
First Leadership Year : 2004

Krista Rome holds a bachelors degree in environmental studies from WWU Huxley College and after college, worked at a prestigious wetlands consulting firm in Washington State. She has extensive experience working with native plants, and guiding school groups in habitat restoration. She is also a talented basket and drum maker, and her passion is to live as sustainably as possible on the land, and to teach those around her the values and joys of simple living. Krista was also certified as a Wilderness First Responder. She graduated from our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in the summer of 2003 after returning from the Peace Corps in Uganda, taught camps all summer in 2004, and continues to be a close advisor throughout the year. Krista has also gone on to become proprietor of the Grains & Beans Project. For a personal note from Krista, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2003.

Scott Fanello, M.S.

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor
Hometown(s): Boulder, CO
Approximate Age: 40
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2004
First Leadership Year: 2004
Scott Fanello, B.S. in Biology, graduated from our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in the summer of 2004, and due to unprecedented experience, soon became a lead day camp instructor in August. He also lived at Wolf Camp, helping to develop our farm internship with organic gardens and farm animals while also studying earth skills to a great depth. Scott lead several of our camps in 2005-06, including the development of the Old School Pioneers camp. He is Wilderness First Responder certified, and trained in Site/Risk Management. Scott received his masters in stormwater engineering and relocated to the mountain west where he works in the field. For a personal note from Scott, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2005.

Rachel Edwards, M.A.

Roles/Work: Instructor, Herbalist
Hometown(s): Rutherfordton, NC
Approximate Age: 35
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2010
First Leadership Year: 2010

Rachel completed our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in 2010 after coming to us with great experience teaching environmental education and an herbal degree from Bastier University. After her apprenticeship, she continued to teach and then returned home to Asheville NC where she attained her masters degree and now works as a counselor. For a personal note from Rachel, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2010.

Griz Chambers

Roles/Work: Earth Skills Consultant, Traditional Craftsman
Hometown(s): Crowsnest Pass, AB
Approximate Age: 30
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2001
First Leadership Year: 2004

Griz graduated from our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship in the summer of 2003. He first came to Wolf Camp as a young camper in 2001, then returned in 2002 as the first graduate of our Youth Mentoring CIT Program. Bill specializes in Primitive Artisanry, with expertise in hunting, fishing, and tracking. He lead our Primitive Fishing and Stone Age Technologies camps, plus co-taught a variety of day camps in 2005. He is an Emergency Medical Responder, a Wilderness First Responder, and is trained in Site/Risk Management. He hails from his hometown of Crow’s Nest Pass, Alberta, and is currently developing his own Earth Skills programs near Calgary. For a personal note from Griz, check out our Apprenticeship Testimonials and scroll down to 2002.

Thomas Fellows, B.S.

Roles/Work: Lead Instructor
Hometown(s): Puyallup WA
Approximate Age: 23
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2012
First Leadership Year: 2015

Thomas has always been an outstanding teacher and practitioner of outdoor skills, not only since attending our survival camps in 2012, but throughout his childhood participating in 4H Outdoor Adventures, volunteering with environmental restoration projects professionally engineered by his father and completing our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship while still in high school.

“I always told my dad that I didn’t want a “boring desk job”. I guess that’s how I ended up as a wilderness survival instructor. It’s a perfect fit for me because I can combine my love of the outdoors with my knowledge and experience.” Thomas is diligent in his risk management, out in front of any need to be disciplinary, and very popular for kids to tackle. Even with his kind young face, campers always think he’s in his 30s. We also have a feeling that when he’s in his 30s, campers will think he’s in his 20s. Thomas lived on the Training Ship Golden Bear while attending college at the California Maritime Academy where he recently graduated with his bachelor’s degree.

Alexandra “Squirrel” Bunker, B.S. Environmental Studies

Roles/Work: Camp Instructor, Videographer
Hometown(s): Altamonte Springs, FL
Approximate Age: 30
Introduced to Wolf Camp: 2001
First Leadership Year: 2004

Alex first came to camp in 2001 as part of our wilderness survival and seaside kayaking courses. She returned at age 15 to help with our rock climbing and other courses as part of our Youth Mentoring CIT Program in 2004, graduating from our Wilderness First Responder course and other trainings that year. After returning from studying in Italy during high school, she become Florida’s youngest public official as supervisor of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District where she served for over four years, active in fundraising, event planning and educating land users on the best land and water use management practices. She also worked as a rock-climbing guide throughout college. Alex graduated from Central Florida University with a degree in Environmental Studies before embarking on a project to film green businesses around the world.