Leadership
Directors
Tom and Catherine Holland
Originally from the midwest, Tom and Catherine Holland are proud to be members of the Wilderness Adventures team.
Tom attended Wilderness Adventures as a teenager and discovered a passion for adventure and outdoor education during this time. The program led him to get involved in the summer camp industry while in college. An award-winning educator, Tom spent three years teaching social studies at the secondary level before he left the classroom to work at a camp in northwest Wyoming eventually serving as the Executive Director, a role he held for six years. In 2013, he went on to work for the American Camp Association and held the roles of Chief Foundation Officer and Chief Executive Officer.
Known as a leading expert on the camp experience, Tom has spoken at both national and international conferences on youth development, the camp experience and children in the outdoors. He holds a B.A. in secondary education and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. Tom is a board member of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation and City Kids Wilderness Project.
Catherine’s passion for teaching children in the outdoors is partnered with her passion for nutrition and the culinary arts. As a registered dietician with a B.S. in culinary arts from Saint Louis University, she has always brought a wealth of knowledge to meal planning and food preparation for backcountry trips. In the world of camp, Catherine has served in a variety of roles including head chef, assistant director and director of a summer camp in northwest Wyoming. Outside of camp, Catherine has worked as a registered dietician and certified diabetic educator at the hospital in Jackson, Wyoming.
Both Tom and Catherine enjoy volunteering in various capacities in the Jackson Hole community and love to get outside with their four kids.
Contact Tom and Catherine: [email protected]
Director of Marketing and Sales
Carly Chanatry
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Carly was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan. During college, she found her way west in the summers to begin her work in the summer camp industry. Completely taken with the beauty of Wyoming and the important work of summer camps, she relocated full-time to Jackson. After 12 summers working at a residential camp outside of Jackson Hole, Carly decided it was time for a new challenge and adventure, and made her way to Wilderness Adventures. Carly currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and she and her husband enjoy skiing, hiking, fly fishing, and playing outside with their 2 kids, and pup, Nellie.
Contact Carly: [email protected]
Director of Experiential Education
Rachel Garrett
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Rachel was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. She grew up going a summer camp in Western North Carolina, where she fell in love with climbing and backpacking. After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill, she taught high school math for a couple of years before heading to graduate school at Vanderbilt University. Rachel earned an M.Ed. in Learning and Design and wrote her capstone paper on the social-emotional benefits of rock climbing as a learning activity. In recent summers, Rachel worked in the field for WA and companies alike. She then found herself Jackson Hole where she taught for several more years at a local school. After a stint at Teton Valley Ranch Camp, Rachel reached out to Tom Holland and the rest is history. She lives in Victor, Idaho where you can find her trail running, ski touring, and scrambling all over the Tetons!
Contact Rachel: [email protected]
Director of Operations
International / Alaska + Hawaii Regional Coordinator
Charlie Burnett
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A proud midwesterner, Charlie grew up exploring the lakes and forests of Wisconsin and Northern Michigan. Charlie studied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also took on leadership roles with Outdoor-UW, guided freshman orientation trips and studied abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France. After graduation, Charlie worked in the outdoor industry in Northern Michigan and Alaska and joined the WA team in 2021. Charlie now lives in Salt Lake City, where he and his dog, Aldo, can be found hiking, biking, climbing and fishing.
Contact Charlie: [email protected]
Rocky Mountain / East + West Regional Coordinator
Meg Lahr
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Meg grew up in Evergreen, Colorado where her family helped foster her love for skiing, biking and spending time outside. A competitive swimmer her whole life, she eventually attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington to pursue her swimming career and earn a B.S. in biology. Tired of the beach and missing the mountains she moved back to Colorado after graduation to work at a summer camp that kick started her career in outdoor education. Ever since, she has pursued working with kids in the outdoors, ski instructing, guiding for wilderness therapy, working with kids on the spectrum and eventually trip leading for Wilderness Adventures in 2021 and 2022. She is now based in Salt Lake City where you can find her biking, skiing, or cozying up with her cat, Squash.
Contact Meg: [email protected]
Marketing Lead
Grace Rosenthal
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Grace grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where she would often spend summers traveling with her family up north to serene lakes of Michigan and out west to the vast landscape of the Rocky Mountains. She eventually found her way back out west to attend college at Regis University in Denver, Colorado where she greatly developed her leadership and team-building skills as a member of the Women’s Lacrosse Team. As a WA student in 2013 and 2014, Grace’s passion for the outdoors quickly grew, and she found herself back at Wilderness Adventures leading trips in 2018 and 2019. Grace’s home base is now in Salt Lake City where she spends much of her time biking and hiking with friends in the Wasatch Mountains.
Contact Grace: [email protected]
MOLA Director
Cass Stoltzfus
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Growing up in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains in Bozeman, Montana, Cass developed an unwavering connection to the great outdoors from an early age. Her upbringing instilled a love and respect for the natural world that has become the driving force behind her various roles at MOLA since 2015. Her mission is to inspire others to explore, conserve, and cherish the wilderness.
Having lived in Missoula for almost 10 years, Cass knows many areas like the back of her hand but she also enjoys seeking out new places.She is a passionate whitewater kayaker and skier, and dabbles in trail running and mountain biking and she enjoys introducing new people, adults and children alike, to these pursuits. Cass also teaches silversmithing in Missoula and owns a small jewelry business.
Cass seeks to empower individuals with the skills, knowledge, and respect necessary to venture into the wild with confidence, curiosity, and a profound sense of stewardship! Her commitment to connecting people with the great outdoors goes far beyond a career; it is a lifelong passion that continues to inspire and enrich her life.
Contact Cass: [email protected]
Camp New Fork Program Director
August Gatzke
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August is stepping into his role as Program Director for Camp New Fork after three incredible years as a Trip Leader for Wilderness Adventures and many more as a student on WA programs. Growing up on a small farm outside of Brookings, South Dakota, he developed an early appreciation for the natural world, the changing seasons, and the importance of outdoor stewardship.
This passion for nature has shaped every part of his life, fostering a deep and lasting connection to the outdoors. Among his favorite activities are backpacking and rafting, adventures that continue to inspire him.
Drawing on his extensive experience in the summer camp world, August is committed to designing and delivering exceptional programming for Camp New Fork participants. His goal is to create meaningful and transformative outdoor experiences that connect people to nature and to each other. August is excited to welcome new and familiar faces into the Camp New Fork community.
Contact August: [email protected]
Base Camp Director
Vivi Specktor
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Vivi was introduced to the world of summer camp at the age of 9. She would return to her sleepaway camp in Fairlee, Vermont as a camper for six years and eventually join the staff for an additional three years. Camp is where Vivi found her love of music, being outdoors, and community building. In her camper years Vivi was a well-rounded member of the community, participating in camp plays and outdoor excursions such as swimming and hiking. She spent time as a counselor in the department of Performing Arts where she helped organize musical performances such as talent shows and theater, as well as the Department of Swimming where she taught lessons, and organized competitive fun such as swim meets and long distance swimming events. Vivi spent the last calendar year as a member of the Aloha Foundation’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Fellowship team. Vivi joined the team knowing that camp is a place that thrives off of having fun, and feels passionately that this goes hand in hand with kids feeling safe to express themselves. She provided campers with this outlet as an affinity space facilitator, and acted as a point person for staff needing support. She worked for Wilderness Adventures in summer of 2022, and is extremely excited to be back amongst the music, magic, and FUN that is Base Camp.
Contact Vivi: [email protected]