Board of Directors

Katelyn Hepburn

Board President

Katelyn joined the WRFI Board of Directors in 2018. During her early years of college at the University of Montana, she had the opportunity to participate...

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Christy McCann

Board Vice President

Christy is delighted to be joining the WRFI board in 2020. From her early years learning how to get well and truly grimy in the woods...

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Ted Morrison

Board Member

Ted has over 15 years of experience working in the backcountry for organizations such as as the Colorado Outward Bound School, Nature-Link Institute and WRFI as...

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Mark Sundeen

Board Member

Mark Sundeen is the author of four books about the American West that explore the relationship between humans and nature, and radical simplicity as a means...

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Peter McDonough

Board Member

Peter directs the Climate Change Studies program at the University of Montana, where he also teaches for the Davidson Honors College and the Franke Global Leadership...

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Nerissa Koehn

Board Member

Nerissa was born and raised in Missoula. She joined the WRFI Board in 2020 and currently works as a family physician at Western Montana Clinic. She...

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Davis recently joined the WRFI board in 2023 and is an alum. Davis attended the WRFI Summer Semester course in 2012 and went on to finish...

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Kevin Hood

Board Member

Kevin was born and raised in Missoula and comes from family with long ties with Montana. As an advocate for merging academia with real life work...

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Neil Swanson

Board Member

Born in Buffalo, Neil grew up in Western New York. He participated in multiple sports in high school and football in college. Summers were spent sailing,...

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