Staff
Meet the Outdoor Adventures Staff
Christine Lagattolla
Assistant Director
Outdoor Activities & Interests: Scuba diving, backpacking, sea kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing – I love everything outdoors!
Inspiring Quote: “The best way out is always through.” Robert Frost
Chad Cadwell
Graduate Assistant
Graduation: May 2014
Major: M.S. Sport Management
Outdoor Activities/Interests: Kayaking, surfing, climbing, running, biking, hiking, sailing, hunting, fishing, etc. If you can name it and its outside I’m all in!
Inspiring Quote: “Not all those who wander are lost.” Tolkien
Stephanie Bourgeois
Team Facilitator
Graduation: May 2013
Major: Environmental Science
Outdoor Activities/Interests: backpacking, swimming, biking
Inspiring Quote: "There is no greater pleasure than the natural ecstasy that occurs when one simply decides to be in the world and accept it openly." Mike Gronli
Kristi Patenaude
Team Facilitator
Graduation: May 2013
Major: Physical Therapy
Outdoor Interests/Activities: Rock climbing, canoeing, camping...anything!
Inspiring Quote: "Practice makes perfect"
Keith Gortowski
Trip Leader and Center Attendant
Graduation Date: Fall 2013
Major: Geology, Environmental Geoscience Emphasis
Outdoor Activities/Interests: Backpacking, canoeing, mountain biking, hiking, cross-country skiing, running, gunwale pumping
Inspiring Quote: "A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts." Steve Prefontaine
Tommy Hurrell aka "Flower the Love Parrot"
Team Facilitator and Trip Leader
Graduation: December 2013
Major: Post-Baccalaureate Elementary Education
Outdoor Interest/Activities: climb, board, ski, kayak, and camp whenever the opportunity arises
Inspiring Quote: "It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Elliot
Taylor Hartman
Team Facilitator & Center Attendant
Graduation: May 2014
Major: M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling
Outdoor Activities/Interests: Camping, high & low ropes, climbing, swimming, hiking and biking
Inspiring Quote: "We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." J.K. Rowling
Nathan Tripp
Trip Leader & Team Facilitator
Graduation: May 2014
Major: Sociology
Outdoor Interests/Activities: Backpacking, Hiking, Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing
Inspiring Quote: “When you drink from the well, always pause and remember those who built the well.” Unknown
Sam Watt
Team Facilitator
Graduation: May 2014
Major: Physics and Teacher Certification
Outdoor Activities/Interests: Camping, hiking, climbing, archery, canoeing
Inspiring Quote: "The important thing is the spices. A man can live on packaged food from here 'until Judgment Day if he's got enough rosemary.”Shepard Book, Firefly
Katie Birkey
Trip Leader
Graduation: Fall 2014
Major: Community Leadership & Civic Engagement Minor: Women’s Studies
Outdoor Interests/Activities: Hiking, biking, kayaking, backpacking, bird-watching, and beekeeping
Inspiring Quote: "Some of the most interesting people I know don’t know what to do with their life."
Ben Mommer
Trip Leader & Team Facilitator
Graduation: Fall 2014
Major: Computer Science
Outdoor Interests/Activities: Fishing, adventure racing, kayaking, backpacking, mountain biking, slacklining, rock climbing, bouldering, trail running, triathlon training.
Inspiring Quote: “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” Martin Luther
Kyle Kukulski
Trip Leader, Team Facilitator, Center Attendant
Graduation: May 2015
Major: Special Education
Outdoor Activities/Interests: snowboarding, white water rafting, snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, camping, mountain biking
Inspiring Quote: "Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." John Wooden
Allison Dunnington
Trip Leader, Team Facilitator, Center Attendant
Graduation Date: May 2015
Major: Environmental Geoscience Minor: Chemistry
Outdoor Interests/Activities: Hiking, distance running, and climbing. I enjoy applying my scientific knowledge to the natural environment, and I'm always willing to learn new things!
Inspiring Quote: "The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now." Chinese Proverb
Michael Payne
Trip Leader and Team Facilitator
Graduation: May 2016
Major: Environmental Studies
Outdoor Activities/Interests: Camping, backpacking, rock climbing, hiking, Boy Scouting.
Inspiring Quote: "Our greatest glory is not never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Confucius
Kyle Anderson
Trip Leader and Center Attendant
Graduation: May 2015
Major: Psychology Minor: Sociology
Outdoor Activities & Interests: hiking, canoeing, and archery
Inspiring Quote: "Some Guys just can’t handle Vegas.”