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Trey McBane, Summit Vision President. Trey is the president of Summit Vision but still loves to facilitate in the field! He has a B.S. in Recreational Management & Sports Leadership from the Ohio State University and has been working in the field of adventure & outdoor education for 24 years. He has been a trip leader, facilitator, trainer, program director, camp director, videographer, photographer, and program designer for a variety of organizations throughout the U.S. including Outward Bound and Renaissance Leadership. His experiences have provided him opportunities to work with adjudicated youth and corporate executives throughout the world. Currently his experience includes teaching a course at the Ohio State University. When he is not working at Summit vision or OSU, you will find him traveling, participating in adventure races, or spending time with his twin daughters and lovely wife.

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Trey's philosophy on adventure education can be summed up with this quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, \"The human mind once stretched by a new idea can never return to its original dimensions.\"

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Larissa Kopestonsky, Summit Vision Vice President. Larissa is the vice president of Summit Vision and would much rather be outside than in the office. She has a B.S. in Leisure Services Management and a minor in Business Management from Kent State University and a M.S. in Therapeutic Recreation from SUNY Cortland. She has been working in the adventure education field for 15 years. She has worked as a facilitator, trainer, recreation therapist, trip leader, camp director, and program director for a variety of organizations throughout the U.S. including the North Carolina Outward Bound School and Wilderness Inquiry. She was formerly a recreation therapist in the Columbus Public Schools, working with children with severe emotional disabilities. Her experience has included stints at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and as a mural painter in central Ohio area schools and private residences. When she is not working at Summit Vision, she likes to travel, backpack, paint, quilt, canoe, whitewater raft, snowboard, read, and spend time with her daughter, friends & family members.

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Jane Stevens, Full-time Facilitator. Jane has a B.S. in Special Education from SUNY Geneseo and grew up in the beautiful finger lakes region of New York State. She has been facilitating in the field of adventure education for almost 10 years. Her experience as a server, bartender, manager, camp counselor, and trainer have helped her hone her people skills to perfection. Jane has pursued adventures throughout the world, including zipping across a rainforest ravine in Costa Rica with her sister, watching bears in Alaska, hiking in the foothills of the Himalayas in Tibet & going on safaris in Africa. When she is not working (which is rarely), you will find her snow-boarding, relaxing, hiking, reading, watching live music, and visiting with family & friends.

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Karen Burke, Office Manager. Karen has a B.S. in Recreation Education from the Ohio State University and has been working in the outdoor and adventure education industry for 15 years. Her experiences include positions as canoe instructor, lifeguard, facilitator, counselor, and therapeutic aid for numerous organizations throughout the U.S. including Big Brothers & Big Sisters and the YMCA. Her scope of experience includes working with adjudicated youth in Montana's wilderness areas to making a mean cup of coffee in the woods or civilization. When she is not working at Summit Vision, she is biking (either leisurely or for 200 miles during TOSRV), reading, skiing, doing beadwork, cheering for the Pittsburgh Steelers, or playing with her husband, dog & daughter.

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Ashley has been facilitating at Summit Vision for 4 years. She recently graduated with a B.A. in Pre-Physical Therapy from the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio and is currently pursuing a degree in Physical Therapy at The University of New England in Portland, Maine. She plays at Summit Vision when she is not busy studying or playing volleyball! Ashley has worked at many volleyball camps throughout her lifetime and enjoyed a stint working at a race track (sports cars). Ashley enjoys running, biking, shopping, playing outdoors, reading, cooking, and spending time with family and friends. We welcome Ashley during the summer season as part of our 7Summits Camp staff.

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Brenda has a B.S. in Education (Physical Education K-12) from the Ohio State University and has been facilitating adventure related programs for over 20 years! She brings a great wealth of knowledge and experience to the Summit Vision family. She has worked throughout the U.S. as a program director, camp director, facilitator, trainer, and raft guide for many organizations including Cornell University, North American River Runners, and Far Flung Adventures. She spends most of her year in Taos, New Mexico but we welcome her during our very busy fall season. Brenda's talents include songwriting, singing, jewelry-making, cooking, and living simply. When she is not working, you will find her hiking, singing, reading, recycling, promoting sustainable use of our natural resources, and inspiring everyone she meets with her vibrant personality.

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Bryan has a B.S. from West Liberty State College in Criminal Justice and Pre-Law with a minor in Psychology and a M.S. from the Ohio State University in Sports Management & Marketing. He has been a corporate facilitator for over 15 years. Not only is Bryan a top-notch facilitator, but also a highly accomplished athlete whose wrestling career provided him opportunities to travel the world. When he is not working for Summit Vision or busy running his own company (a Summit vision partner), he is spectating and supporting his 4 children at a variety of sporting events. His company, Driscoll Learning LLC, is widely recognized for helping organizations develop effective teams, navigate change, and increase annual meeting & event impact by utilizing adult learning principles that foster self-discovery.

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Eric has a B.S. in Recreation and Park Management with a concentration in Adventure-based Programming from Penn State University. He has been working in the outdoor and environmental education field for 5 years. His experience began at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center in Pennsylvania where he facilitated team-building, high ropes courses and an adventure camp for 12 - 14 year olds. He coached 8-18 year olds on Tussey Mountain's Ski Team in State College, Pennsylvania and is proud to have sent many of his ski team children to the Junior Olympics! He co-taught search and rescue classes in Winter Park, Colorado and has rock & ice climbed all over the U.S. Eric also enjoys canoeing in the Boundary Waters, backpacking in British Columbia, skiing, and drinking gourmet, micro-brewed beer.

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Geoff has a B.S. in Environmental Science from Valparaiso State University. He has been working in the outdoor and environmental education field for almost 10 years in a variety of roles. He is currently the director of Geneva Hills Camp and Retreat Facility near Lancaster, Ohio. Geoff joins us as a facilitator throughout the year when he can squeeze us into his busy schedule. He has held a variety of interesting jobs throughout the years including contractor and football coach (for Kindergarten - 6th grade teams). He enjoys hiking, backpacking, and almost all sports in his spare time, but is particularly fond of hooverball. If you are unfamiliar with hooverball, it is a sport made famous by Herbert Hoover involving a 4 - 6 pound medicine ball on an outdoor volleyball court and scored like tennis. It sounds like quite a workout!

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Jason is currently pursuing an Associate's degree in Sports Management & Exercise Science at Columbus State Community College. He has spent the last two years working for Summit Vision as an adventure educator. His occupational adventures include tech support for internet service providers, home remodeling, and golf course construction. He is currently working on developing a non-profit organization focused on providing life skills and job development for individuals with disabilities or disadvantages of varying degrees. In his free time he enjoys running, physical fitness training, traveling, on-line gaming, and spending time with his family especially his neices and daughter. Jason believes in the power of possibility. He says that \"if you believe that anything is possible, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish\".

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Jen has a B.S. in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from Bowling Green State University. She has been working in the outdoor and recreation field for over 7 years. Her adventures have included work opportunities in Australia, Massachussetts, and at the Ohio State Fair as a big yellow slide operator (when she was a teenager)! During the school year she teaches at Marburn Academy where she is responsible for the Voyageurs Program (an outdoor education and expedition program). Summer time brings Jen out to 7Summits Day Camp where you will find her laughing, playing, and spreading joy among campers and staff alike. She loves watching American Idol (& incidentally knows the lyrics to almost any song ever written), skiing, wake-boarding, camping, rock climbing, traveling, swimming in the ocean, and hanging out with friends.

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Karen has a B.S. in Education from Ohio Dominican University and a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Ashland University. She has 22 years of teaching experience in Columbus Public Schools (mainly as a special education teacher) and has been facilitating adventure education programs for 20 years. She joins the 7Summits Camp familily in the summers and brings with her a wealth of experience and patience. Karen's other pursuits have included camp director, real estate agent, musician (guitar, keyboard, banjo & dulcimer), mentor for 12 - 16 year old girls and youth group advisor for teens! She is retired from teaching but you wouldn't know it as she substitute teaches and works for Summit Vision throughout the year. When she is not working with children, she enjoys reading, kayaking, hiking, biking, and skiing. Karen believes that Aldous Huxley knew what he was talking about when he said,\"Experience is not what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.\"

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Kate has a B.S. in Environmental Education and a B.F.A. in Media Studies from Columbus College of Art and Design. She has been facilitating in the adventure education field for 15 years and is currently working at COSI in downtown Columbus where she has brought in exhibits such as Titanic, Robots and Us, Heavens Above, Speed & Holiday: Science of the Season, and Star Wars. She is an extremely talented individual who creates abstract expressionist oil paintings, sings duet karaoke tunes from GREASE, and enjoys watching meteor storms. She has worked at camps, trained and cared for horses, taught martial arts, cooked in a Mexican restaurant (where she made a great guacamole), consulted with organizations undergoing change, and performed workshops about bubbles (once creating a bubble large enough to surround a child)! Kate squeezes Summit Vision into her busy schedule so she can play outdoors. She also enjoys meditating (which helps her to balance her busy schedule)!

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Kelly has a B.A. from Otterbein College in Health & Physical Education (K-12) and a M.Ed from Ashland University in Curriculum & Instruction and is currently the physical education teacher at Devonshire Project Adventure Alternative Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio. She has been working in the field of adventure education for the past 15 years. her experience includes facilitation, camp coordination 7 program development for a variety of adventure and outdoor organizations in the U.S. She enjoys being outside, working with people of all ages, and the challenges and rewards of teaching in an adventure-based school. She has traveled throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Australia. She hopes to visit Africa and South America someday. For now, she is happy to trek around Colmbus with her beagle Corky!

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Kristin has a B.S. in Education with a concentration in Special Education from Ohio University. She currently works as an Intervention Specialist for Franklin County Educational Service Center in Westerville City Schools. Her experience as an outdoor and adventure educator include facilitation of ground-level team-building and high ropes courses with Boy Scouts of America in Branchville, New Jersey and the Ohio University Outdoor Pursuits Center in Athens, Ohio. Kristin joins us on weekends and during her summer break as part of the 7Summits Camp family.

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Megan has a B.A. with a concentration in Visual Communications from Otterbein College. She has been working in the field of adventure education for almost 5 years. She has been coaching swimming and volleyball for many years and enjoys teaching children of all ages. When she is not working at Summit Vision, she works as a graphic designer in Columbus, Ohio. She enjoys swimming, running, bicycling, snowboarding, creating art work and spending time with family, friends, and her adorable dog Maddie. Megan believes that Don Austin was very accurate when he said, \"It is not the end result that matters, it is the process in which you got there.\" This quote really sums up why Megan enjoys working in the field of experiential & adventure education.

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Michelle has an Associate's Degree in Sports & Exercise Science from Columbus State Community College and is currently working on her Bachelor's degree in Human Lifespan Development at the University of Phoenix. She has been working in the outdoor education industry for almost 10 years as a facilitator, camp counselor, trip leader and snowboarding instructor. Michelle has been snowboarding since she was 12 and is pretty adventurous on the slopes. She is single-handedly responsible for teaching most of the Summit Vision staff to snowboard! When she is not working at Summit Vision, or her family's pizza shop in Pataskala (Mama Linda's Pizzeria), you will find her snowboarding, rappelling, backpacking, crystal mining, kayaking, rock climbing, or studying. Michelle's primary focus in life is to educate and empower youth to accomplish their dreams.

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Pat has a B.S. in Education (Physical Education & Health Education K-12) and a M.A. in Educational Policy & Leadership from the Ohio State University. She has been working in the field of adventure education for over 20 years and is currently the principal at Devonshire Elementary in Columbus, Ohio. She was a camp director for the Central Ohio Diabetes Association, a physical education teacher at Cedarwood Elementary for 11 years, and facilitated, trained, and coordinated camps in central Ohio and West Virginia for many years. She coached varsity softball at Upper Arlington High School for 7 years and has won many awards as an eductor including the prestigious Ingram Whitecastle Principal Award. When she is not busy being a principal and working weekends and summers at Summit Vision, she enjoys backpacking, canoeing, whitewater rafting, and spending time with her daughter and golden retriever, Kenai.

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Patrick has a B.S. in Interpersonal & Public Communication and Masters degrees in Counseling, Higher Education & Student Affairs from Bowling Green State University. he has been working in the adventure industry for 15 years as a summer camp director, facilitator, trainer, and program director for various organizations across the U.S. including Bowling Green & Cleveland State Universities. He is presently working on the development of a new summer camp for children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses called Flying Horse Farms. his breadth of experience includes a sting as Freddie Falcon (at BGSU) and the ability to ride a unicycle and recite the \"B Book\" from memory (probably at the same time)! When he is not working or getting another degree, you will find him paddling, hiking, camping, snowboarding, or playing video games with his cool dog Sierra and lovely wife.

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Patty has a B.S. from Muskingham College in Psychology and is a certified special education teacher. Patty has been teaching children with severe emotional disabilities for almost 20 years. She is presently a teacher in Columbus Public Schools. Her experience includes an exciting job at Cedar Point where she enjoyed playing on the most adventurous rides! Patty helps us out on weekends and during the summer at our 7Summits Day Camp. Her exuberant personality and playful attitude make her a favorite with staff, campers and parents. Patty enjoys hiking, arts & crafts, and traveling all over the U.S. to attend her daughter's theatrical performances (including the outdoor drama Tecumseh during the 2007 season)!

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Pete has a B.A. in History from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and a M.Ed. in Elementary Education from the Ohio State University. His 10 years of teaching experience have included opportunities in Washington D.C. Public Schools, Columbus Public Schools, Williamsburg Public Schools, and his current position in New Albany Schools. Pete joins the 7Summits Camp family in the summer and facilitates on weekends throughout the year. He has been facilitating adventure experiences for children for almost 5 years. In high school, Pete worked at 7-11 and can still make a mean slurpee! Pete is also a published author, writing non-fiction for young people as part of the Badger Biography Series. His most recent book, Harley & the Davidsons: Motorcycle Legends is quite an accomplishment! He is currently working on another book in the series about Richard Ira \"Dick\" Bong, a high-scoring air ace from Poplar, Wisconsin (look for it in bookstores everywhere soon)! He enjoys traveling, spending time with his wife, daughter, and dog Hannah, obsessing about anything related to the Chicago Cubs, playing the guitar, basketball, softball, and most other sports, writing, reading, and reciting the alphabet backwards in under 8 seconds. This favorite quote of Pete's really sums up his great sense of humor,\"If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you.\"

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Tim is currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Outdoor Education and Camping at Ohio University. He holds an Associate's Degree in Natural and Historical Interpretation from Hocking College. He has worked in the outdoor education industry since 1999 where he began his career as a Park Naturalist at Wahkeena Nature Preserve in Logan, Ohio. He has worked as a camp counselor and outdoor educator at Geneva Hills in Logan, Ohio and Camp Orkila in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. Currently Tim not only guides beaver tours at Lake Hope but also works as a historical blacksmith to round out his multi-faceted credentials. As a historical blacksmith, Tim creates ornamental iron work, knives, tomahawks & candle holders. He enjoys fencing, camping, hiking & drinking gourmet coffee any chance he gets. His philosophy of life can be summed up with the following quote, \"I will be myself, blatantly so!!!\"

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Troy is currently pursuing a degree in Education at Ohio University. We welcomed him this summer as part of our 7Summits Camp staff where he was affectionately known as the Sherpa King! Troy's accomplishments include Most Valuable Runner, First Team All-City during his senior year of High School, a full tuition scholarship to Ohio University, and coaching Devonshire Elementary School's chess team, including this year's city-wide champion! Troy's easy-going demeanor, patience, and great sense of humor make him a favorite with campers and staff alike. Troy enjoys running, volunteering, playing basketball & chess, swimming, and selling women's shoes during the holiday season at Macy's.

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Veronica has a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the Ohio State University. She joins us throughout the year when we need an extra hand on our high ropes courses. Veronica spent the first 3 years out of college on South Bass Island doing research on Lake Erie for OSU. She followed that with a short stint writing how-to fishing articles for Fur, Fish & Game and Walleye Magazines, then a stint as a joke writer. Recently she and her husband completed the West Virginia portion of the Appalachian Trail (a whole 2 miles through Harper's ferry while drinking a milk shake)! She enjoys hiking, kayaking, and eating bon-bons while reading.

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