HIOBS - Key Persons
Fun fact: Romance books are Alexis' favorite, she read at least one a week.
Fun fact: Allison's favorite animal is a highland cow (looks like a cow/ golden retriever mix!).
Job Titles:
- Admissions Coordinator and Course Advisor
Fun facts: Prior to joining the HIOBS team, Amber ran after school programs for YMCAs in Vermont and Maine. In her downtime, she enjoys exploring with her adventure pup, Gracie Lou.
Job Titles:
- Director of Outward Bound Professional
Job Titles:
- Director of Fleet & Facilities
Fun fact: When not working in the outdoors, Andy loves to spend his time biking, boating, fishing, and skiing.
Job Titles:
- Director of Educational Partnerships
Fun facts: Andy is an avid road cyclist and enjoys reading maritime and mountaineering history.
Fun Fact: Beth once had a dog that would steal Halloween candy and hide it under pillows. She never opened the candies so it was like getting presents all the time!
Job Titles:
- Burnt Island Program Coordinator
Fun facts: Chris loves being on his feet and working with his hands. Some of his favorite pastimes include pool, frisbee, hacky sack, and watching movies. When he's outdoors you can find him hiking and climbing in the mountains, cross country skiing, running along a park trail, or maybe even sailing a pulling boat!
Job Titles:
- Boathouse & Facilities Support
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant for Custom Programs
Fun facts: Aside from Outward Bound, Cindy has spent her life in the world of Alpine ski racing, as an athlete, parent, coach and official. She is also an avid quilter.
Fun facts: Dan teaches biology during the school year, then migrates back to Outward Bound for the summer. When not doing either of those, he loves to juggle, run, mountain bike, and cook and eat good Mexican food.
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD
- Council Co - Chair
Fun fact: Dave was an elementary school principal at an all-boys school in Richmond, VA for 17 years. He's currently serving as the Head of School for another independent school in Richmond.
Fun fact: Drew has a moose skull, an owl's wing, and three raccoon rib bones in his car right now.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Member of the BOARD
- President of the Board
Fun facts: Erin enjoys spending time swimming, hiking, skiing, running, and anything else outside!
Fun fact: Grace was once used as a human jump rope.
Fun fact: Gray has road-tripped 22,000 miles in the last 2 years, most of it solo!
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD
- Chairman of the Board and Co - Chair Development Committee
Fun fact: Jackie has sailed over 20,000 nautical miles! She loves long walks on the ocean.
Fun fact: Jacob won a hot dog eating contest when he was 12.
Job Titles:
- Finance Chair
- Member of the BOARD
- Treasurer
Fun fact: Jay loves anchoring large boats in small places.
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD
- Secretary and Governance Chair
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Program Director
Fun facts: Jeremy enjoys long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, poetry readings, and falling headfirst into gurgling mud pits. He has written three novels, which he holds close to himself like secret treasures locked inside a silver chest.
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD
- Medical Advisor
Job Titles:
- Member of the Admin Team
- Program Director - International and Semester
Kate Abraham Program Director - International and Semester Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Started with HIOBS: 2018 Fun facts: Kate is a lover of yoga, exploration, new experiences, new flavors, travel, oceans, mountains, conversation, heavy backpacks, and passion!
Fun facts: Kim lived in six different states by the time she was 10, mostly in the southern U.S., before eventually ending up in California for college. She moved to Maine with her husband and son in 2007 and loves exploring the beauty of the coast and hiking trails throughout the state-often with a camera in her hand.
Fun fact: Lucy is a dual-citizen and lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the wintertime where she works as a hiking guide. She loves breakfast food and believes that you never regret a swim.
Fun facts: Lucy ran her first half marathon in Bhutan while she was studying abroad. Since then she has run two more!
Job Titles:
- Lead Instructor, OBP Facilitator
Fun Fact s: Luke always bring a "spoon-tula" - a combination spoon and spatula - with him on course to capture every last morsel of food from bowls, pots, and pans. Food is fuel!
Fun facts: Lydia's favorite pastimes are reading science fiction, knitting socks, and messing about in boats. When not working, Lydia can most often be found lying on the ground, examining mosses and small flowers.
Job Titles:
- Accounts Receivable
- Manager
Fun facts: Lynn's husband introduced her to Rockland, Maine in 2015, and they moved here in 2017. She loves reading, spending time with her husband, daughter, granddaughter, and dog Bailey, and living and working on the coast.
Students on our Rangeley Lakes Canoeing programs will canoe in the upper reaches of the Androscoggin watershed. The Androscoggin is fed by Aziscohos Lake, the Magalloway River, and the Rangeley Lakes: Cupsuptic, Mooselookmeguntic, and Richardson. Indigenous Abenaki peoples used the Androscoggin as both a means of transportation, between winter habitats inland and summer living on the coast, and as a source of food. Later the Androscoggin River was used to move logs to mills downstate during the logging boom of the nineteenth century. These days the lakes and rivers are used primarily by canoeists, fisherman, and other recreationalists. Some of the portages they may encounter have been in use for centuries, such as along the Rapid River.
Fun fact: Marissa was once publicly admonished by dolphin trainers for making a noise that was "too dolphin-like" and was "riling the other dolphins up".
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD
- Vice Chair and Co - Chair Development Committee
Job Titles:
- Lead Instructor
- Outward Bound Instructors
Fun fact: Like many Outward Bound instructors, Morgan looks forward to someday having a dog and a garden of her own. For now, she has four shared tomato plants and likes thinking of potential dog names.
Job Titles:
- Member of the BOARD
- Safety and Program
Fun facts: Olivia will be sailing and rowing in the Race to Alaska for the first time this year (2022) with Team Sockeye Voyages! When she's not working for HIOBS, you can find her hanging out on oyster farms in Cape Cod or on SEA Semester tallships in the South Pacific and North Atlantic. Olivia is a huge fan of stargazing and cloud spotting.
Fun fact: Rachel is currently on a quest to bag all 58 Colorado Fourteeners.
Job Titles:
- Field Staff Member
- Lead Instructor
Job Titles:
- Custom Programs Coordinator & Course Advisor
Fun fact: When in India, Sheetal enjoys being in the Himalayan mountains or looking for big cats in the Indian Tiger Reserves. She is also a snake catcher/rescuer!
Job Titles:
- Sailing Program Coordinator
Fun facts: Simon is a Photographer and Artist as well as a HIOBS Instructor, and enjoys personal adventures sailing a small dory on the coast of Maine or hiking and backpacking in Maine and Scotland.
Fun facts: Sophia studied Environmental Science at Barnard College and loves being on or as close to the water as possible! Some of her favorite activities are running, reading on the beach, and listening to and playing music.
Job Titles:
- Land Program & Outward Bound Professional Staffing Manager
Fun fact: Suzanne was a bank manager before becoming an Outward Bound instructor.
Job Titles:
- Sailing Program Coordinator
Fun fact: Tierney loves to put peanuts in her coke!
Job Titles:
- Director of Operations and Safety
Job Titles:
- Program Director - Wheeler Bay and Florida
Fun facts: Whitney is an avid swimmer and will take any chance she can to snorkel in FL/the Bahamas or swim around Ram Island in Maine. In her free time, Whitney loves to cook, ski, and go boating (in any form).