EXPERIENTIAL CONSULTING - Key Persons
Amberleigh Hammond manages safety systems for the Sierra Club at a national level.
Prior to joining the Sierra Club, she managed safety systems and served as the national medical evaluator for the Student Conservation Association (SCA).
Her primary career focus is medical evaluation, leader training, development of and compliance with field standards, and incident management/response. She has more recently developed resources and presentations on larger organizational matters such as organizational culture.
Prior to the SCA, Amberleigh worked at Outward Bound for six years as the national senior medical evaluator for OBUSA.
Jay A. Satz brings over 30 years of nonprofit executive leadership, risk management design and implementation, program design and innovation, and youth conservation service/outdoor education program experience.
Drawn to this risk management work early in his career, he attended the very first Wilderness Risk Management Conference in 1994 and has been involved in a WRMC leadership / speaking role ever since, including receiving the conference's highest honor for risk management service, leadership and innovation, The Charles "Reb" Gregg Award, in 2016. He has built programs, created partnerships, solved problems, overcome challenges, and positively influenced many lives through his youth / conservation leadership at a local, state, and federal level across multiple decades.
As an associate consultant, Jay brings a depth of experience, broad expertise, and a perspective on experiential / outdoor risk management that serves our clients in unique ways, challenging them to be their best while building on their inherent strengths.
Jay A. Satz brings over 30 years of nonprofit executive leadership, risk management design and implementation, program design and innovation, and youth conservation service/outdoor education program experience.
Drawn to this risk management work early in his career, he attended the very first Wilderness Risk Management Conference in 1994 and has been involved in a WRMC leadership / speaking role ever since, including receiving the conference's highest honor for risk management service, leadership and innovation, The Charles "Reb" Gregg Award, in 2016. He has built programs, created partnerships, solved problems, overcome challenges, and positively influenced many lives through his youth / conservation leadership at a local, state, and federal level across multiple decades.
As an associate consultant, Jay brings a depth of experience, broad expertise, and a perspective on experiential / outdoor risk management that serves our clients in unique ways, challenging them to be their best while building on their inherent strengths.
Joshua Cole is an owner and guide at North Cascades Mountain Guides and has more than 15 years of experience working in the outdoor education and guiding industries.
He has given trainings and presentations on wilderness risk management to numerous organizations, and has been a regular presenter at the Wilderness Risk Management Conference since 2009. Josh served as Washington Program Director for the Northwest Outward Bound School for 8 years, is a lead instructor for Wilderness Medicine Training Center, and has worked as a professional ski patroller. He is an AMGA certified ski guide, single-pitch instructor, and is working towards his AMGA certification in the rock and alpine disciplines.
Taylor Feldman is an Associate Consultant who is passionate about risk-aware adventuring, mountaineering, foraging, dancing, fermenting, and forest-bathing. Based in Portland, OR, she has a decade-long career as a wilderness instructor and has led teams up more than 50 peaks in the US and abroad.
Steve Smith has worked in the outdoor industry for over thirty years, in the field, in the office, in the board room, and in national conference leadership roles, specializing in program leadership, risk management, and staff training.
Amberleigh Hammond manages safety systems for the Sierra Club at a national level.
Prior to joining the Sierra Club, she managed safety systems and served as the national medical evaluator for the Student Conservation Association (SCA).
Her primary career focus is medical evaluation, leader training, development of and compliance with field standards, and incident management/response. She has more recently developed resources and presentations on larger organizational matters such as organizational culture.
Prior to the SCA, Amberleigh worked at Outward Bound for six years as the national senior medical evaluator for OBUSA.
She holds certifications as a Wilderness First Responder, Leave No Trace Master Educator, and Avalanche AIARE Level 1 and currently teaches Wilderness Medicine with Base Medical.
Taylor's passion for incorporating justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion into all of her projects include workshop facilitation, curriculum development, and partnership building. Personal projects include "Building a Culture of Accountability," a 2020 workshop on how to repair after white people cause racist harm; co-authoring a book chapter on equity in the outdoors as it pertains to risk management ; and being the Lead Guide and a feature narrative in "Who's On Top? LGBTQs Climb Mount Hood," a documentary which premiered Spring 2021.