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Clark University Outing Club
Student Leadership
             and Programming
950 Main Street
Worcester MA 01610-1400
Email outingclub@clarku.edu
Executive Board 2008-2009

President - Ashley Gray
Treasurer - Willa Deitch
Publicity Chair - Krittika Govil
Secretary - Kenzie Cody
Officer-at-Large - Sasha Burgess
Officer-at-Large - Katie Dawsey (studying abroad in spring '09)
Officer-at-Large - Ali Foley (studying abroad in spring '09)
Officer-at-Large [spring '09] - Aysha Abraibesh
Officer-at-Large [spring '09] - Nora Oliver
Officer-at-Large [spring '09] - Michelle Smith

Club Advisor - Greg Doerschler


Ashley

Ashley Gray

Position: President

Year of graduation: 2009

Major: Spanish/Education

Hometown: Lunenburg, Vermont

Favorite gear: Boots.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Nature Connection hikes, bouldering at Lincoln Woods State Park, whitewater rafting on the Deerfield River.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, rafting.

Favorite place: South Island of New Zealand.

Fun fact: I trained and worked with oxen growing up.

Always wanted to: Go skydiving.

Favorite quote: What is living if I can't live free, what is freedom if I can't be me? -Bonnie Raitt


Willa

Willa Deitch

Position: Treasurer

Year of graduation: 2009

Major: English

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Favorite gear: My Turtle Fur ear warmers.

Favorite place: At my summer camp on top of the hill.

Favorite dance party song: Eye of the Tiger.

Fun fact: I love hip hop.

Scared to: Be alone in elevators.

Favorite quote: Let the beauty that we love be what we do. -Rumi
Never doubt that a small group of committed individuals can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead


Krittika

Krittika Govil

Position: Publicity Chair

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: Geography

Hometown: The Hague, The Netherlands

Favorite gear: My bright orange hat for those cold winter hikes.

Favorite Outing Club trip: Purgatory Chasm.

Favorite club activities: Sitting around a warm fire reminiscing.

Favorite place: The Himalayas.

Fun fact: I call the toilet, the loo!

Always wanted to: Go bungee jumping/sky diving.

Scared to: Walk alone in the dark.

Favorite quote: Every exit is an entrance somewhere else. - Tom Stoppard


Kenzie

Kenzie Cody

Position: Secretary

Year of graduation: 2009 (fall)

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Bedminster, New Jersey

Favorite Outing Club trips: Rhode Island Rock Gym.

Favorite club activities: Rock climbing, hiking, anything!

Favorite place: New Paltz, NY.

Always wanted to: Go skydiving or bungee jumping.

Scared to: Get bitten by a spider.

Favorite quote: Wherever you are it is your friends who make your world - William James


Sasha

Sasha Burgess

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2011

Major: Undecided

Hometown: Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Favorite gear: My fuzzy purple North Face jacket.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Rock climbing.

Favorite club activities: Kayaking, climbing.

Favorite place: The Botanical Gardens in Montreal.

Fun fact: I have a twin sister.

Always wanted to: Go hang gliding and travel the world.

Scared to: Fall from a cliff.

Favorite quote: Laugh for today. Live for tomorrow. Love for ever.


Katie

Katie Dawsey

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: Psychology, Studio Art

Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York

Favorite gear: Snowshoes

Favorite club activities: Hiking, canoeing.

Favorite place: On top of a mountain skiing.

Always wanted to: Go on an extremely long backpacking trip.

Scared to: Fall from something high.


Ali

Ali Foley

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: Screen Studies, Spanish

Hometown: Arlington, Virginia

Favorite gear: My Gregory pack, by far!!!

Favorite Outing Club trips: Canoeing.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, kayaking, camping.

Favorite place: Guanajuato, Mexico.

Fun fact: I love coffee yogurt way too much.

Always wanted to: Hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

Scared to: Miss out on our world's natural environment.

Favorite quote: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. - Oscar Wilde


Aysha

Aysha Abraibesh

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2012

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

Favorite gear: My feet.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Purgatory Chasm & Rhode Island Rock Gym.

Fun fact: I'm a black belt in Taekwondo.

Always wanted to: Bungee jump.

Favorite quote: With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. - Max Ehrman, Desiderata


Nora

Nora Oliver

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: International Development and Social Change; minor in Global Environmental Studies

Hometown: Shelburne, Vermont

Favorite gear: My Nimbus Latitude KI 3800 Granite Gear Pack.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Hiking Mt. Mondanock, rock climbing at Metrorock and the YMCA.

Favorite club activities: hiking, rock climbing, canoeing.

Favorite place: Cochise Stronghold (Arizona), The Green Mountains (Vermont), The Gila Wilderness (New Mexico).

Fun fact: I spent 3 months living in the desert.

Always wanted to: Hike the Appalachian Train and International Appalachian Trail together.

Scared to: Sky Dive or Bungee Jump.

Favorite quote: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver


Michelle

Michelle Smith

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2011

Major: Geography

Hometown: Groton, MA

Favorite gear: My Petzl Headlamp.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Cabin Trips/Treking.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, climbing - anything outdoors.

Favorite place: Lake Kanasatka, NH.

Fun fact: I love going to the shooting range.

Always wanted to: Live in the woods!

Scared to: Bungee Jump.

Favorite quote: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. -Eleanor Roosevelt