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Executive Board 2009-2010

Executive Board members are elected in spring for the following academic year. Officers-at-large may also be appointed by the current board at any time. Board members hold weekly planning meetings open to the entire club membership.

President- Nora Oliver
Treasurer [fall '09]- David Krinsky
Treasurer [spring '10]- Nate Oppenheim(Office-at-Large in fall '09)
Secretary [fall '09]- Michelle Smith(studied abroad in spring '10)
Secretary [spring '10]- Therese Smith(Office-at-Large in fall '09)
Publicity Chair [fall '09]- Kenzie Cody(graduated December '09)
Publicity Chair [spring '10]- Katie Dawsey(Office-at-Large in fall '09)
Officer-at-Large- Agnes Beckmann
Officer-at-Large- Ali Foley
Officer-at-Large [fall '09]- Sasha Burgess(studied abroad in spring '10)


Club Advisor - Greg Doerschler


Nora

Nora Oliver

Position: President

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


Nate

Nate Oppenheim

Position: Treasurer

Year of graduation: 2011

Hometown: Yarmouth, Maine

Favorite gear: Dakine backpack

Favorite place: The top of Top Gun ski trail at Sunday River.

Always wanted to: Heli-ski.

Scared to: Not ski this winter.

Favorite quote: Worry retards reaction and makes clear cut decisions impossible. - Amelia Earhart


Therese

Therese Smith

Position: Secretary

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Undeclared

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Favorite gear: My Merrell hiking shoes

Favorite Outing Club trips: Kennebec whitewater rafting, Mt. Monadnock hike.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, rock climbing, canoeing.

Favorite place: Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, TX.

Fun fact: I plan to visit every Texas state park (about 136 of ‘em) by the time I’m 30.

Always wanted to: Complete the Florida Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail.

Scared to: Get bitten by a snake.

Favorite quote: All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. – Ralph Waldo Emerson


Katie

Katie Dawsey

Position: Publicity Chair

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.

Fun fact: I love coffee yogurt way too much.

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

Scared to: Fall from something high.


Agnes

Agnes Beckmann

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2012

Hometown: Arlington, Massachusetts

Favorite gear: All of my rock climbing gear!!

Favorite place: Vienna, Austria

Always wanted to: Hike the Appalachian trail.

Scared to: Fail.

Favorite quote: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain


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


David

David Krinsky

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2011

Major: Psychology, minor in Economics

Hometown: Newton, MA

Favorite gear: L.L. Bean hiking boots

Favorite Outing Club trips: Armington Cabin trip, NH

Favorite club activities: Hiking, enjoying the great outdoors.

Favorite place: On top of Diamond Head Mountain in Oahu.

Fun fact: I drive a Dodge Stratus.

Always wanted to: Hike the Himalaya Range.

Scared to: Parallel park.

Favorite quote: Life's a garden, dig it! - (unknown)


Sasha

Sasha Burgess

Position: Officer-at-Large [fall '09]

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.


Kenzie

Kenzie Cody

Position: Publicity Chair [fall '09]

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


Michelle

Michelle Smith

Position: Secretary [fall '09]

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