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.
Hannah Sonderby
- President
Therese Smith
- Treasurer
Jill Silverberg
- Publicity Chair
Andrew Bellesis
- Officer-at-Large [spring '13]
Ashley Burke
- Officer-at-Large [spring '13]
Stefan Dutka
- Officer-at-Large [spring '13]
Jake Hartman
- Officer-at-Large [spring '13]
Gaia Khairina
- Officer-at-Large [spring '13]
Mugsy Moose
- Mascot
Greg Doerschler
- Club Advisor
Hannah Sonderby
Position: President
Year of graduation: 2014
Major: Geography
Hometown: Long Valley, NJ
Favorite gear: Spandex
Favorite club activity: Volunteer work
Favorite Outing Club trip: Acadia National Park
Favorite procrastination tip: NPR.org or cleaning, or both!
Always wanted to: Tour/hike through Canada.
Scared to: Graduate?
Favorite quote:You can't fall off a mountain - Jack
Kerouac -
They spend all day washing their hands with creamy soaps they secretly wanta eat in the bathroom. - Japhy Rider in "The Dharma Bums" by Jack Kerouac
Therese Smith
Position: Treasurer
Year of graduation: 2013
Major: Economics, with a minor in geography
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.
Always wanted to: Backpack in southeast Alaska.
Scared to: Get eaten by a bear.
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.
Favorite quote:All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jill Silverberg
Position: Publicity Chair
Year of graduation: 2013
Major: Sociology with a minor in Education.
Hometown: Huntington, New York
Favorite Outing Club trip: Nature Connection Hike at Upton State Forest - the
first hike I planned!!!
Favorite club activity: Earth Day clean-up at Crow Hill with the Greater Worcester Land Trust.
Favorite place on Clark's campus: Fourth floor of the Goddard Library, in front of the big window.
Favorite procrastination tip: www.cakewrecks.com
Always wanted to: Travel to Scotland.
Favorite quote:I wish the world was flat
like the old days, then I could travel just by folding a map. No more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways. There'd be no
distance that can hold us back. – Death Cab For Cutie
Andrew Bellesis
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2016
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hometown: Holden, Massachusetts
Favorite gear: My skis
Favorite Outing Club trip: Acadia National Park
Favorite club activity: Climbing mountains
Favorite procrastination tip: Go for a hike
Always wanted to: Draw a perfect hexagon on the first try.
Scared to: Fear itself.
Favorite place: The woods in winter.
Fun fact: Cesium is my favorite element.
Favorite cereal: Corn flakes
Favorite quote:Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of
genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein
Ashley Burke
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2016
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Hometown: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Favorite gear: My hiking boots
Favorite Outing Club trip: Acadia National Park
Favorite club activity: Nature Connection hikes
Always wanted to: Travel everywhere.
Scared to: fall from very a very high place, and spiders.
Fun fact: I speak Portuguese and am a third degree black belt.
Favorite cereal: Cheerios
Favorite quote:The world is not beautiful, therefore it is. - Kino, from Kino's Journey
Stefan Dutka
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2016
Major: Management
Hometown: Durham, New Hampshire
Favorite gear: Contractor bags and duct tape.
Favorite club activity: Hiking
Favorite procrastination tip: Climbing objects
Always wanted to: Skydive, go to South America, find a never-ending
stash of cashews
Scared to: Fear nothing.
Favorite place: Top of a mountain.
Fun fact: Dragons are my favorite animals.
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Favorite quote:Compromises are for lesser beings, die werewolf-zombie. - Tracy Jordan
Jake Hartman
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2016
Major: Biochemistry, Pre-Med
Hometown: Mill Valley, California
Favorite gear: My 8-inch boots
Favorite Outing Club trip: Any of the Clark Nature Connection hikes.
Favorite club activity: Rock climbing.
Favorite procrastination tip: Don't.
Always wanted to: Have a ranch in Montana
Scared to: Die without truly living.
Favorite place: Marin County.
Fun fact: I'm the middle child.
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms, but just the marshmallows.
Favorite quote:Choose being kind over being right and you’ll be right every time. - Richard Carlson
Gaia Khairina
Position: Officer-at-Large
Year of graduation: 2015
Major: Environmental Science
Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia
Favorite gear: None, but my fantasy gear is myopic goggles!
Favorite Outing Club trip: Trail riding (horseback).
Favorite club activity: Nature Connection hikes.
Favorite procrastination tip: Youtube, duh!
Always wanted to: Spend a night in a rainforest canopy.
Scared to: Fall from a high place. But I still want to go into the rainforest canopy!
Favorite place: Home
Fun fact: I'm an amateur sketcher
Favorite cereal: Golden Grahams. But granola is better!
Mugsy Moose
Position: Mascot
Major: Environmental Science
Hometown: Clark University; Worcester MA
Favorite Outing Club trip: Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary; Holden MA
