Category: Leader Profile

Rounding out our 2025 Leader Bios are yet another amazing group of folks who will be hiking, biking, kayaking, climbing, stand-up paddleboarding, and rafting throughout New England. Without further ado, here they are!     Name: Kate McDermott (she/her) 2025 Trips: Vermont to Montreal and Maine Coast Junior Hometown: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York School: Colorado College,

From helping their Maine Coast College Essay students craft their essays to volunteering and adventuring on St. Croix, these four wonderful folks are in for quite the summer! Get to know them a bit more below!     Name: Cleo Whitney (she/her) 2025 Trips: Caribbean Service: Virgin  Islands and Maine Coast College Essay Hometown: Newton,

Presentando a nuestros líderes de las Costa Rica Mountains & Coast y Caribbean Service: Puerto Rico!     Name: Aria Heyneman (she/her) 2025 Trip: Costa Rica Mountains & Coast  Prior Apogee experience: Alaska Mountains & Coast ‘24 Hometown: Sheridan, Wyoming School: Wake Forest University, Class of 2025 Certifications: Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness Swim Safety &

This next group of amazing leaders will be covering ground both on the east coast and out west this summer on our New England Mountains & Coast, Maine Coast Junior, Northwest Mountains & Coast, and Colorado’s Rocky Mountains trips!     Name: Aya Lewis (she/her) 2025 Trips: Northwest Mountains & Coast & New England Mountains

Our next batch of Leader Bios includes some amazing folks headed out to lead our Pacific Coast, Alaska Mountains & Coast, and New England Mountains Coast trips. Check them out!   Name: Lila Gilmer (she/her) 2025 Trips: Pacific Coast and Alaska Mountains & Coast Prior Apogee experience: Colorado’s Rocky Mountains ‘24 Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee  School:

Drumroll please… It’s time for the second installment of Apogee’s Summer 2025 Leader Bios! Read on to learn more about the outstanding returning leaders who will be guiding our Iceland Mountains and Coast and Europe Coast to Coast trips!   Name: Seamus Fagan (he/him) 2025 Trip: Iceland Mountains and Coast Prior Apogee experience: Colorado’s Rocky

It’s that time of year! We’re ready to unveil our spectacular lineup of trip leaders for our 2025 summer adventure camps. Read on to learn about our Alps Explorer and Pyrenees Mountains & Coast trip leaders!   Name: Sophie Blumberg (she/her) 2025 Trip: Alps Explorer  Prior Apogee experience: Iceland Mountains and Coast ‘24, New England

This batch of Leader Bios covers the unsung heroes of the Apogee summer, the folks working behind-the-scenes to make an Apogee summer run smoothly: our New England Support Staff, Summer Assistant Directors, and Summer Specialists! Name: Aria Heyneman (she/her) Name: Taylor Kozak (she/her) 2024 Position: New England Support Hometown: Bay Village, Ohio School: Colorado State

From volunteering in Puerto Rico and St. Croix, to writing in Maine, to surfing in Costa Rica, these next leaders are as impressive as they are awesome. Leader Name: Akani Bey (he/him)Leader Name: Sara Littekin (she/her) 2024 Trip: Caribbean Service: Puerto Rico Hometown: Saint Louis, Missouri School: Boston College, Class of 2024 Certifications: Wilderness First