With 2017 Staff Training getting underway in a mere seven weeks, the time has come to start introducing this year’s stellar slate of staffers to the world! Over the next month and a half we are going to post bi-weekly on our summer crew – a mix of Apogee’s finest returners and some unbelievably amazing
BONNIE POWELL Ithaca, New York native and Cornell University Mechanical Engineering studies major, Bonnie Powell is eager to head west and hit the road on our Pacific Coast trips! Although she calls upstate New York her home, Bonnie is no stranger to outdoor exploration. She has seen the Northern Lights in Alaska, been swimming with
ANNA KAPLAN Veteran Apogee leader Anna Kaplan of Princeton, New Jersey, is an experienced outdoors-woman, an EMT, a fantastic older sister, and the proud daughter of two loving parents. Anna has learned so much from her parents – inheriting her love of gardening from her mother and her musical talent from her father (Anna plays
ISA CALIANDRO We couldn’t be more thrilled to have Isabella (Isa – “eeee-sa”) Caliandro, of Concord, Massachusetts, back for another summer leading our California Mountains and Coast trips! Isa not only led our New England Mountains & Coast and Maine Coast Junior trips last summer, but was also a student in 2009 and 2010 on our
ABBY DALZELL Third-year Apogee leader Abby Dalzell is a 2016 Williams College graduate. Despite being a dedicated student of Biochemistry, Abby took every opportunity to get out into the surrounding Berkshire Mountains. Originally from Newton, Massachusetts, Abby is driven by a passion for the outdoors and working with children of all ages. Abby grew up spending her summers
GRACE MCCABE Growing up in the shadow of the snow-capped Fourteeners in Denver, Colorado, Grace McCabe comes to Apogee as a true outdoor enthusiast! Grace embraced exploration out West from a young age and will embark on yet another adventure this summer as a leader on our Cape Cod and the Islands. In high school, Grace took to
LIZZIE BACH Lizzie Bach joins us this year on Maine’s Downeast Explorer trip, sporting hiking boots that have been across terrain and vistas high and low! While Lizzie is a southern belle from Dallas, Texas, her participation in Conservation Corps brought her north to both Maine and Nevada after high school. Through the Conservation Corps, Lizzie hiked
ARIEL POTTER World traveler Ariel Potter spends her time bouncing from one beautiful outdoor location to the next! Growing up in Yarmouth, Maine, Ariel’s passion for the outdoors was sparked at an early age by making the most of Maine’s varied seasons – from foliage walks with her close-knit family, to playing ice hockey in
EMILY HOFFMAN We’re thrilled to welcome long-time Apogee veteran Emily Hoffman to lead our Coast to Quebec cycling trip this summer! Coming to us from the bustling streets of New York City, Emily is well-versed in all things Apogee. Emily spent four summers with us as a student – she has been biking in Cape
With the 2016 Staff Training getting underway in a mere six weeks (an absolutely shocking thing to believe for us in the office!), the time has come to start introducing this year’s stellar slate of staffers to the world! Over the next month and a half we are going to post bi-weekly on our summer crew – a mix