Leaders Beyond Boundaries

ALUMNI COLLECTIVE

We’re proud to call over 200+ professionals in the outdoor industry alumni of The Futurist Project Leadership Academy.

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ALUMNI EVENTS

Connect With Fellow Alumni

Join us for an in-person meet-up on Wednesday, March 19th. We will be taking a group run around Sloan's Lake at 5:30pm followed by a Happy Hour at Odell's Brewing at 6:30pm. All running abilities are welcome—whether you're a seasoned runner or just in it for the post-run hangout, we'd love to see you there! RSVP HERE

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TFP Alumni LinkedIn Group

The journey doesn’t end here! Join our Alumni LinkedIn Group to connect, collaborate, and continue leading together.

ALUMNI COLLECTIVE

Global network. Individual Impact.

Since 2018, over 250+ outdoor industry professionals have participated in the Futurist Project’s Leadership Academy. Including employees from these industry brands:

Meet The Alumni

Class 1
  1. Alex Baires
  2. Michelle Barker
  3. Joe Bustos
  4. Laura Catton
  5. Ben Christensen
  6. Adam Garrett
  7. Ali Kenney
  8. Molly LaBonte
  9. Tania Lown-Hecht
  10. Sarah Mallicote
  11. Steve McCann
  12. Joel Mertens
  13. Mike Mueller
  14. Kelly Neel
  15. Cristin O'Brien
  16. Chase Olivieri
  17. Courtney Samulik
  18. Brittany Scuncio
  19. Katie Van Riper
  20. Carrie Watson
  21. Matthew Weiss
  22. Daniel Willis
Class 2
  1. Mary Bean
  2. Lauren D
  3. Kat Dierickx
  4. Bruce Dotterrer
  5. David Duron
  6. Sarah Fansler
  7. Christopher Fidler
  8. Alli Fish
  9. Brian Fisher
  10. Vanessa Fors
  11. Michael Genauer
  12. Courtney Hans
  13. Katie Hawkins
  14. Devin Hewlett
  15. Dana Howe
  16. Justus Hyatt
  17. Lisa Janssen
  18. Lance Johnson
  19. Sarah Langston
  20. Erin Leland
  21. John McCauley
  22. Aaron McCready
  23. Conor McElyea
  24. Colin Moynihan
  25. Alia Salim
  26. Adam Sanders
  27. Jill Sanford
  28. Amanda Schreier
  29. Robert Thomas
  30. Katie Wade
  31. Josh Weichhand
  32. Jake Wheeler
Class 3
  1. Brianna Kilcullen
  2. Laura Kinman
  3. Sam Kuchmak
  4. Jeff LaBonte
  5. Brandon Lee
  6. Morgan Makowski
  7. Vince Mazzucca
  8. Kelsey McGrew
  9. Jason Miller
  10. Johnny Mojica
  11. Doug Niemela
  12. Tyler Noonan
  13. Joleen Ong
  14. Crystal Prebich
  15. Colin Quinn
  16. Jesse Robbins
  17. Thom Schroeder
  18. Jeff Sermak
  19. MJ Smoot
  20. Sablle Stahl
  21. Allison Straub
  22. Jayleen Troutwin
  23. Dan Walker
  24. Taylor Zanelotti
Class 4
  1. John Adams
  2. Lucas Alberg
  3. Alicia Applegate
  4. Brittany Ashcraft
  5. Jessie Atherley
  6. Erin Brucks
  7. Daniel Calabrese
  8. Stacy Chick
  9. Rachel Davidson
  10. Ian Dewar
  11. Andrew DuVall
  12. Cameron Gadd
  13. Ronald Griswell
  14. Genna Heath
  15. Roger Huang
  16. Kim Johnston
  17. YooRa Kang
  18. Alex Lemley
  19. Kimberly Marek
  20. Nick Martinez
  21. Theresa McKenney
  22. John Meadows
  23. Aubrey Miller
  24. Elliott Nolan
  25. Ashlee Peterson
  26. Stephanie Plunkett
  27. Sarah Riley
  28. Celia Santi
  29. Chris Sears
  30. Susan Strible
  31. Sarah van der Hoop
  32. Greer Van Dyck
  33. Mae Welker
  34. Henry Wolf
  35. Jonny Wood
Class 5
  1. Kevin (Belanger) Belle
  2. Alyssa Kessler Feldman
  3. Nikki Allen
  4. Nic Barisone
  5. Danica Carey
  6. Natalie Colvin
  7. Reid Curry
  8. Hamish Elliott
  9. Nick English
  10. Jess Fiaschetti
  11. Rosie French
  12. Natalie Generalovich
  13. Pancho Gomez
  14. Caitlin Hamill
  15. Jace Harrop
  16. Colvin Hedgepeth
  17. Janell Hibbard
  18. Alyssa Kessler
  19. Emily Kidwell
  20. Zachary King
  21. Mark Kuka
  22. Chad Kyte
  23. Chris Linsmayer
  24. Carley Miller
  25. Madalen Moore
  26. Rachael Nichols
  27. Caroline Paulsen
  28. Casey Pavlosky
  29. Nick Pinto
  30. Ed Riegert
  31. June Shen-Epstein
  32. Michaela Simone
  33. Jason Spradling
  34. Stephen Sramek
  35. David Taft
  36. Kaitlin Tripi
  37. Keri Yourick
Class 6
  1. Amelia Arvesen
  2. Lindsey Beal
  3. Andrew Bridgers
  4. Brittany Fell
  5. Megan Franz
  6. Grace Hawkins
  7. Gareth Hollis
  8. Katie J Johnson
  9. Carson Kiesewetter
  10. Alexandra La Pierre
  11. Leah Lodge
  12. Hannah Mathews
  13. Anna Olinger
  14. Maggie Perrault
  15. Jonathan Schmid
  16. Bonie Shupe
  17. Teaghan Skulszki
  18. Elizabeth Starnes
  19. Melissa Steele
  20. Nick Swan
  21. Joshua Tedeschi
  22. Kaelib TeeGarden
  23. Jordan Todoroff
  24. Katie V Voigt
  25. Laura Zimmerman
Class 7
  1. Emma Axtell
  2. Christian Baumeister
  3. Lauren Brallier
  4. Lauren Cramer
  5. Katie Earixson
  6. Georgia Grace Edwards
  7. Zael Ellenhorn
  8. Whitney Ferree
  9. Kanoa Greene
  10. Renee Haerle
  11. Amanda Hancock
  12. Lily Hill (Cornett)
  13. Garrett Hossfeld
  14. Zoe Lanterman
  15. Cody Logan
  16. Steve Lowry
  17. Abigail McIntosh
  18. Kahla McRoberts
  19. Scott Peller
  20. Klairyn Pletsch
  21. Alicia Ranney
  22. Victoria Rodriguez
  23. Marlena Ruthe
  24. Louis Savona
  25. Zack Shultz
  26. Molly Stahler
  27. Laura Strub
  28. Dan Sundaram
  29. Kelly Thurston
Class 8
  1. Monika Bach
  2. Hannah Baker
  3. Kyla Basher
  4. Meguire Broersma
  5. Eli Fox
  6. Nick Gardner
  7. Junna Gazmen
  8. Colby Gould
  9. Nathaniel Holmes
  10. Emily Hopcian
  11. Miya Howells
  12. Quinn Howes
  13. Emma Littmann
  14. Anthony Martinez
  15. RyLee McGill
  16. Alisha McKinney
  17. Anne Miltenberger
  18. Megan Odom
  19. Ricky Parra
  20. Callie Pople
  21. Kiara Porter
  22. Madeline Pruneau
  23. Naomi Rutagarama
  24. Malinda Scheff
  25. Peyton Short
  26. David Taus
  27. Melissa Thompson
  28. Dakota Woodworth
  29. Zach Zak

Alumni Board Members

Katie Johnson

Board Chair - Class 6 - Osprey Packs

Maggie Perrault

Communications Lead - Class 6 - Grassroots Outdoor Alliance

June Shen-Epstein

Operations Lead - Class 5 - Burton Snowboards

Zack Shultz

Programming Lead - Class 7 - Backbone Media

Alicia Ranney

Regional Rep (Bay Area) - Class 7 - Clif Bar

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