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Alex Velsmid

Leader's Course Chair

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Hometown: Charlestown, MA

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Major: Computer Science (BS), Minor: Management and Leadership

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is hiking. I enjoy the satisfaction of reaching a summit and the beautiful views at the top. My favorite mountain to hike is definitely Mt Washington!

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Andrew Trinder

General Leader

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Hometown: Norfolk, VA

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Major: Global Public Health Minor: Finance

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity has to be surfing. Growing up right next to Virginia Beach and the Outer Banks has given me a deep admiration for the ocean, as it brings everyone unanimously together through a common fondness for nature.

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Andrew Vo

General Leader

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Hometown: San Jose, CA

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Major: Biology, Minor: Philosophy

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love the community that OA offers, a passionate, encouraging, and positive group that love to share experiences outside. I love the opportunity to lead trips and share the outdoors with my classmates and friends.

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Andrew Guarino

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Hometown: Framingham, MA 

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Communication major, International Studies minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is running! I love using running to help me see new places and become more familiar with the world around me, whether it's a new city I'm travelling in or even just around Boston.

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Anna Lapin Lapin

General Leader

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Hometown: Seattle, WA

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Major: International Studies

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I am a water baby at heart and love to kayak, swim, and am getting more into surfing! As a camp counselor in past summers, I would lead 5 day kayaking trips through the San Juan Islands in Washington and they were definitely some of my favorite adventures!

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Anthony Ray

General Leader

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Hometown: Maryville, TN

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Engineering major

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is rock climbing. It takes me to places and lets me see view's a lot of people never get to.

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Ava Cahill

General Leader

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Hometown: Toms River, NJ

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Psychology major, art history minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is bouldering! Hammond Pond, which is only a 10 minute walk from BC campus, has some really fun boulders that are awesome for the spring and summer time!

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Brandon Alvarez

General Leader

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Hometown: Miami, FL

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Finance, accounting for Finance and consulting Minors: theatre

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love to go fishing and free diving. I also love to go snowboarding.

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Colin Norstad

General Leader

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Hometown: Lafayette, CA

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Human Cenetered Engineering, Computer Science

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite moment outdoors was waking up at 3 am to break down camp and summit Mt. Tallac overlooking Lake Tahoe for sunrise. That moment was the epitome of what I love with the outdoors, feelings of accomplishment, amazement, and new perspectives.

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Colin Ortiz

General Leader

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Hometown: Neosho, MS

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Biology B.S.

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: Backpacking is my favorite way to get outside because it’s the perfect mix of adventure and solitude. There’s something about carrying everything you need on your back, hiking through wild places, and ending the day away from the busyness of city life. I also love taking film photos along the way because there’s no better way to capture the little moments.

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David Reddig

General Leader

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Hometown: Lancaster, PA

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Biology, Islamic Civilization and Societies

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor adventure I’ve ever went on was backpacking the Pemi Loop in New Hampshire this past fall. I went with my friends from OA, Sara and Colin, and it was a total blast. It was the perfect mix of chaos, whimsy, and beautiful sights, and I will truly remember the experience for the rest of my life.

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Elizabeth Guertler

General Leader

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Hometown: Yarmouth, ME

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Neuroscience

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love hiking and camping, anywhere in Maine and New Hampshire. I also love being on the ocean, whether it be paddle boarding or kayaking!

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Ellie Badger

General Leader

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Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: International Studies major, Journalism minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love swimming, hiking, cross country skiing, and bouldering.

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Fiona Sawyer

General Leader

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Hometown: Park City, Utah

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Biology

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is hiking. I love hiking because it’s something that you can do wherever you go and it has taken me to some of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. One of my favorite hiking spots has been in Gimmelwald, Switzerland where I hiked for two weeks.

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Grant Zobel

General Leader

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Hometown: Larchmont, NY

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Computer Science, Finance minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I’ve been a skier my whole life, but recently I’ve started alpine touring and cross country skiing as well. I also love hiking, snowshoeing, and just being in the mountains.

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Hwan Huh

General Leader

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Hometown: Boxborough, MA

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Environmental Studies

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I’m a big climber and hiker, and I’ve worked in the backcountry as a trail worker for five summers now!

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Isabella Bianchi

General Leader

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Hometown: Newton, MA

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: English major, minor in General Business

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor adventure was going white river rafting down the deschutes river in Oregon last summer. This trip was the first time I had gone white river rafting and had an absolute blast over the course of five days river camping!!

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Jacob Binkley

General Leader

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Hometown: New Castle, DE

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Economics major, finance minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor adventure was my trip to Glacier National Park with some buddies from high school. Montana was so beautiful!

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Jared Goldstein

General Leader

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Hometown: Denver, CO

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Political Science major, Environmental Studies minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite winter activity is alpine touring and skiing. In the summer, I love to mountain bike and trail run.

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Jeffery Mei

General Leader

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Hometown: Lancaster, PA

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Math, Marketing

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I like all kinds of outdoor staffs, especially skiing and mountaineering. The most beautiful place I have been to outdoors is Aconcagua in Argentina

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Kate Bishop

General Leader

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Hometown: Fayetteville, AR

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Fayetteville, ARTransformative Education Studies and Sociology; Minor in Restorative Justice

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is backpacking, and this past summer, I got to spend a month exploring the Talkeetna Mountains of Alaska. With 24 hours of sunlight, we navigated solely by map and encountered incredible wildlife along the way. It was an unforgettable experience to be fully immersed in the wilderness and rely on the land for direction.

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Kate Psenka

General Leader

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Hometown: Charleston, SC

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Neuroscience with a Biology and Philosophy minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love climbing, slalom-skiing(water) and hiking and I’m open to learning anything! My favorite adventure I have been on is the W-trek in torres del paine.

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Keira Tu

General Leader

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Hometown: Evanston, IL

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Chemistry major, Chinese minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love hiking to swimming holes, group camping trips and fall hiking.

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Kelly MacDonell

Outreach Chair

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Hometown: Bend, OR

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Major: Political Science; Minor: Environmental Studies

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I love to ski in the winter and go hiking and bouldering in the summer. One of my favorite backpacking trips was to Skokie Mountain in Banff Canada!

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Liam McDonnell

General Leader

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Hometown: Denver, CO

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Undeclared

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is fly-fishing because of the dichotomy between the calm of being out on the water and the adrenaline rush when you hook onto a fish.

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Lizzie Quackenbush

General Leader

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Hometown: Evanston, IL

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Economics Major, Environmental Studies minor

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor adventure is trail running! Being able to combine my love for running with beautiful views and the challenge of a trail is the dream for me.

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Lucas Geromini

General Leader

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Hometown: Ocean City, NJ

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Majors: Global Public Health and the Common Good and Islamic Civilizations and Societies; Minor: Faith, Peace, and Justice

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: Leading an OA trip to Yosemite National Park, just days after a major snowstorm in the area, was a dream and an absolute blast. We were the only people hiking in Little Yosemite Valley at this time, so for 4 days we saw nothing but each other, Half Dome, and a whole lot of snowfall.

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Nicky Rhodes

General Leader

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Hometown: North Easton, Massachusetts

Graduation Year: 

Major(s) and minors: Major: Environmental Studies

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite outdoor activity is definitely fishing, especially down Cape Cod. Over the summer, my family and I do offshore fishing tournaments 100 miles off the coast. I also love freshwater kayaking and hiking the White Mountains.

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Patrick Crise

General Leader

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Hometown: Fairfield, CT

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Economics and International Studies

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: When I was abroad last spring, I got the chance to hike between the five towns in Cinque Terre. By the end my feet were destroyed because I didn’t wear socks but it’s the best hike I’ve done thus far in my life and would do it a thousand times over again.

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Thomas Gregory

Social Chair

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Hometown: Arlington, MA

Graduation Year: 2026

Major(s) and minors: Human Centered Engineering

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: My favorite activity to do outdoors is backcountry skiing! It combines two of my favorite outdoor activities (hiking and skiing) and always leads to a good adventure. My lifelong dilemma is waiting for enough snow in the Northeast.

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Tres Gordon

General Leader

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Hometown: Dallas, TX

Graduation Year: 2027

Major(s) and minors: Biology, BS (premed)

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: I have always loved to fish. Growing up in Texas gave me the ability to go fishing anytime I wanted to, whether that was right outside in my backyard or a few hours drive away.

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William Delaney

General Leader

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Hometown: Dallas, TX

Graduation Year: 2025

Major(s) and minors: Major: Economics. Minor: Finance, Philosophy

Favorite Outdoor Activity or Adventure: Hiking has always been my favorite way to connect with the outdoors. I love hiking in New England, but my favorite hike has been Angel’s Landing in Zion and I cannot wait to lead an OA trip there.