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Location: Bowdoin / Outing / Program Areas / Telemark / Instructors

Outing Club
at the Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center

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Several BOC students and Bowdoin faculty who earn PSIA certification during the course of the program help teach the tele classes. Below are bios of our professional instructional staff for the '08-'09 ski season.

Matt O'Donnell Associate Editor, Bowdoin magazine; directs the tele program for the BOC; PSIA Level III-certified, Telemark and Alpine; WFR (wilderness first responder); AIARE (The American Institute For Avalanche Research And Education) Level I Avalanche; has taught skiing for over 20 years. Matt is founder of a literary nonprofit called From the Fishouse. He lives in Pittston, Maine, with his amazing artist wife, Alesia, and their seven-year-old daughter, Fay.

Mike Woodruff Michael Woodruff '87 Director of the Bowdoin Outing Club; former competitive white water paddler, ACA (American Canoe Association) certified Whitewater Instructor Trainer; WEMT (wilderness emergency medical technician); PSIA Level I, Telemark; AIARE Level I Avalanche. Mike, also a burgeoning organic farmer, lives on a farm in Brunswick, Maine, with his fantastic (and very patient) wife, Lucretia (former Co-Director of the BOC), and their sons Finnegan, Seamus, and Daire, and daughter Maeve.

Megan Hayes '03 Recent Assistant Director of Bowdoin Outing Club; PSIA Level I Nordic Downhill; AIARE Level I Avalanche; WFR; Registered Maine Sea Kayaking Guide; ACA Certified Sea Kayak Instructor.

Todd Richards Was a long-time Sugarloaf instructor and a PSIA Tele Examiner Training Squad member; PSIA Level III, Telemark; PSIA Level II, Alpine; has been teaching skiing for over 20 years. Lives in Bristol, Maine, where he runs his family's art gallery, with his artist wife, Sarah, and their eight-year-old son, Sammy. Fanatical cyclist and not a bad paddler. Grills a mean cheeseburger.

Hank Garrett '10 Hometown: Lake Forest, IL; Home Mountain: Wilmot, Wisconsin; Major: Environmental Studies/Visual Arts; WFR-certified.

Sara Hubbard '10 Hometown:Indianapolis, IN; History and French major; Ultimate frisbee player; grew up skiing in Colorado; PSIA Level I Alpine.

Outing Clubat the Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center

Instructors

Telemark

Outing Club
at the Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center