Archives: Biographies

Susan Viscon

Susan Viscon

Susan Viscon has been with REI for over 25 years and currently serves as the co-op's SVP of Corporate Development and Investment. She is also the executive spon...
Mike Faulk

Mike Faulk

Mike Faulk is a freelance journalist with 10 years experience working across the U.S. from Appalachia to the Ozarks to the Cascades. When he's off the clock, he...
Faith E. Briggs

Faith E. Briggs

Faith E. Briggs is a documentary filmmaker and a creative with a focus on the art of representation. It is her goal to create media representative of the world ...
Wilma Wallace

Wilma Wallace

Wilma Wallace is REI’s chief diversity and social impact officer. As a lifelong social justice advocate with a rich background in global human rights, Wilma is ...
Dave Zook

Dave Zook

Dave Zook studied journalism at the University of Oregon and later worked as an editor at independent newspaper Moonshine Ink in Truckee, California. He now foc...
Writer Winston Ross lives in Portland, Oregon.

Winston Ross

Winston Ross is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Ore., who tries to remember that just because it has been raining for 23 days straight does not mean h...
Trevor Husted

Trevor Husted

Trevor Husted is a mountain guide, writer and musician, based in North Lake Tahoe, California. A regular contributor to publications like the Snowboarder's Jour...
Amanda Ellis

Amanda Ellis

Amanda Ellis is a rock climber, alpinist and freelance journalist based out of Raleigh, NC. When she’s not adventuring, she's managing the web team for The Adve...
Theo Roffe

Theo Roffe

Theo Roffe is an editor of product copy at REI, a lifelong word nerd and a lover of adventures on two wheels. When he’s not editing or getting lost in a book, h...
Alan Arnette

Alan Arnette

Alan Arnette is an Everest and K2 summiter who writes a popular blog on mountaineering at alanarnette.com. REI member since 1994....
Phuong Le

Phuong Le

Phuong Le manages editorial content at REI to help all people get outside and see themselves reflected in the outdoors. Before joining the co-op, she spent over...