Archives: Biographies

Sam Morse

Sam Morse

Sam Morse is a wordsmith, snowboarder, traveler and yogi. He favors haggling in foreign markets, diving in the tropics and feasting on chili-saturated food. Ins...
Anna Callaghan

Anna Callaghan

Anna Callaghan is a freelance writer and film producer whose work has appeared in publications like Outside magazine, The Seattle Times and VICE. The short film...
Michaela Trimble

Michaela Trimble

Michaela Trimble is a travel writer and photographer who journeys to the most remote stretches of the Earth to write inspiring, transformational stories promoti...
Heather Hansman

Heather Hansman

Heather Hansman is an award-winning freelance writer, a former editor at Powder and Skiing magazines, and a semi-reformed ski bum. Her book, Downriver, about pa...
The author pauses for a beat during a training session on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo Credit: Brittany Leavitt)

Brittany Leavitt

Brittany Leavitt is a preschool teacher and an Outdoor School instructor for REI. In 2018, she became part of the first all-Black U.S. team to summit Kilimanjar...
Tess Weaver Strokes

Tess Weaver Strokes

Tess Weaver Strokes is a freelance writer, mom and mountain lover based in Aspen, Colorado. A former ski magazine editor, she has contributed to The Wall Street...
Kelsey Sipple

Kelsey Sipple

Kelsey Sipple is a writer, REI copywriter, trail runner and New Englander who loves to scamper through the woods and spend time in saltwater. She firmly believe...
Susan Tanabe

Susan Tanabe

Susan Tanabe is a senior writer at REI. She has been published in the REI Co-op publication Force of Nature and The Seneca Review. She holds a master’s degree i...
Diana Le bio

Diana Le

Diana Le is a copywriter on the product copy team at REI. When she’s not planning her next hike or themed movie night, she enjoys cross-training in ballet and y...
Kristen Phillips

Kristen Phillips

Kristen Phillips is part of the REI Outdoor Programs and Experiences team for the NYC Tri-State market (NY/NY/CT) and the organizer of the Women's Speaker Serie...
Kate Hourihan

Kate Hourihan

Kate Hourihan is a Pacific Northwest-based writer, graphic designer and illustrator. A skier, mountain biker and lover of wild places, she’s happiest when she c...
Jonathan Nesvig

Jonathan Nesvig

Jonathan Nesvig is a retired journalist who worked for several decades as a reporter and editor at The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash. He is an outdoor enthusiast...