Holly Smolenski is Communications & Marketing Director at the Access Fund, the non-profit advocacy group that keeps U.S. climbing areas open and conserves t...
Zach Davis is an Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker, author of Appalachian Trials, co-author of Pacific Crest Trials, owner and editor-in-chie...
Basecamped in Durango, Colorado, Joy Martin survives as a freelance writer and REI guide. When not leading trips in the National Parks of the Southwest US, Joy'...
Yitka Winn is an editor of product content at REI, writer, ultrarunner, snowboarder and lifelong lover of mountains. She lives in the mossy, fern-laden paradise...
Writer and photographer Michael Lanza is the creator of The Big Outside, which has made many top-blog lists and where he writes about his outdoor adventures, in...
Ali Carr Troxell is an outdoor gear expert and adventure travel writer based in Seattle, Washington. She’s worked in print as an editor at Outside magazine, in ...
Thom Schroeder is a manager in REI’s Media Studio. A climber. A photographer. A backpacker. A skier. A lover of mountains and wild places. REI member and employ...
Gabe Grayum is a photographer, product designer, and brand ambassador based in Mazama, WA. He and his family relocated to this remote corner of the North Cascad...
Deanne Buck is Executive Director of the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition, the only national organization dedicated to workplace equity, diversity and inclu...
Lois Parshley is a journalist and photographer. She writes about the outdoors, science, and politics for Outside, Adventure Journal, Popular Science, The Atlant...
Jerry Stritzke served as REI president and CEO from 2013 to 2019. When he’s not at home in Seattle, he’s tackling a Colorado 14er, fly-fishing and whitewater ka...
