Lauren

Logistics director

Originally from Olympia, WA, Lauren first joined Adventure Treks in 2022 as an instructor, and now works in our year-round office in North Carolina. Prior to joining our administrative team, she spent a year teaching an outdoor recreation course at her alma mater, Union College, in Lincoln, NE; she also led an expedition to Malawi for pre-med students where they worked in clinics and refugee camps and backpacked around Mt. Mulanje (the same expedition she took as a student!). She has also taught swiftwater, technical rope, and search and rescue courses in Colorado; done rescue and relief work in Florida and Louisiana; and worked as a camp counselor in Washington.