Originally from: California

Been with Boojum since: Spring 2006

While growing up, Roddy's family's vacations were spent backpacking or camping. His earliest memories are of scrambling on granite and catching frogs by clear, cold lakes high in the mountains. After high school, Roddy left California for Yale, earned a degree in Ecology, and came right back to California. He is passionate about introducing young people to the places he loves best, and about sharing healthy forms of recreation that connect people to the natural world. Roddy has led Boojum trips to Sequoia, Yosemite, Joshua Tree National Park, the Channel Islands, the Colorado River and the Redwoods.

Originally from: Michigan

Been with Boojum since: Spring 2008

Chase grew up in rural Northern Michigan, in a community where parents sent their children outside to play almost as soon as they could walk. The public areas surrounding her hometown, which included forests, beaches, fields, sand dunes, and rivers, instilled in her the belief that nature is a powerful teacher. Even in her youth, Chase was passionate about helping to reconnect people to the environment. After leaving Northern Michigan, Chase eventually landed at Prescott College, where she studied Adventure Education, Wilderness Leadership, and Writing and Literature. Over the past five years, Chase has worked for a variety of outdoor/experiential programs and guide companies: in New York, Vermont, Michigan, New Hampshire, Arizona, Idaho, Washington and California. She currently splits most of her time between course directing for the Boojum Institute, and instructing for Outward Bound. Her favorite activities, for both teaching and personal recreation, include rock climbing, mountaineering, canoeing, and backcountry skiing. She is also a closet journalist, and outdoor pursuits and environmental issues remain her favorite writing topics.

Originally from: Iowa

Been with Boojum since: Spring 2007

One of Boojum's Course Directors, and affectionately known as Bill the Thrill, or simply "Mr. the Thrill", Bill (pictured on the left on the summit of Mt. Whitney) has been instructing and guiding outdoor trips for many organizations since 2003. He has taught backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, sailing and snowboarding and has led trips in California, Arizona, Utah, Mexico, New Hampshire, New York and North Carolina. His hobbies include rock climbing, wrestling grizzly bears and exploring places that are still "wild, natural, and free".

Originally from: Massachusetts

Been with Boojum since: Fall 2008

Jackie grew up in the suburbs of Massachusetts where her opportunities for outdoor exploration were limited. She went to Bryn Mawr College and majored in Sociology and Education, and it is during her college summers that she began her career as an outdoor leader. Jackie spent four summers through her college years guiding whitewater rafting trips in Oregon. She became addicted to a life of outdoor adventures and was able to combine her love for the outdoors with her passion for education when she came to The Boojum Institute in 2008. Jackie spent her first season with Boojum as an intern, where she fell completely in love with outdoor education, and continued working for Boojum as an instructor. When not working for Boojum, Jackie has been ski instructing at Mammoth Mountain in the winter and leading wilderness expeditions in the summer. In her free time, Jackie can be found rock climbing, skiing, adventuring and traveling.