PETER GREEN is the director of the Catlin Gabel outdoor program. He is an active mountain climber and photographer. Peter has been leading teenagers in wilderness activities for 35 years. He worked for Camp Nor'wester in the San Juan Islands for 14 years, as program director for four years in the 1980s. Peter led trips for Catlin Gabel in the early 1990s, as well as for Charles Wright Academy.

In 1993 Peter developed a youth climbing program for an Explorer Post in Portland. The program has become one of the the largest youth mountaineering programs in the country. He has led trips to many Northwest peaks, Alaska, the Canadian ranges, and New Zealand.

Peter is the former chair of the Oregon Outdoor Youth Program Advisory Board.

Peter graduated from Williams College with a degree in psychology and environmental studies. He received his master's degree in ecology from the University of California, Davis. He is an avid climber, hiker, skier, and photographer. He was born and raised in Portland, and lives with his wife, Mary.

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Outdoor education teacher CHRIS POTTS loves to share his passion for the outdoors with students at any opportunity he gets. Chris started leading outdoor program trips in 2006 and has safely led students climbing, mountaineering, surfing, canyoneering, and caving from British Columbia to California, from the desert to the ocean.

Chris has also been the head varsity baseball coach at Catlin Gabel since 2006.

When not working with students, Chris writes screenplays, spends time with his family, and plans his own adventures in the mountains and surf.

Outdoor education teacher OLIVIA MILLER loves being outside, and is excited to share wonderful outdoor experiences with students. She appreciates the opportunity for personal growth, learning, and development that outdoor trips provide. Olivia helped start the Catlin Gabel outdoor program, and led several summer trips before being hired as a teacher.

Olivia graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in earth and environmental science, and is always trying to find ways to convince students that rocks are cool. As president of the Wesleyan Outing Club, she led trips and managed club operations. Olivia was also a park ranger in Grand Teton National Park. She enjoys skiing, climbing, biking, hiking, paddling, and any other activity that gets her outside.

Assistant Leaders

BOB SAUER is a lifelong outdoor enthusiast. He has been backpacking and hiking for more than 40 years. He has backpacked extensively in the Sierras and Cascades. In Europe he has hiked hut to hut in the mountainous areas of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Poland.

During and after college, Bob worked many summers at Hidden Valley Camp, east of Everett, Washington. He was for many years the waterfront counselor, supervising and teaching sailing and canoeing. One year he was the counselor for the youngest boys and rallied the gang of 7-year-olds to successfully summit Mt. Pilchuck, an impressively steep ascent with a rewardingly commanding view from the top.

During his teaching career Bob has coached swimming and diving, and taken students skiing at Mt. Hood. His February Winterim trips have included a backpack trip in the Columbia River Gorge, white water rafting, and rock climbing and exploration around Bend.

Bob holds a BA in physics from Whitman College and teaches physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy at Catlin Gabel.

SETH ROSENBLUM has been a professional rafting guide for six years, having worked in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Colorado. He has been an avid mountaineer and rock climber for 14 years, and has climbed in Canada and New Zealand as well as throughout the Northwest.

Seth assists the outdoor program on a contract basis. He is a native Oregonian and attended Catlin Gabel School.

MATT HICKEY

ED KORNBRATH is a Catlin Gabel parent and longtime river rat. He began guiding whitewater more than 20 years ago, and recently joined us on the North Umpqua River in southern Oregon.