2024 Great Lakes Outdoor Summit
Session Speakers
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Connor Ryan
Lakota skier & Indigenous filmmaker, creator at @SacredStoke
Thursday Podcast Storyteller
Friday Keynote Speaker
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Quinn Brett
Co-Owner at Dovetail Trail Consulting, adventurer and multi-record breaking adaptive athlete
Thursday Podcast Storyteller
Session: Adaptive Recreation and Emerging Technologies: Reducing Fear, Increasing Inclusion
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Fitz Cahall
Creator of The Dirtbag Diaries Podcast
Thursday Podcast Storyteller + Moderator
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Alan Sparhawk
World renown musician for Low, Duluth local
Thursday Podcast Storyteller
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Young-Nam Kim
Artistic Director at Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute
Summit Lunch Presentation + Performance: Bringing Music Off the Page and Into the North Woods
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Asha Shoffner
Convener of BIPOC Outdoors Twin Cities
Session: Lessons & Loopholes for Building a BIPOC Outdoors Community
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Rachel Franchina
Executive Director of Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (SORP)
Session: Outdoor Recreation Professional Networking and Capacity Building
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Jenna Yeakle
Senior Field Organizer with the Sierra Club-Duluth
Session: Advocating of our Community and the Outdoors through Lobbying: Reclaiming the L Word
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Randolph Briley
Deputy Director of Outdoor Recreation at Explore Minnesota Tourism and Coordinator of the Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnership
Session: Welcome to Minne-SOBA
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Marty Walsh
Founder of the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail
Session: Towards a Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail
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Kenny Blumenfeld
Sr. Climatologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Session: Climate Change: A Measured Perspective, and Moving Forward & Climate Response and Adaptation Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)
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Rebeka Ndosi
Founder and Keeper of the Vision at Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary
Session: The Land Lives Within Us: Remembering our Interconnectedness through Storytelling
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Katie Freker
Climate Adaptation Specialist, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS)
Session: Climate Change: A Measured Perspective, and Moving Forward
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Thomas Howes
Ojibwe craftsman + stickmaker and baaga’adowewin advocate.
Session: Rebuilding Traditional Ojibwe Lacrosse
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Lisa Luokkala
Executive Director Superior Hiking Trail Association
Sessions: Outdoor Recreation Professional Networking and Capacity Building & Climate Response and Adaptation Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)
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Ben Popp
Executive Director, American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation
Session: Climate Response and Adaptation in Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)
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Ann Glumac
Executive Director, Spirit Mountain Recreation Center
Session: Climate Response and Adaptation in Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)
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Aaron Clark
Government Affairs Policy Manager for the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA)
Session: Access Solutions: Trail-based Recreation as a Tool for Conservation
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Mikaela Swanlund
Community Advocacy and Impact Specialist, REI
Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)
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Lloyd Vogel
CEO and Co-Founder of Garage Grown Gear
Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)
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Jill Sims
Principal at Park Street Public
Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)
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Mark Norquist
Owner at GreenHead Strategies
Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)
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Stephen Regenold
Journalist, entrepreneur, and founder of GearJunkie.com
Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)
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Ian Meeker
Associate Professor, Department of Youth Development at University of Wisconsin Madison, Division of Extension
Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)
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Micah Leinbach
Executive Director for Bus for Outdoor Access & Teaching
Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)
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Sam Luoma
Programs & Operations Director at Chester Bowl
Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)
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Scott Pilate
School Psychologist, Duluth Public Schools
Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)
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Thurman Tucker
Minnesota Quail Forever
Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)