Who we support

Kathryn is the National Director of the Children's Campaign at Enough Abuse. She is a lawyer and legislative advocate who has been fighting to pass meaningful child sex  abuse legislation across the country for over 21 years. She has actively worked  with lawmakers and governors, writing and editing legislation and testified in over  thirty states. She is a national  expert on Statute of Limitations reform/elimination aimed at providing justice for  survivors, accountability for abusers and the prevention of child sexual abuse.

Buck Harris, Wilderness School, 1976-1980, instructed and directed  the WS Alternative/Special Education projects to adapt the WS  process into special education classrooms. This began Buck’s forty  year career as a progressive public high school teacher, using  lessons he learned from Outward Bound and the Wilderness  School, to create powerful classroom learning experiences for  adolescents. After retirement from teaching five years ago, he currently works as an author and educational consultant.

Beth began her involvement with the Wilderness School in 1974 as  a referring agency person preparing students from Long Lane  School. In 1976, she became Assistant Director of the Wilderness  School, responsible for Orientation and Follow-up Services. She  designed and implemented an adventure program for disabled  youth in Virginia while earning a Masters in Therapeutic Recreation.  In 2000, she became the Director of Schooner Inc., an environmental education program in New  Haven, CT. After ten years at  Schooner, she began working with special populations in  workforce development outreach, utilizing team building concepts  in the classroom to successfully prepare students for job placement.  Since retiring she serves on several nonprofit boards and works as a  ski instructor in the winter. 

John worked as an attorney in Florida prior to his involvement with  the Wilderness School. In 1974 John instructed two courses at  the Wilderness School and became the Director in the fall of 1975. He  directed the Wilderness School until 1984 where he created a framework  for staff training and instilled the culture of never giving up on a student. After  leaving the Wilderness School, he became the Associate Director of  the North Carolina Outward Bound School (OB), developing programs for inner city youth. He established the Blue Ridge Consulting Group (BRCG)  after leaving OB. BRCG used experiential learning as the basis for  executive education classes at Emory, Wake Forest, the University of  South Carolina, and other universities. 

At the age of 16, Aaron Wiebe was inspired by a life defining 30-Day  adventure. High in the mountains of Colorado, through an Outward  Bound Alpine Mountaineering course, a transformation took place. Not only could Aaron feel the benefits of his Wilderness Experience,  he could see himself one day pursuing the work of leading these  profound life changing courses for young people such as himself. Since that time, Aaron has established himself as an active  practitioner in this unique field. With broad experience, Aaron is the  current State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families’  Wilderness School Director.