John first started skiing on Mt Hood when his mother was pregnant with him. Born in the Cascades, grown in the Rockies. In an effort to preserve and protect all the places we love, John returned to Portland from Colorado in 2008 to study Renewable Energy Engineering. Armed with this education, John has made it his life’s mission to weave his work back into his play. Whether that be installing solar for homes, businesses, adventure vans or off-grid cabins with Elemental Energy, or traveling and empowering communities worldwide through Twende Solar. John is thrilled to bring his passion for the local outdoors and his business/non-profit experiences to MHI to continue to inspire educate and engage the public in responsibly adventuring.

After moving to Portland in 2008, Graham has not climbed Mt Hood to the top. He had climbed and snowboarded in before moving here but for some odd reason, he keeps turning at the top of the good powder and turning down for great turns. From watching the stars in Elk Meadow to wondering exactly what he was thinking on a late late late 'alpine start' driving up through the rain to go skiing, Graham is an inveterate user of Mt Hood's wilderness and public lands.

Guy initially involved himself in the outdoor industry to further his technical knowledge and skills for more challenging mountaineering and sea kayaking adventures, as well as to create some balance with his academic career. As for Guy’s favorite outdoor activities, his is more of a question of which activity comes next. If Guy had to pick one favorite though, it would be sea kayaking to climb ice formations on Lake Superior. Guy continues to find a balance between his passion for the outdoors and his love for learning as he continues to teach graduate students and conduct applied anthropological research and evaluation. On the environment side of his life's work he is the co-founder of the Permaculture Research Institute for Cold Climate and has largely worked on teaching and design of sustainable culture in cold climate regions of the world. He is an ardent environmentalist who interests are focused on restoration and changing patterns of human behavior that address climate change.

Kali Abel is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Portland and doctoral student at Oregon State University. She works as a glaciologist and climate scientist bridging the divide between physical sciences, social sciences, and science communication. She is passionate about the convergence of the physical and social sciences, human impacts due to climate change, climate change communication, and working internationally to address climate change issues and re-form climate-related narratives. Her current research focuses on glacier change, sea-level rise, and climate change within Latin America and the developing world. A Portland native, Kali also works within the Pacific Northwest, looking at glacier change within the Cascades and impacts on downstream communities. Kali spends much of the academic year teaching geology, glaciology, global climate change, and climate justice at the university level in Oregon. In addition to having an academic and research-driven focus, Kali has also been a mountain guide, surf-board builder, environmental consultant, and journalist.

Minty was raised in the South Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia by a single mom with a “get-out- and-do-it” attitude. He spent most of his life skateboarding, traveling, exploring and experiencing the outdoors in its finest forms. He grew up skiing rocks and ice in the Northeast but eventually relocated to Portland in 2014. Once settled in, he discovered what a treasure the slopes and forests of Mt Hood and the Clackamas National Forest are. Minty joined Mt Hood Ski Patrol and quickly realized that he’d found his forever home on Wy’east. As a volunteer patroller at Timberline with a Pro Patrol slot at Skibowl, chances are good that you’ve shared a chair with Minty. Artist, designer, bigfoot enthusiast, skier… there’s little that he won’t talk your ear off about. He currently lives in a cabin on Lolo Pass with his partner Hannah and their family of creatures, great and small. Minty led a design team that partnered with Xanterra to design three stores in Glacier National Park using green and renewable resources and amp; materials with the aim of encouraging conservation and land stewardship while raising awareness of environmental issues. His professional design career spans 25 years and includes partnerships and projects with an diverse range of clients. For the past 8 years, Minty has worked with the BFRO and North American Bigfoot as a field guide, researcher and instructor on Sasquatch research expeditions in Oregon and California.

Chris Pew is a passionate backcountry skier and is the CEO and co-founder of TREW Gear, manufacturer of apparel for backcountry skiing and snowboarding. Chris has summitted and skied Mt Hood several times; his favorite line is Leuthold Couloir on Mt Hood's west face. Having spent some of the best days of his life on Mt Hood, including getting married with the mountain in the background, Mt Hood holds a special place in Chris' heart and he's stoked to facilitate education and conservation for the Mt Hood wilderness.