Great People + Expert Training = Exceptional
Our team of talented wilderness instructors works behind the scenes and all over the country to give you the best experience possible. Primitive Pursuits programming is brought to life by an eclectic mix of educators, community partners, students, parents and supporters. Read on to learn about our exceptional team.
"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more." Lord Byron
Summer Staff
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Aimee “Ayla” Heavey
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Alex "Zabu" Szuba
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Alissa Pure
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Angela Beeler
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April Dunn
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Barbara Ann Jordan
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Becka Siegrist
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Bridget Reed
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Dylan Morse
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Elias Mitchell
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Elijah de Castro
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Elizabeth Jesch
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Emilia Hull
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Felicity Holmes
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Hillary Joy Pitoniak
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Jenn Feingold
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Jesse Worden
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Kaisa Mackay
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Lilly Christian
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Liz Holland
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Madeline Turner
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Maggie McCurdy
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Megan Ginley
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Mira Vanek Johnson
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Nora Littell
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Pierce Walsh
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Rory Simpson
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Rose Richter
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Ryley Rasmussen
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Sam Greenhouse
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Sam Quinn-Jacobs
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Sierra Robinson
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Sparrow Houghton
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Sylvan Whitmore
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Toby Brisson
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Willem van Osselaer
"Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second." Mattie Stepanek, Child Poet
Interns & Volunteers
"You all do an amazing job inspiring kids to be actively engaged in their environment. Every week, Isaac is eager to demonstrate his newly developed skills and knowledge, including catching crayfish for dinner, collecting plants for tea or medicinal uses, and carving wood into bows. He is proud to be able to teach his parents a thing or two!" Summer Camp Parent
Guest Instructors
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." John Lubbock