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Clark University Outing Club
950 Main Street
Worcester MA 01610-1477
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Executive Board 2009-2010

Executive Board members are elected in spring for the following academic year. Officers-at-large may also be appointed by the current board at any time. Board members hold weekly planning meetings open to the entire club membership.

President - Nora Oliver
Treasurer - David Krinsky
Secretary - Michelle Smith
Publicity Chair - Kenzie Cody
Officer-at-Large - Agnes Beckmann
Officer-at-Large - Sasha Burgess
Officer-at-Large - Katie Dawsey
Officer-at-Large - Ali Foley
Officer-at-Large - Nate Oppenheim
Officer-at-Large - Therese Smith

Club Advisor - Greg Doerschler


Nora

Nora Oliver

Position: President

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: International Development and Social Change; minor in Global Environmental Studies

Hometown: Shelburne, Vermont

Favorite gear: My Nimbus Latitude KI 3800 Granite Gear Pack.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Hiking Mt. Mondanock, rock climbing at Metrorock and the YMCA.

Favorite club activities: hiking, rock climbing, canoeing.

Favorite place: Cochise Stronghold (Arizona), The Green Mountains (Vermont), The Gila Wilderness (New Mexico).

Fun fact: I spent 3 months living in the desert.

Always wanted to: Hike the Appalachian Train and International Appalachian Trail together.

Scared to: Sky Dive or Bungee Jump.

Favorite quote: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -Mary Oliver


David

David Krinsky

Position: Treasurer

Year of graduation: 2011

Major: Psychology, minor in Economics

Hometown: Newton, MA

Favorite gear: L.L. Bean hiking boots

Favorite Outing Club trips: Armington Cabin trip, NH

Favorite club activities: Hiking, enjoying the great outdoors.

Favorite place: On top of Diamond Head Mountain in Oahu

Fun fact: I drive a Dodge Stratus.

Always wanted to: Hike the Himalaya Range.

Scared to: Parallel park.

Favorite quote: Life's a garden, dig it! - (unknown)


Michelle

Michelle Smith

Position: Secretary

Year of graduation: 2011

Major: Geography

Hometown: Groton, MA

Favorite gear: My Petzl Headlamp.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Cabin Trips/Treking.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, climbing - anything outdoors.

Favorite place: Lake Kanasatka, NH.

Fun fact: I love going to the shooting range.

Always wanted to: Live in the woods!

Scared to: Bungee Jump.

Favorite quote: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. -Eleanor Roosevelt


Kenzie

Kenzie Cody

Position: Publicity Chair

Year of graduation: 2009 (fall)

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Bedminster, New Jersey

Favorite Outing Club trips: Rhode Island Rock Gym.

Favorite club activities: Rock climbing, hiking, anything!

Favorite place: New Paltz, NY.

Always wanted to: Go skydiving or bungee jumping.

Scared to: Get bitten by a spider.

Favorite quote: Wherever you are it is your friends who make your world - William James


Agnes

Agnes Beckmann

Position: Officer-at-Large

 


Sasha

Sasha Burgess

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2011

Major: Undecided

Hometown: Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Favorite gear: My fuzzy purple North Face jacket.

Favorite Outing Club trips: Rock climbing.

Favorite club activities: Kayaking, climbing.

Favorite place: The Botanical Gardens in Montreal.

Fun fact: I have a twin sister.

Always wanted to: Go hang gliding and travel the world.

Scared to: Fall from a cliff.

Favorite quote: Laugh for today. Live for tomorrow. Love for ever.


Katie

Katie Dawsey

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: Psychology, Studio Art

Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York

Favorite gear: Snowshoes

Favorite club activities: Hiking, canoeing.

Favorite place: On top of a mountain skiing.

Always wanted to: Go on an extremely long backpacking trip.

Scared to: Fall from something high.


Ali

Ali Foley

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2010

Major: Screen Studies, Spanish

Hometown: Arlington, Virginia

Favorite gear: My Gregory pack, by far!!!

Favorite Outing Club trips: Canoeing.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, kayaking, camping.

Favorite place: Guanajuato, Mexico.

Fun fact: I love coffee yogurt way too much.

Always wanted to: Hike the entire Appalachian Trail.

Scared to: Miss out on our world's natural environment.

Favorite quote: Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. - Oscar Wilde


Nate

Nate Oppenheim

Position: Officer-at-Large

Year of graduation: 2011

Hometown: Yarmouth, Maine

Favorite gear: Dakine backpack

Favorite place: The top of Top Gun ski trail at Sunday River.

Always wanted to: Heli-ski.

Scared to: Not ski this winter.

Favorite quote: Worry retards reaction and makes clear cut decisions impossible. - Amelia Earhart


Therese

Therese Smith

Position: Officer-at-Large

 


We extend our gratitude to our past executive board members, without whom our club would not exist today.

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