Ryan Carlson
Executive Director, WEA
The Basics
Company Name: Wilderness Education Association (WEA)
Location: Cheyenne, WY
Founded: 1977
Full-Time Employees: 1
Products: Credentialing, accreditation, and professional development for wilderness educators/programs.
Social: Facebook
The Culture
The best thing about working at wea is:
My start date was Aug 3, 2020, and the best thing about working in this organization is being able work alongside some of the greatest outdoor educators committed to positively impacting others lives and the outdoor industry.
When we’re not working, we’re:
Spending time with family, climbing, hiking, biking, reading, and educating.
What we’re reading:
The First 90 Days, Marketing Made Simple.
What we’re listening to:
Spotify Mandolin Orange Station, Bon Iver, Taylor Swift: Folklore, The National.
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
Know What You Know, Know What You Don’t Know
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
The beauty, the wonder and the riches of the outdoors belong to everyone. ALL PEOPLE need the outdoors, and we currently are in a time in history that all people do not have equal access or acceptance in this space.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
The demographics of our organization will be more inclusive to include diverse faces, perspectives, and notions of what it means to work and recreate in the outdoors.