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Founders

Erik Weihenmayer

Co-Founder, No Barriers and Touch The Top

Co-founder, No Barriers Youth

Executive Director, No Barriers USA & Co-Founder, No Barriers Youth

Board of Directors

President & CFO of Ojai Energetics, Founder of Revive Hemp Industries

Founder & President of the World Happiness Fest

Annette Mattern

Retired C-Suite Leader

SVP Global Operations and Integrated Supply Chain at Ingersoll Rand

Board President, No Barriers USA & Director of Account Management, Stone Ward

Executive Director, No Barriers USA & Co-Founder, No Barriers Youth

Erik Weihenmayer

Co-Founder, No Barriers and Touch The Top

President and CEO, Masco

Adrian Anantawan

Violinist and Educator, Chair of Music at Milton Academy

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Senior Team

Michelle Cregut

Chief Financial Officer

Director of Marketing

Director of Experience Design and Impact

Executive Director, No Barriers USA & Co-Founder, No Barriers Youth

Chief Operating Officer, No Barriers

Staff

Executive Director, No Barriers USA & Co-Founder, No Barriers Youth

Chief Operating Officer, No Barriers

Regional Development Manager, Asheville

Command Sergeant Major (R) Gretchen Evans, U.S. Army

Director of Marketing

Senior Program Advisor, No Barriers Warriors

Backcountry Programs Manager

Director of Experience Design and Impact

Experience Design and Impact Manager

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Ambassadors

Heather Thomson

Whitney Way Thore

Body-Positive Activist & Star of "My Big Fat Fabulous Life" on TLC

Deaf Jazz Musician & No Barriers Ambassador

Erik Weihenmayer

Co-Founder, No Barriers and Touch The Top

Command Sergeant Major (R) Gretchen Evans, U.S. Army

Zen Warrior Training

Veteran, Motivational Speaker

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Board of Directors - Emeritus

Founder, Scena Media

Alexander “Sasha” Rabchevsky

Professor of Physiology, University of Kentucky

Director of Experience Design and Impact

Deaf-Blind Advocate and Adventurer

Dr. Indira Lanig, MD LLC

Spinal Cord Injury Medical Director, Paradigm Outcomes

Retired Co-Founder

Former Global Exporers Board Member

No Limits Director

Chief Customer Officer, Sopris Health - Intelligent Clinical Operations

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Expedition Leaders

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Youth

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Youth

Colin Sternagel

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Warriors

Command Sergeant Major (R) Gretchen Evans, U.S. Army

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Warriors

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Warriors

Hipolito Arriaga

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Warriors

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Warriors

Jenny O'Connell

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Youth

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Influencers

Photographer, Creative Director

Melissa Ben-Ishay

Founder of Baked by Melissa

Jennifer Weddon Palazzo & Dina Drew Duva

Heather Thomson

Whitney Way Thore

Body-Positive Activist & Star of "My Big Fat Fabulous Life" on TLC

Founder of SheLift

Marshawn Evans Daniels

Runner / Body Positive Activist

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Participants

Jose “Joey” Martinez III

San Marcos, Texas

Corrales, New Mexico

Oro Valley, Arizona

Pedro San Miguel

Enterprise, Alabama

William Gwaltney

White Rock, New Mexico

Alexandria Aranda

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Lancaster, Texas

Charles Causbie

Tucson, Arizona

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Speakers and Performers

Product Manager, Airbnb

Chef and Founder of Montana Mex

Erik Weihenmayer

Co-Founder, No Barriers and Touch The Top

Gabriel Cordell

Motivational Speaker & Star of 'Roll With Me: A Journey Across America'

Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley

Veteran, Motivational Speaker

Founder & Executive Director of THISAbility

Kristan Seaford

Motivational speaker, blogger, and writer

Musical Performers

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Summit 2019 Activity Providers

Founder & Executive Director of THISAbility

Whitney Way Thore

Body-Positive Activist & Star of "My Big Fat Fabulous Life" on TLC

Deaf Jazz Musician & No Barriers Ambassador

Summit Activity Providers - Alumni

Founder & Executive Director of THISAbility

Photographer, Creative Director

Melissa Ben-Ishay

Founder of Baked by Melissa

Jennifer Weddon Palazzo & Dina Drew Duva

Founder & Executive Director of THISAbility

Heather Thomson

Master Teacher in Musical Theater and Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Techniques

Bradford & Bryan Manning

Two Blind Brothers

Arbender Robinson

Artistic Director of ThisAbility

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Summit Speakers and Performers - Alumni

Product Manager, Airbnb

Easton LaChappelle

Unlimited Tomorrow

Heather Thomson

Arbender Robinson

Artistic Director of ThisAbility

Whitney Way Thore

Body-Positive Activist & Star of "My Big Fat Fabulous Life" on TLC

Sebastian Terry

Founder of SheLift

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Virtual Learning Instructors

Deaf Jazz Musician & No Barriers Ambassador

Erik Weihenmayer

Co-Founder, No Barriers and Touch The Top

Command Sergeant Major (R) Gretchen Evans, U.S. Army

Veteran, Motivational Speaker

Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT Media Lab

Director of Experience Design and Impact

Executive Director, No Barriers USA & Co-Founder, No Barriers Youth

Volunteers and Interns

Command Sergeant Major (R) Gretchen Evans, U.S. Army

Lynn Llewelyn Penny

Trisha Boudreau

Expedition Leader, No Barriers Warriors

No Barriers showed me how to be a leader and a shaker, and how to take my future into my hands.
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