Jon Worbets, Executive Director
Jon Worbets has spent the last 14 years working as a youth worker, counselor, teacher and licensed practicing counselor with at-risk youth. He has worked as a whitewater rafting guide, mountaineering guide, climbing instructor, canoe instructor, skiing instructor, EMT and has counseled victims and offenders of sexual abuse, adjudicated youth, families in need and high-risk youth dealing with a wide variety of issues. He has been a certified ropes course instructor for the past 8 years and facilitating both high and low element ropes courses for a wide variety of clientele.  In addition, Jon has worked as the executive director Youth Odyssey, Corpus Christi for 4 years and as a therapist and program manager for a wilderness therapy program in Idaho. Jon holds his Masters in Clinical counseling/Psychology with an emphasis in wilderness/adventure therapy and is a licensed clinical counselor.

Rebekah A. Koeller, Program Director
Becky received her B.S. from Western Washington University in Environmental Science and Environmental Education, focusing on community development. Following graduation she joined the US Peace Corps as a volunteer for three years in the Philippines where she taught adventure education in urban and rural areas.  She has nine-years of experience teaching adventure education to youth and adults of all backgrounds worldwide. Becky has extensive experience in NGO development, leading adventure trips, rock climbing, kayaking, hiking, backpacking, teaching outdoor education and teambuilding activities.  She’s a certified EMT, kayaking instructor, Ropes Course Facilitator, and Lifeguard. Her passion is help youth realize their full potential and to reveal their inner-strength needed to navigate through their lives. She believes that hands-on challenges reveal how unique each youth is and that they can reach their dreams and goals through the use of life skills, while experiencing nature in a profound way.

John Coombs, Program Leader
Originally from Ann Arbor Michigan he loves to go backpacking, kayaking, and cycling. His backpacking adventures have taken him around northern Michigan, the Great Smokey Mountains, the Grand Canyon, and Glacier National Park in Montana. John received his B.S. in Environmental Conservation from Northern Michigan University and his M.S. in Community, Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies from Michigan State University where he researched program planning at environmental education centers. John has been working with youth and environmental education programs since High School at various locations like Gordonwood Summer Camp, Michigan Department of Natural Resources at Brighton State Recreation Area, and at Camp Miniwanca. John is certified as a Wilderness First Responder, Archery Instructor, and a Wildland Fire Fighter. He has solid experience in backpacking, camping, kayaking, Ropes Course facilitation, and working with youth of varying ages and backgrounds.