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ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES
CANOPY/ZIPLINE TOUR COMMITTEE
Committee charge: To develop and maintain canopy tour standards, and provide support to the association on any canopy tour issues.
Todd Domeck, Co-Chair - Expriential Resources, Inc., todd@experientialresources.net
John Walker, Co-Chair - Bonsai Designs, john@Bonsai-design.com
Rachel de Spain - Alaska Zipline Adventures, rachel@alaskazip.com
Pavel Gaitan - Vallarta Adventures, pavel@dolphin-adventure.com
Victor Gallo - Adventure Playground, vgallo@adventureplaygd.com
Wes Hunter – unaffiliated
James Kantor - Adventure Rope, Ltd., advrope@gmail.com
Rich Klajnscek - Seafox Consulting, rich@seafoxconsulting.com
Robbie Oates - Phoenix Experiential, oates@skybest.com
Troll – unaffiliated, icrc_troll@verizon.ne
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Committee Charge: To handle all arrangements for the conference, as outlined in the committee documents. Assists in choosing future sites for the North American conference.
Jennifer Marter, Chair - Synergo, jennifer@teamsynergo.com
Leigh Carruth - unaffiliated, leaf08@gmail.com
Cynthia Paris - Rogers Hospital, CParis@rogershospital.org
Jamie Remsberg - Next Element Consulting, jamie@next-element.com
Trudy Robbins - Peninsula College, TRobbins@pencol.edu
Marci Ryan - Camp Mary Orton, cmomarci@sbcglobal.net
Consensus Group
This group’s function is determined by the ANSI Essential Requirements, under which we are accredited as a Standards Developer, and under ACCT’s ANSI procedures, which can be found here.
These first seven members of this group have been appointed by the ACCT Board from the applicant pool. These members will select the additional eight members from the applicant pool to fill out the group. The designations after each person’s name indicate whether they represent the User Group, Vendor Group, or General Interest Group.
Keith Jacobs (Vendor), Experiential Systems, keith@experientialsystems.com
Ben Hoops (User), Outward Bound Professional, ben.hoops@outwardbound.org
John Lazarus (Vendor) Northeast Adventure, johnl@northeastadventure.com
Rhonda Mickelson (General Interest), American Camp Association, rmickelson@acacamps.org
Dave Sherry (User), Des Moines Y-Camp, david.sherry@dmymca.org
Chuck Treadway (User) Boy Scouts of America volunteer, ctreadway@CCiGa.com
ETHICS COMMITTEE
Committee Charge: To deal with all ethical issues raised by members of the Association, or in reference to one of the members of the Association, and to bring those issues necessary to the Board of Directors for their attention.
Charlie Williams, Chair - Wingspped Adventures, wngspdadv@aol.com
Adam Bondeson - Lodestone Adventures, bikerb@verizon.net
Bob Ryan - Project Adventure, bryan@pa.org
Richard Szwaja - Divine Photography, richard@dvinephotography.com
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Committee charge: Under construction
Greg Allen, Chair – Visionary Adventure, greg@visionaryadventure.com
Chris Moon - Boy Scouts of America volunteer, usagymct@aol.com
INSTALLATIONS COMMITTEE
Committee Charge: To do research towards and development of draft standards around the installation and inspection of challenge courses. To be the “gateway” for installations and inspections standards information, feedback, questions and requests for ACCT membership and the Challenge Course field at large.
Rich Klajnscek, Chair – Seafox Consulting, rich@seafoxconsulting.com
Todd Domeck - Experiential Resources, Inc., todd@experientialresources.net
John Lazarus - Northeast Adventure, johnl@northeastadventure.com
Brian Lisson - Adventureworks! Associates, brian@adventureworks.org
Jack Moeding - Preferred Safety Products, jackm@preferredsafety.com
Chuck Treadway - Boy Scouts of America volunteer, ctreadway@CCiGa.com
Tom Zartman - Phoenix Experiential Designs, tomzartman@gmail.com
INSURANCE ADVISORY GROUP
Committee charge: Work to keep insurance available to Challenge Course Programmers and Challenge Course Builders. When the market allows, work to get optimum pricing and optimum coverage. Work to educate the insurance industry about the Challenge Course industry. Work to educate the Challenge Course industry about the insurance industry.
Randy Smith, Chair, RSmithIQ@cs.com
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Committee charge: To support the membership functions within the association.
Niels Damman, Chair, Washington State University, oregon.learning.adventures@gmail.com
Tim Rhodes - Experiential Systems, tim@experientialsystems.com
Lindsay Walton - Open Door Development, info@opendoordevelopment.ca
OPERATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Committee charge: To write standards for Challenge Course operations and practitioner certification, revising these standards on a regular basis. To be the “gateway” for operations and practitioner certification standards information, feedback, questions and requests for ACCT membership and the Challenge Course field at large.
Scott Andrews, Chair – Andrews Consulting, scott@AndrewsConsultingllc.com
Amy Berg, Stryker, amy_c_berg@yahoo.com
Anthony Curtis - Adventure Designs, anthony@adventure-designs.com
Michelle Hepler - Iredell County Parks and Recreation, mhepler@co.iredell.nc.us
Andrew Hubert - Challenges Unlimited, andrew@challengesunlimited.com
Jim Wall - Cornerstone Designs, jwall@cornerstonedesignsinc.com
John Winter - Boy Scouts of America volunteer, winterj@butler-bremer.com
PUBLIC RELATIONS/MARKETING COMMITTEE
Committee charge: To examine existing strategies and potential opportunities for increasing the positive exposure of ACCT, and making recommendations to the board for new initiatives and appropriate strategies for implementation.
Lindsay Wiseman, Chair – Synergo, lindsay@teamsynergo.com
Brenda Reed - Ropeworks, Inc., brenda@ropeworksinc.com
Greg Robinson - Challenge Quest, greg@challengequest.com
Cameron Thomas - LEAPware, cam@leap-ware.com
RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Committee charge: To advise on all research related activities and opportunities in the challenge course field.
Chair to be determined
Lee Gillis - Georgia College and State University, lee.gillis@gcsu.edu
T Grant Lewis - Springfield College, tgrantlewis@yahoo.com
REVIEW COMMITTEE
Committee charge: To handle all phases of the Professional Vendor Member accreditation process, and all issues of continuing PVM status.
MB Buckner, Co-Chair – Project Adventure, mbbuckner@pa.org
Kennerly de Forest, Co-Chair – Challenge Works, ken@challengeworks.com
Kathy Haras - Adventureworks! Associates, kathy@adventureworks.org
Micah Henderson - Adventure Experiences, Inc., micah@advexp.com
Charles Peterson - Challenge Options, charles@challengeoptions.com
Bob Ryan - Project Adventure, bryan@pa.org
TRUSTEE BOARD
Committee charge: To advise the Board of Directors and Executive Director as needed.
Dick Prouty, Chair – Project Adventure, dprouty@pa.org
Tim Kempfe - Adventure Experiences, Inc., tgk@advexp.com
Randy Smith - Inner Quest, rssmithiq@cs.com
UNIVERSAL/ACCESSIBLE DESIGN COMMITTEE
Committee charge: The Universal/Accessible Design committee supports, directs and carries out activities that enhance opportunities for people with disabilities to access challenge courses and expand the understanding of inclusive challenge course programming. The committee serves the needs of ACCT members and the challenge course industry at large in supporting these endeavors.
Karen Reader, Chair – ABEE, Inc., karenreader@hotmail.com
Committee/Task Force Application
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