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.

Victor Gallo, Chair - Adventure Playground, vgallo@adventureplaygd.com

Rachel de Spain - Alaska Zipline Adventures, rachel@alaskazip.com

Todd Domeck - Expriential Resources, Inc., todd@experientialresources.net
Pavel Gaitan - Vallarta Adventures, pavel@dolphin-adventure.com

Rich Klajnscek - Seafox Consulting, rich@seafoxconsulting.com

Robbie Oates - Phoenix Experiential, oates@skybest.com

Troll – unaffiliated, icrc_troll@verizon.ne
John Walker - Bonsai Designs, john@Bonsai-design.com

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.

Cynthia Paris, Chair - Rogers Hospital, CParis@rogershospital.org

Leigh Carruth - unaffiliated, leaf08@gmail.com
Jennifer Marter - Synergo, jennifer@teamsynergo.com

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.

The designations after each person’s name indicate whether they represent the User Group, Vendor Group, or General Interest Group.
 

Richard Bourlon (General Interest) BSA, Richard.bourlon@scouting.org

Curtis Britcher (User) SA/Little Pine Island Camp, Curtis_Britcher@usc.salvationarmy.org
Michel Goulet (General Interest) Petzl, America, mgoulet@petzl.com
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
Jim Liggett (Vendor) Rope Courses, Inc., jim@ropescoursesinc.com
Micheal Maningas (User) Austin State University maningasmc@sfasu.edu
Jerome Mayhew (General Interest) ERCA, Jerome@erca.cc
Loui McCurley (General Interest) PMI Rope., lmccurley@pmirope.com

Rhonda Mickelson (General Interest), American Camp Assoc., rmickelson@acacamps.org

Chuck Treadway (User), Boy Scouts of America volunteer, ctreadway@CCiGa.com
Ian Wade (Vendor) Advenventure Safety Int., Ianwade@adventuresafety.org 

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

Mark Lindsay - Common Ground Adventures, mark@commongroundadventures.org
Chris Moon - Boy Scouts of America volunteer, usagymct@aol.com
Chris Vowels - KLJ Adventures, cvdetrafsarge@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

Brian Lisson - Adventureworks! Associates, brian@adventureworks.org

Jack Moeding - Preferred Safety Products, jackm@preferredsafety.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, RSSmithIQ@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
Carolyn Beisiegel - Big Bear Ziplines, Inc., carolyn.bbzi@gmail.com

Lysa Holladay - TimberRidge Adventure Center, lysa.holladay@jocogov.org

Tim Rhodes - Experiential Systems, tim@experientialsystems.com

Lori Schaeffer - Get A Grip, lori@getagriponline.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

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