2024 Great Lakes Outdoor Summit

Session Speakers

  • Connor Ryan

    Lakota skier & Indigenous filmmaker, creator at @SacredStoke

    Thursday Podcast Storyteller

    Friday Keynote Speaker

  • Quinn Brett

    Co-Owner at Dovetail Trail Consulting, adventurer and multi-record breaking adaptive athlete

    Thursday Podcast Storyteller

    Session: Adaptive Recreation and Emerging Technologies: Reducing Fear, Increasing Inclusion

  • Fitz Cahall

    Creator of The Dirtbag Diaries Podcast

    Thursday Podcast Storyteller + Moderator

  • Alan Sparhawk

    World renown musician for Low, Duluth local

    Thursday Podcast Storyteller

  • Young-Nam Kim

    Artistic Director at Northern Lights Chamber Music Institute

    Summit Lunch Presentation + Performance: Bringing Music Off the Page and Into the North Woods

  • Asha Shoffner

    Convener of BIPOC Outdoors Twin Cities

    Session: Lessons & Loopholes for Building a BIPOC Outdoors Community

  • Rachel Franchina

    Executive Director of Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals (SORP)

    Session: Outdoor Recreation Professional Networking and Capacity Building

  • Jenna Yeakle

    Senior Field Organizer with the Sierra Club-Duluth

    Session: Advocating of our Community and the Outdoors through Lobbying: Reclaiming the L Word

  • Randolph Briley

    Deputy Director of Outdoor Recreation at Explore Minnesota Tourism and Coordinator of the Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnership

    Session: Welcome to Minne-SOBA

  • Marty Walsh

    Founder of the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail

    Session: Towards a Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail

  • Kenny Blumenfeld

    Sr. Climatologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

    Session: Climate Change: A Measured Perspective, and Moving Forward & Climate Response and Adaptation Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)

  • Rebeka Ndosi

    Founder and Keeper of the Vision at Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary

    Session: The Land Lives Within Us: Remembering our Interconnectedness through Storytelling

  • Katie Freker

    Climate Adaptation Specialist, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS)

    Session: Climate Change: A Measured Perspective, and Moving Forward

  • Thomas Howes

    Ojibwe craftsman + stickmaker and baaga’adowewin advocate.

    Session: Rebuilding Traditional Ojibwe Lacrosse

  • Lisa Luokkala

    Executive Director Superior Hiking Trail Association

    Sessions: Outdoor Recreation Professional Networking and Capacity Building & Climate Response and Adaptation Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)

  • Ben Popp

    Executive Director, American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation

    Session: Climate Response and Adaptation in Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)

  • Ann Glumac

    Executive Director, Spirit Mountain Recreation Center

    Session: Climate Response and Adaptation in Outdoor Recreation: Real World Examples (Panel)

  • Aaron Clark

    Government Affairs Policy Manager for the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA)

    Session: Access Solutions: Trail-based Recreation as a Tool for Conservation

  • Mikaela Swanlund

    Community Advocacy and Impact Specialist, REI

    Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)

  • Lloyd Vogel

    CEO and Co-Founder of Garage Grown Gear

    Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)

  • Jill Sims

    Principal at Park Street Public

    Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)

  • Mark Norquist

    Owner at GreenHead Strategies

    Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)

  • Stephen Regenold

    Journalist, entrepreneur, and founder of GearJunkie.com

    Session: Welcome to MinneSOBA: How Business Alliance's Can Help Amplify Outdoor Recreation (Panel)

  • Ian Meeker

    Associate Professor, Department of Youth Development at University of Wisconsin Madison, Division of Extension

    Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)

  • Micah Leinbach

    Executive Director for Bus for Outdoor Access & Teaching

    Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)

  • Sam Luoma

    Programs & Operations Director at Chester Bowl

    Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)

  • Scott Pilate

    School Psychologist, Duluth Public Schools

    Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)

  • Thurman Tucker

    Minnesota Quail Forever

    Session: Every Kid Outside: Addressing the Adventure Gap (Panel)