Home | About AEE | AEE News | Members | Donate | Contact Us
Association for Experiential Education (AEE): A community of progressive educators and practitioners.

AEE Accreditation Council

The AEE Accreditation Council consists of volunteers that are experts in the field of adventure education. Each member of the council brings specific skills to the table and most members on the council serve as liaisons to the accredited programs. For more information on the AEE Accreditation Council click here

The 2008 Accreditation Council

Deb Sugerman, Ph.D.- Chair                                               
8 Riverside Farm Dr.
Lee, NH 03824
U.S.A.
E-Mail: deb.sugerman@comcast.net 
Phone: 603-436-8043 x21
Term Expires: 12/31/2009

Deb Sugerman owns Experiential Concepts, a consulting firm devoted to helping educational organizations reach their potential through innovative program design, training and development, and outcome based evaluation. 

www.debsugerman.com

Randy Judycki - Vice Chair
The Dunn School
P.O. Box 98
Los Olivos, CA  93441
USA
E-Mail: rjudycki@dunnschool.com 
Phone: 805.688.6471
Term Expires: 12/31/2009

Randy Judycki is the Director of The Outdoor Education program at Dunn School in Los Olivos CA. Randy is also a certified American Mountain Guide Association Rock Guide and a certified American Canoe Association Advanced Whitewater Kayak Instructor. Randy has been in the field of outdoor education for 30 years as a field instructor and the Director of the Dunn School program. Randy sits on the AEE accreditation council and is a Rock guide for the Colorado Mountain School in the summer.

Drew Leemon- Secretary
NOLS
284 Lincoln St.
Lander, WY 82520
U.S.A.
E-Mail: dleemon@nols.edu 
Phone: 307-335-2256
Website: www.nols.edu 
Term Expires: 12/31/2009

Drew began his career with NOLS in 1978 and during that time has been an instructor, a school branch director and since 1996 he has held the position of Risk Management Director. In this role he is responsible for directing all aspects of adventure program risk management systems for NOLS. He is the past chairman and current member of the Wilderness Risk Managers Committee (WRMC) and led five annual conferences on wilderness risk management. He is the leader of the Adventure Program Incident Data Reporting Project and editor of Adventure Program Risk Management Report. He is co-editor of the Association for Experiential Education Manual of Accreditation Standards for Adventure Programs 3rd and 4th Editions and a member of the AEE Accreditation Council. He has presented at an array of professional conferences on risk management issues and provided numerous internal and external program audits, incident reviews, consultations and expert opinions.  He is co-author of Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders:  A Practical Guide for Managing Risk Through Leadership.

Jane Panicucci, M.Ed.- Treasurer
Project Adventure
701 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA 01915
U.S.A.
E-Mail: jpanicucci@pa.org
Phone: 978-524-4651
Website: www.pa.org
Term Expires: 12/31/2009

Jane is Vice President of Project Adventure, directing all of PA’s Adventure Services. Jane also consults with key clients.  Her area of expertise focuses on working with executives and administrators to generate positive change and to create high-performing teams for both profit and non-profit organizations. She examined her passion for how individuals learn and adapt to change during her graduate studies at Harvard University.  Jane has been an international keynote speaker addressing the issue of effective facilitation to support positive change and team development. She is the lead author of the three book series Adventure Curricula for Physical Education and her newest book Achieving Fitness: An Adventure Activity Guide.  Additional professional affiliations include being on the Board of Directors and Treasurer for the National After School Association; and a member of the Advisory Board for Outdoor Explorations.  Jane’s professional history includes 12 years at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School as an instructor, course director, and as the chief climber. She has also taught in a public school in VT.

Mark Ames
Red Top Meadows
P.O. Box 290
Wilson, WY 83014
USA
E-mail: markames@wyoming.com 
Phone: 307.733.9098
Web site: www.redtopmeadows.org 
Term Expires: 12/31/2011

Trey Fouché
North Greenville University
PO Box 1892
Tigerville, SC 29688
USA
E-Mail:
jwfouche@ngu.edu
Phone: 864.977.7991
 
Term expires: 12/31/2011 

Trey teaches in and chairs the Department of Outdoor Leadership at North Greenville University.  He received his M.Ed. in Outdoor Education Administration from Georgia College & State University and has worked in the experiential/adventure field for over ten years at a variety of schools and outdoor education centers. Currently, he serves as an active AEE Accreditation Reviewer and on the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club. Additionally, he served on the Southeast Regional Council of AEE for many years.

Paula Leslie
Stevensville, MT 59870
Email: paula@erkisconsulting.com 
Phone: 435-491-0289
Term expires: 12/31/2011

Charles (Reb) Gregg, LL.B
800 Bering Rd., Suite 100
Houston, TX 77057
U.S.A.
E-Mail: rgregg@gregglaw.net 
Phone: 713-982-8415
Term Expires: 12/31/2011

Charles R. (Reb) Gregg is an attorney in Houston Texas, active in outdoor recreation law.  Reb has been legal counsel to and represents a number of leading outdoor recreation and education programs and associations in the Country. Reb writes and lectures frequently and serves on the Wilderness Risk Managers Committee, the Accreditation Council of AEE and the Boards of Directors of The Student Conservation Association  and Friends of Big Bend National Park.


Scott McLarty, MA, BPE, CHSC, CRM
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
R.R. #2
Okotoks, AB, Canada
T1S 1A2
E-mail: mclarty@telusplanet.net
Phone: 403.938.4431
Term Expires: 12/31/2011

Scott McLarty is the Director of Risk Management, Safety and Health at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School.  Prior to this, he was the System Coordinator for Off-Site Activities and Outdoor Education at the Calgary Board of Education for seven years. Within the largest school board in Western Canada, his role was to research, develop and maintain a safety management program for school field trips. Scott has a graduate degree in leadership and an undergrad degree in outdoor leadership. He is a professionally Certified Health and Safety Consultant as well as a Canadian Risk Manager. Scott's background includes being a wilderness instructor and guide, paramedic, search and rescue manager and instructor. He has worked for numerous organizations including Outward Bound both in Canada and the U.S. Scott is also a member of the Safety Committee for the Alpine Club of Canada and has been a safety audit team member for Outward Bound U.S.A.

Steve Pace, M.S.W. 
Prescott College
220 Grove Avenue
Prescott, Arizona 86301
space@prescott.edu
Phone: 929-350-2243
www.prescott.edu
Term Expires: 12/31/2011 

Steven has been a faculty member at Prescott College since 1991 were he has served as Chair of both the Adventure Education Program and the Human Development and Psychology Program.  He is currently serving as the faculty representative and secretary of their Board of Trustees.  Steven’s areas of expertise include outdoor program administration, and risk management, interpersonal and group communication, mediation and conflict resolution, and therapeutic use of adventure education.  Steven attended his first Association for Experiential Education conference in 1979. He has held numerous volunteer positions within the association including two terms on the Board of Directors, one of which as President, and one term on the Accreditation Council.  Steven’s roots are in adventure education. He was an instructor, course director and program director during his 11 years at the Voyaguer Outward Bound School.

Paul Smith
Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions
P.O. Box 1064
Albany, OR  97321
USA
E-Mail: paul@ctreer.com 
Phone: 541.926.7252
Website: www.cfreer.com 
Term Expires: 12/31/2009

John (Jed) Williamson
7 River Ridge Road
Hanover, NH  3755
jedwmsn@mac.com
Phone:
Term Expires: 12/31/2010

Former President of Sterling College; practitioner and consultant in education and outdoor pursuits; co-authored - Manual of Accreditation Standards for Adventure Programs;  former faculty member  and director of Live, Learn, and Teach,” experiential M.Ed. program - University of New Hampshire; former instructor, program director for Outward Bound;  served on boards of the American Alpine Club, NOLS, SCA, and AEE; member of Wilderness Risk Managers Committee.