Katie Baum Mettenbrink

Katie is the Risk Management Director at NOLS. Originally from Portland, OR, she has worked in outdoor education since 1999, with most of her time spent at NOLS. Over two decades, she has held a variety of administrative roles at NOLS, chaired the Steering Committee of the Wilderness Risk Management Conference, co-authored Risk Management for Outdoor Leaders, and spent more than 140 weeks as a NOLS field instructor teaching leadership and wilderness skills on extended expeditions. In another life, she taught environmental education in the Pacific Northwest, worked briefly as a political organizer, and was part of Princeton University’s outdoor program. She lives in Lander, Wyoming, with her partner and their two youths – one human and the other canine.