Director EMAIL: rlinn@matc.org Ryan hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2007. He later worked for several Appalachian Mountain Club camps and as Group Outreach Coordinator for the Green Mountain Club. Eventually, he created the Guthook Guides app for various trails, including the AT, and continues to work on that from his home in Portland. He’s been the volunteer maintainer of the Mt Abraham blue-blaze trail since 2015.
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DirectorBoothbay, MEEMAIL: bigelow2@matc.org A lifelong hiker and backpacker, Alan began his trail work experience in college with week-long AT work trips with the Bates Outing Club (BOC), and two summers as a YCC crew leader at Mt Blue and Baxter state parks. After retiring from a career in applications development and IT management, he resumed helping the BOC with their AT section on Bemis Mountain. That quickly snowballed into becoming a maintainer (Wyman to Hall Mountain), sawyer, corridor monitor (Moxie Bald Mountain,) helping with privy builds and lean-to sill replacements, and most recently he was appointed assistant overseer in the […]
Read MoreDirectorNew Gloucester, MEEMAIL: sashanyary@gmail.comSasha is a writer, editor and copy editor currently working in higher education marketing and communications. A journalist by training and experience — she began her career at Sports Illustrated and Life — Sasha has also worked in communications and fundraising for nonprofits, schools and community groups. She co-founded Katharsis Theater Company with Portland’s Henry Wishcamper, and served as an Equity stage manager on Off-Broadway.
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DirectorHarpswell, MEEMAIL: barretttony@mac.comIn 1998, Tony left the corporate world and moved to Maine taking on various part-time occupations – most recently in Maine’s seafood economy. With more flexible hours, he has pursued his life-long interest in trails and long-distance, non-motorized travel. He has bicycled through Europe, in the Middle East and across the United States. Tony has also thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and currently maintains a section of trail in Maine. He is a life member of MATC, AMC, ATC, Adventure Cycling and the League of American Cyclists. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Maine […]
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