Management Risk

ALEX KOSSEFF

P.O. Box *** Bozeman, Montana ***** 406-***-**** ****@**********************.***

MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING

Outdoor Safety Institute Bozeman, Montana

Founder & Director (April 2009 present)

Provide education on outdoor safety with the goal of increasing participation in outdoor activities

Support outdoor education and recreation organizations with guidance on risk management

See www.outdoorsafetyinstitute.com for client list and additional details

Adventure Safety International Bozeman, Montana/Salt Lake City, Utah

Program Director & Lead Consultant (March 2004 December 2009)

Advised outdoor education and recreation operations on program development and risk management

Conducted safety audits/reviews as well as designed and delivered customized staff training

Clients include Big City Mountaineers, Big Sky Youth Empowerment, BioRegions International, Chesapeake

Bay Foundation, Camp Manito wish YMCA, Eastern Washington University, Kern River Outfitters, L.L. Bean

Outdoor Discovery Schools, Outward Bound Mexico, OWLS Corporate and Adventure Learning, Pocono

Lake Preserve, Pacific University, Seattle University, Spokane Mountaineers, The Nature Conservancy of

Canada, Three Rivers Montana, Western State College, Whitman College, and the Yellowstone Institute

Appalachian Mountain Club Boston, Massachusetts

Leadership and Volunteer Relations Director (August 2000 March 2004)

Supervised risk management and leader training for 8,000+ annual youth and adult outdoor programs

including hiking, backpacking, rock & ice climbing, mountaineering, whitewater paddling, and more

Launched endowed Leadership Training Institute to build skills of outdoor and conservation leaders

Successfully overhauled and restructured $1+ million international adventure travel program

Outdoor Leadership and Risk Management Coordinator (April 1998 August 2000)

Developed risk management systems for professionally and volunteer instructed outdoor programs with

100,000+ annual participants

Instructed outdoor leadership training courses, increasing participants from 250 to 450 per year

OUTDOOR EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP

Aerie Backcountry Medicine: Instructor (2008 Present)

Montana Yellowstone Expeditions: Climbing Program Director (2009 2010)

Outward Bound USA: Safety Reviewer, Course Director, Chief Instructor, Staff Trainer (1996 97, 1999, 2005 08)

Montana Mountaineering Association: Lead Instructor (2005 2009)

Additional Outdoor Education Experience: Array of positions working in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine,

Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Mexico, Canada & more (1992 Present)

PUBLICATION

AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership, 1st Edition (2003) & 2nd Edition (2010): Appalachian Mountain Club Books

EDUCATION

Macalester College Saint Paul, Minnesota

Bachelor of Arts Majors in Environmental Studies & Political Science (1994)

CERTIFICATION

Wilderness First Responder: Aerie Backcountry Medicine

Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician: SOLO/NREMT (currently expired, certified for 8 years)

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations on safety, risk management and outdoor leadership topics: Wilderness Risk Management

Conference (1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010); Association for Experiential Education (2007);

Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education (2006, 2007, 2009); WEA National Conference on Outdoor

Leadership (2007), America Outdoors Confluence (2004), Appalachian Trail Conservancy Conference (2001,

2003); Appalachian Mountain Club Leadership Training Institute Conference (2003); Association of Partners for

Public Land Convention (2009), Montana Environmental Education Association Conference (2009) & more.

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