EBS STAFF
LANDER, WY – The
National Outdoor Leadership School recently selected Terri Watson as the
school’s sixth president. Watson succeeds John Gans, who served 24 years as the
school president.
NOLS, based in
Lander, Wyoming, is a premier wilderness education school with over 800
instructors, 16 campuses and 28,363 students enrolled last year. The school,
which will celebrate its 55th anniversary in 2020, provides
classroom instruction in more than 40 countries, offering 350 courses related
to extended wilderness expeditions, wilderness medicine and custom expeditions.
Watson will take
her new role at NOLS after serving 28 years in corporate and nonprofit
leadership positions. Most recently, she was the CEO at Colorado-based
LightHawk, a nonprofit that connects conservation initiatives with volunteer
pilots and aircrafts.
