• Don Dimond
  Read about Don's adventures crossing the Great Lakes by kayak in his August 1997 article in Sea Kayaker Magazine. He is the founder of the Twin Cities Sea Kayaking Association (TCSKA), the owner of Superior Visions Sea Kayaking School and the Director of the Minnesota Alliance of Sea Kayaking Educators. He is a certified instructor of the ACA (American Canoe Association) and the BCU (British Canoe Union). He also is a sea kayak guide book author.

• Craig Edwards
  Meteorologist in Charge, National Weather Service Forecast Office, Chanhassen, MN

• Lee Fabel
  Teacher-In-Residence (1999-2000), The Bakken Library and Museum

• Doris Ikier
  orienteering instructor, member Minnesota Orienteering Club; sea kayaker

• Al Kasinskas
  fur trade re-enactor with La Compagnie des Hivernants de la Riviere Saint Pierre; Board Member of TCSKA

• Matt Kjorstad
  Webster Open School Beacons Site Coordinator

• Louise Mattson
  Lincoln Community School Beacons Site Coordinator

• Ken Merryman
  scuba and wreck diver; President of Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society

• Ellen Nacik
  school psychologist, Webster Open School; member of TCSKA

• Bill Newman
  Bill Newman has been kayaking all his life enjoying both whitewater and sea kayaking. Bill is also a kayak instructor, and holds instructor certifications from both the American Canoe Association and the British Canoe Union.

  Working with Sarah Ohmann as a coauthor he has written two guide books that cover sea kayaking routes for all of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. When not losing money working as a kayak instructor or kayak author Bill does environmental consulting for his company, Remediation and Natural Attenuation Services Inc. He is also a scuba diver and Board Member of TCSKA.

• Sarah Ohmann
  "Born in Massachusetts, I have lived in Connecticutt, Seattle, and now Minneapolis. I have had different jobs like restaurant co-owner, forest fire fighter, forestry worker, lab tech with work in tree physiology, animal virology, and plant biochemistry. Most recently I got my master's degree at the U, then co-wrote two guidebooks to sea kayaking the Great Lakes.

  Sea kayaking is one of my favorite things to do but I love spending time outdoors, just ask some of the other BITA people! I also like backpacking and winter camping, or just about any kind of camping. When I'm in the cities I like movies, reading, cooking and gardening."

  Sarah is also a Board Member of TCSKA.

• Ben Silberglitt
  A University of Minnesota graduate student in school psychology; He will be designing our program evaluation.

  "I love to play outside, whether it be in a canoe, on a mountain bike, on a snowboard, even on foot. I also love to travel, and have enjoyed camping and hiking in Japan, Indonesia, Israel, Egypt and the US. My plan for the future is to finish my degree, so I can get a job so I can afford to take up some new ways to play (like kayaking, for instance)."

• Christine Wein
  computer programmer/analyst; webmaster; member of TCSKA

• Rick Wright
  teacher, Lincoln Community School; member of TCSKA

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