Staff
Laura Brown
Executive Director
Laura Brown (she/her) is a nonprofit leader with a foundation in justice-centered experiential education. Originally from the Coast Miwok lands of Sebastopol, California, she has lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest on-and-off since 2014….
Program Director
We are currently hiring.
Stay tuned!
west liberty
Operations Manager
West (they/them) is a proudly enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana and descendant of the Turtle Mountain Tribe. They grew up right in the middle of the big city of Seattle. As a born and raised city kid, they spent their youth exploring parks and beaches…
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jeff Zimmerman
Board President 2021-Present
Jeff (he/him) was born on the Great Plains in the ancestral lands of the Kiowa and the Kansa peoples, where bison once roamed free and where towering thunderstorms roll across the prairie bringing wondrous lightning shows…
Randy Morris, PhD
President Emeritus 2006-Present
Randy Morris has been a faculty member in the Liberal Studies Program at Antioch University Seattle since 1987. Prior to that, Randy taught kids, K-12, in Atlanta, Georgia and Hiroshima, Japan for ten years…
Nancy Lanphear
Board Member 2016-Present
Nancy Lanphear has lived in intentional community for 41 years. She and Fred, her husband, along with their children, were voluntary staff of the Ecumenical Institute and the Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA)…
Brian Bansenauer, PhD
Chair Finance Committee 2012-Present
Dr. Brian Bansenauer is a member of the Songaia Cohousing community, where Journeys hosts its summer basecamp. Brian joined Journeys Board in 2012 to continue to deepen…
Annabelle Fox
Secretary 2023-Present
Annabelle (she/her) is from southwestern Washington where she picked up some of her favorite hobbies, such as looking for bugs and making fire. She has since then found many avenues for those early desires to know and love the world around us…
paul bouchey
Treasurer 2023-Present
Paul’s first experience with Journeys was as a parent, when in 2013 his daughter went on a Coming of Age trip. This was a transformative experience for the whole family. A long-time supporter of Journeys, Paul finally took his own mountain quest in 2021…
The Greater Ecosystem of Rite of Passage Journeys
Journeys is an organization made up of a spiraling web of connections and relationships. Although our year round, full-time staff team is small, the greater community of guides, Community Programs facilitators, & past staff and board members create a rich network of support for the organization. Information and bios for guides and community programs facilitators can be found on individual trip or program webpages.
We are infinitely grateful for the connections and contributions of the generations of people who have participated as staff and board members here at Journeys over the decades.
Honoring Transitions
Journeys gratefully acknowledges the contributions of all of Journeys' past Staff members and members of the Board of Directors, who continue to serve Journeys and the world in many ways!
Leif Oden, Rebecca Orton, Darcy Ottey, Ursula Popp, Oz Ragland, Lisa Reddick, Kathleen Redmond, Danna Schmidt, Brent Stuart, Tamara Walker, Gary Yonge, Jenny Macke, Kylie Loynd, Tarek Kutay, Akasha Dove, Jakob Ledbetter, Chris LaLiberte
Holm Albrecht, Amanda Ayling, Molly Brown, Carol Crow, Chris Dishman, Nina Franklin, Stef Frenzl, Marisa Gant, Maria Garcia, Kathie Gillet, Ricardo Gomez, Edith Kusnic, Glenn Martin, Drew Middlebrooks, David Moskowitz, Ed Mosshart, Peter Nguyen, Amara Oden
