The Advisory Board provides valuable direction based on decades of experience teaching youth, working for state and federal agencies and other stewardship related nonprofit organizations.

Gregory F. Hansen, retired from the USDA Forest Service after twenty years of service.  Greg served as the Wilderness Management Training Coordinator for the Continent of Africa as a member of the USFS International Affairs Department.  He was also the National Leave No Trace Outdoor Education Coordinator for the USFS Recreation and Heritage Department.  Greg served as Associate Faculty at Arizona State University where he developed and taught upper level Wilderness Management and Environmental Education courses.  He currently serves as Associate Faculty at Central Arizona College where he developed and teaches American Indian Studies and Natural Resource Management.  Greg is also an International Environmental Management/American Studies Consultant - Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center.  He is also one of the few people to receive the William T. Hornaday Gold Medal for conservation and is a Leave No Trace Master Educator.

Vaughn J. Thacker, received a Ph.D in Education Administration and Supervision, a Masters Degree in Education Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education.  He has served as an elementary teacher, assistant principle, and principle.  He has been a curriculum consultant, Curriculum Director and School Improvement Consultant where he worked to improve proficiency scores and improved success on the Standards Based Assessment.  In addition to his professional accomplishments Vaughn has 30 years experience as a volunteer for a nonprofit teaching youth groups outdoor activity skills.

Those listed above have partnered with, and  provided, various venues and training opportunities on a local, regional and national basis with the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, USDA Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah State Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, Utah State Division of Parks and Recreation, Utah Valley State College, Brigham Young University, Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, Tread Lightly!, Girl Scouts of the USA, Boy Scouts of America and public schools.