Staff
Meet UpaDowna’s small, but mighty staff! Together we bring our backgrounds and experience in outdoor recreation, wellness, and FUN to help our community get outdoors!
Did you know?! All UpaDowna staff started as program participants or dedicated volunteers and eventually made their way to become professional “adventure unleashers.”
Reuben Reynolds
Intro to Climbing Instructor
Board Members
Meet our Board! Our all volunteer board is made up of a diverse cross section of business professionals in Colorado Springs.
Melissa Archibald – Board Chair
Spencer McKee – Secretary
Open – Treasurer
Sam Chapman – Member
Aimee Vigil – Member
Badassadors
Badassador- (noun), a person who is “bad ass” and an ambassador at the same time. These folks have shown their dedication to our organization day in and day out. We couldn’t do what we do without them!
Steve Hitchcock- Founder and previous Executive Director
John Ferris-The guy behind the Yeti! UpaDowna logo designer, website builder, participant, volunteer, board member and donor.
Robert Mitchell- There from the start, co-founder, gear-reviewer, stud volunteer
Dana Adoretti- A friend till the end. Former board chair, rock-star volunteer
Ryan Ross- Former Programs Director, Virginia-based UpaDowna leader
Leah Schrag- Grant-writing, money-finding, volunteer Director of Development
Luke Richey- the UpaDowna version of Superman
Heather Boyd- Registration Maven
Terrence Smith- Annual donor, dedicated volunteer, Harbormaster
Mark Bowers- 2017 & 2018 Programs Manager
Tami Hartman-Annual Donor, Volunteer, & Queen of the Cleanups!
Nadia Cordoba-Past Intro to Climbing, and Adventure on Tap staff member
