Olympia Branch Council, Meeting Minutes and Committee Chairs
The Olympia Branch Council is composed of our elected officers. The Branch Council meets the second Wednesday of every month to conduct general branch business. These meetings are open to all Olympia Mountaineers members. Olympia Mountaineers Activities and Events are chaired by Activity Committee Chairs.
Current Officers
- Chair: Bob Keranen
- Chair-Elect: Katja Hurt
- Past Chair: Mandi Maycumber
- Director: Mike Riley
- Community-Relations Social Chair: Co-Chairs Mike Riley and Mike Kretzler
- Secretary-Communications Chair: Justin Fuehrer
- Treasurer: Jeremy Hogan
MEETING SCHEDULe
- Monthly (2nd Wed), 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. alternate months Zoom or in-person. contact Bob Keranen for a link.
meeting minutes
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
- Adventure Speaker Series Carolyn Burreson
- Alpine Scrambling Paul Kallman
- Awards/Pins Kerry Lowry
- Banff Coordinator Mike Riley
- Branch Calendar Bob Keranen
- Branch Editor (Magazine) Mike Kretzler
- Climbing Division Julie Dasso
- Climbing- Basic Kerri Wheeler, Michael Walther
- Climbing- Intermediate Doug Hansen
- Climbing- Intro to Leading Bolted Routes Michael Walther
- Climbing- Traditional Jon Rambo
- Communications Dee Ann Kline
- Conditioning Hiking Series Steve Payne, Becky Andrade
- Conservation and Stewardship Jim French, Kathy Fox, Jennifer Fortin
- Eblast Coordinator Regina Robinson
- Equipment: projectors, laptop, etc. Sergey Frolov
- Family Activities Michelle Garcia
- Hiking/Backpacking Carla Jonientz, Donna Kreuger
- Leadership Katja Hurt
- Library/Bear Boxes Maxine Dunkelman, Mike Riley
- MOFA/First Aid Bob Keranen
- Naturalists Becky Andrade, Carla Jonientz
- Navigation Todd Mooney, Patrick McLaughlin
- New Member Outreach Jennifer Fortin
- Nordic Skiing Karen Pyle, Scott Carlson
- Safety Officer Mike Riley
- Sea Kayaking John Dunlap
- Snowshoeing Mike Forsyth
- Trail Running Julie Dasso
- Webmasters Mike Kretzler, Julie Dasso
- Wilderness Skills Mandi Maycumber
- Youth Program Dixie Havlak, Claire Edwards
leadership planning calendar
This calendar is for use by Olympia Branch leaders to plan courses and events for the upcoming year. Please see the course listings under Courses for finalized dates.