Team

Admissions Counselor Climb for Worthy Cause A Success!

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Open Sky Admissions Counselor Stephanie Smith participated in her fifth Summit for Someone benefit climb.   

The benefit climb supports Big City Mountaineers. The mission of Big City Mountaineers (BCM), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is “enhancing the lives of under-resourced urban teens through transformative outdoor experiences.”

Stephanie helped raise over $11,000 for Big City Mountaineers.

BCM takes [...]


Learn More: A Radio Interview with Open Sky Senior Field Guide

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Tim Murphy, Veteran Field Guide on the Air

 

Interview Aired on Wednesday, March 9th at 1pm (Central Time) on Critical Thinking in the Real World

Download the podcast here.

On Wednesday, March 9th Tim Murphy, a Senior Field Guide at Open Sky was featured on the show Critical Thinking in the Real World discussing the unique holistic [...]


Open Sky Field News November 2009

Monday, November 9th, 2009

We hired six new guides from training in May:  Tamar Nigogossian, Evan Meyer, Lisa Meerts-Brandsma, Derek Craig, David Martin, and Sara Arredondo, and one summer intern, Drew Thayer.  Emily Isaacs ran the training with the help of senior field guide Tim Murphy.  Some of the highlights of the training included an attempt to summit Blackhawk [...]


Derek Daley Reaches 500 Field Days!

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Open Sky Original Guide Derek Daley reaches 500 field days!

Open Sky is proud and excited to announce that on July 15th Derek Daley reached 500 days in the field at Open Sky.  Derek has been with Open Sky in the field since the first day in 2006 when this program began.  He worked with our [...]


Emily Demong, LCSW named Clinical Director and Pam Parsons Dupuy, LMFT named Clinical Supervisor

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, the nation’s premier holistic wilderness therapy program for adolescents and young adults, announces the promotion of Emily Demong, LCSW, to Clinical Director.

As a founder and owner of Open Sky with over twelve years of experience in the industry, Emily is eminently qualified for her new role as Clinical Director. Emily is [...]


Open Sky Expands Family Services Team

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Open Sky is expanding our family services team.  Marie Krueger, MS, will be joining the clinical team as a Family Wellness Counselor after more than one and a half years working in the field as a Senior Field Guide.

The family is the centerpiece of the program experience at Open Sky.  Our commitment to families is [...]


Katie Grace MacElveen, PhD joins Open Sky Clinical Team

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Open Sky Wilderness Therapy Welcomes Katie Grace MacElveen, PhD to Clinical Team

Open Sky is honored to announce the addition of our newest team member, Katie Grace MacElveen, PhD.  In addition to holding her doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Dr. MacElveen brings rich and diverse professional experiences to Open Sky.  She has clinical experience in inpatient [...]


Open Sky Team – January 2009

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

New Beginnings

Ellen Shinkle (Apr. 06) is Open Sky’s new field director.  Ellen was among the first set of original guides back in 2006 and began in this new role after having served as Assistant Field Director since July and previously as both senior field guide and Field Manager (formerly AFD).  Ellen brings with her an [...]