Our Adventuress Crew
2010 Season 2 Crew
Jane Burleigh, Relief GC/Educator/Deckhand
Jane is from Telluride, CO. This is her third season as an Educator/Deckhand and her second as Relief Galley Coordinator. She has been a Conservation Intern at the San Diego Zoo. She recently volunteered at an organic goat dairy and farm in Quebec.
Nora Cosbey, Second Mate/Educator/Deckhand
Nora, born and raised in New York City, is now working toward Northwest citizenship and joins us for her second season as second mate. She received her BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago in 2005. The spring season she spent sailing on Carlyn with Salish Sea Expeditions as deckhand/mate. Broccoli is her all-time favorite vegetable.
Petter Dahlgren, Educator/Deckhand
Petter is pursuing his degree in Environmental Science and Sociology at Portland State University, and calls Portland and Oslo, Norway his home. He recently worked selling inspirational music at Bare Jazz, a record store and cafe in Oslo known as the best specialty jazz store in northern Europe. Petter has lived on four continents, and his first plane ride was when he was three years old.
Elise Ehrheart, Educator/Deckhand
Elise calls Seattle, WA her hometown. She comes to Adventuress after spending time as a Parks Specialist with King County Parks and Recreation and has a Bachelors of English and Political Science from the University of Washington. In 2009 she bicycled 9,000 miles through 9 different countries, across Southeast Asia, Nepal, Australia, and New Zealand.
Sarah Felder, First Mate
Sarah is from Keene, NH but now lives in Port Townsend, WA. She joins us for her sixth season with Sound Experience, taking the role of First Mate for the fourth time. When not on Adventuress, she most recently worked as maintenance crew with Deep Green Wilderness on S/V Orion and worked at the Undertown Coffee and Wine Bar in Port Townsend. Sarah earned a B.A. in Studio Art with a minor in Biology at Hamilton College and has earned her 100 ton inland masters. She enjoys developing photographs in her bathroom.
Jennifer Grod, Educator/Deckhand
Jennifer is at home by the sea. but originally hails from LA. She joins Sound Experience after spending time on Toule Mour as their dive officer, second engineer, and deckhand. She received a major in geography and a minor in SCUBA diving from Humboldt State University. An avid diver, the ocean is her favorite wilderness to explore below the surface, and above.
Monica Halverson, Program Coordinator
Monica is in her sixth season aboard Adventuress. Her tall ship experience began in 2001 on a square-rigger sailing across the Pacific Ocean. From there, she earned her Able Seaman in Square Riggers certification from Square Sail in Charlestown Harbour, England. Since 2004, she has been sailing on environmental educational schooners on the East Coast, Great Lakes, and Puget Sound. She has a 100 ton Inland Masters USGS license. Prior to sailing, she worked in the corporate world and has an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Her homeport is Belmond, IA and when she isn’t sailing, loves to garden.
Asa Hunt, Educator/Deckhand
Asa, engineer extraordinaire, is often identifiable by the emblem of his hometown Chicago Cubs on his flat billed baseball cap adorned atop his medium-sized coveralls. Known for a quiet but sharp wit and a disdain for bleach and unmasticated oatmeal dregs, Asa's diesel-powered car displays Oregon plates, and will be parked securely while he fulfills his new role as educator/deckhand for the fall sailing season aboard Adventuress, during which time he plans to make a strong showing on the Thursday NY Times crossword puzzles.
Amy Kovacs, Educator/Deckhand
Amy calls Salt Lake City home for now, but is originally from the East Coast. She received her BS in Anthropology and Outdoor Education at the University of New Hampshire and is planning on going back for more in wildlife biology. She most recently was the Outdoor Education Director at Entheos Academy Outward Bound Expeditionary Learning School, providing outdoor skills and outdoor classrooms for middle school students. Amy loves screen printing t-shirts while listening to her record player.
Elena Losey, Educator/Deckhand
Elena hails from Chicago, Illinois, and joins Adventuress after graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in English and a minor in Writing. She worked for several years as a writing mentor at her university, and has also enjoyed serving as the Volunteer Coordinator at the non-profit writing center StudioSTL. Elena really likes to fix things - bad bike brakes, ripped pants, a wobbly table - name it and she'll try to fix it.
Ian McFall, Educator/Deckhand
Ian has been Vice Commander with the USGS Auxiliary flotilla as aircrew/coxwain and worked with Windemere in Jefferson County. He received an MS in Operations Research in England. Joining us from Brinnon, WA for his first season onboard Adventuress, Ian has two cats named 'Victoria' and 'Albert'.
Emilee Monson, Relief PC/Educator/Deckhand
Emilee joins Adventuress as Educator/Deckhand and Relief Program Coordinator for the fall season. Anchorage, Alaska is her hime, and she comes to us with a BS in Biological Science from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Last summer she was part of the crew of the schooner SoundWaters in Long Island Sound. This past winter she was interning at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon. Emilee has a private pilot's license, and one day intends to fly small planes in Alaska. For now, sailing will do.
Kate O'Brien, Educator/Deckhand
Kate joins our crew from Wildwood, IL and received a Secondary Ed/Social Studies degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She most recently was Education Coordinator at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Her best friends are mountains, lakes, a 2-year-old mutt named Muddy, and a parsnip-crazed man named Kirk.
Adam Opsata, Engineer
Adam grew up spending his summers sailing on Puget Sound and currently lives in Seattle. He returns for the fall as Engineer (his fourth season aboard). He has taught sailing classes for Western Washington University in Bellingham and at The Center for Wooden Boats on Lake Union and has recently upgraded to a 100-ton inland masters. He has a BA in Music, and earlier this year his band opened for blues legend James Cotton.
Bob Oswald, Educator/Deckhand
Bob hails from Gaston, Oregon, a little suburb west of Portland. He has retired from High-Tech Electronics and Software design, loving life working part time for REI, Rockler Woodworking, Portland Community College, and the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers as a teaher, salesperson, and problem solver in woodworking. He also makes sure to spend time enjoying the great outdoors. He recently helped build a full-size Abbot & Downing Stagecoach for a re-enactment of a mail run from Longview to Olympia, WA.
Amanda Pollotta, Educator/Deckhand
Amanda, a native of Jefferson, New Jersey, has been known to scuba dive at the Rainforest Cafe as the Animal Care Specialist, cleaning tanks and ensuring the health and safety of all the marine critters. With a BS in Marine Biology from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Amanda joins the crew in September as an Educator/Deckhand. She loves scuba diving in the Florida Keys, and once did a night dive with manta rays in Hawaii.
Jennifer Stroh, Educator/Deckhand
Jennifer is from Alberta, Canada. This is her second month volunteering with Sound Experience. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree with Biological Sciences and a minor in Chemistry. Jennifer grew up in the prairies but fell in love with the ocean while attending the Bamfield Marine Science Centre. Jennifer fell in love with saling while aboard Adventuress last year. She is looking forward to learning more and looking for new adventure. Jennifer also enjoys hiking, biking, sports, and laughing.
T.R., Galley Coordinator
T.R. was born and raised in the land of Woodie Guthrie and dust bowls, before blowing out west he picked up a degree in History from the University of Oklahoma. He made it as far as Seattle before running out of land, which he is attempting to remedy with a career on the water. He joins us for his second season on Adventuress, this time cooking up delicious sandwiches and other tasty treats as galley coordinator.
Josefine Wallace, Educator/Deckhand
Josefine is excited to join Adventuress as crew after spending several summers as an apprentice. Hailing from Bainbridge Island, she currently attends Bates College and is pursuing a degree in politics. She recently took up ice hockey without knowing how to skate.
Cameron Zegers, Educator/Deckhand
Cameron grew up in Oregon and now calls Orcas Island, WA home. She earned her BS in General Science with a minor in Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. She has recently been spotted as the Assistant Director at Moran Outdoor School and as a sea kayak guide/naturalist with Shearwater Adventures. She loves gardening, photography, and hiking.
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