Gwen is a lifelong outdoor enthusiast.  She has completed two NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) Courses, one involving a twenty-eight night stay in the backcountry, and is a certified Wilderness First Responder and a Leave No Trace Master Educator.  Gwen has a B.A.A. in Community Services, Leisure Administration and Outdoor Education and a M.A. in Recreation, Parks and Leisure Services Administration both from Central Michigan University.  In the summer you can find her out on Lake Pend Oreille fishing with her husband Scott, boating or hiking deep in the Selkirk and Cabinet Mountains. In the winter she rides the Schweitzer slopes and Nordic skis with her German Shorthair Pointers Briggs and Otto.  Gwen has a strong yoga practice and enjoys wildlife photography.  She feels blessed to be a part of the TNT team where she has the privilege of combining her experience, education and passion for this cause.

Scott grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where he had ample opportunity to cultivate his strong passion for the outdoors and regularly fished, hunted, hiked, camped and skied with friends and family. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Outdoor Recreation from Central Michigan University. During his schooling he completed a semester in the Rocky Mountains with the National Outdoor Leadership School where he received a diploma in Outdoor Leadership. He is also a certified Wilderness First Responder and has Emergency Medical Training. A skilled tracker, naturalist and instructor of primitive skills, he is a teacher of Outdoor Recreation, Physical Education and Health at Northwest Academy, a therapeutic boarding school in Naples, Idaho. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife Gwen, daughter Harley, and dogs Briggs & Otto. Scott is very excited to be a part of this organization.

Gretchen got most of her “outdoors” experiences as a child traveling around the country to play tennis. She later played at Indiana University and was the women’s head coach at Butler University. After getting her law degree, Gretchen practiced as an attorney in the areas of business litigation and transactions for 3 years before going back to graduate school in psychology. As a licensed psychologist, Gretchen provides counseling and therapy in Chicago and Evanston where she incorporates mindfulness-based practices to her therapeutic approach. As Chief Financial Officer of True North Treks, Gretchen oversees all aspects of the organization’s financial matters. Gretchen enjoys practicing yoga, running, playing tennis, reading bedtime stories to her kids and growing big tomatoes and cucumbers in her backyard garden.