Marco Johnson

About Marco Johnson

Field Staffing Director, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).• Lead and supervised the seven member NOLS field staffing department • Supervise recruiting, hiring, training, mentoring, and coaching of 700 NOLS field instructors • Supervise creation and maintenance of world-wide NOLS field staffing plans• Supervise implementation of 60 professional development seminars for field staff• Responsible for building $4.4 million field faculty compensation budget• Responsible for building field faculty travel budget• Supervision, coaching, and mentoring for NOLS Annual Field Program faculty Full time senior field and wilderness medicine instructor for NOLS.Mountaineering, climbing and winter course work has taken place in the mountains of the western U.S, western Canada, Alaska, Indian Himalaya, Southern Alps of New Zealand, coast ranges of Patagonian Chile. Ocean kayaking course work has taken place in Prince William Sound, Alaska, west coast of Alaska, west coast of British Columbia, coastal Patagoina/Chile, Gulf of California, Mexico, N.W. coast, New Zealand (S.Island.)Wilderness Medicine work includes teaching Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness First Responder (WFR), Wilderness EMT (WEMT), Wilderness Medicine Expeditions, and associated re-certification courses. WEMT FAWMBLS-InstructorSpecialties: Mountaineering/Climbing, Winter, Sea Kayaking, Natural History, Educator and Instructor courses. Curriculum responsibilities include risk management, leadership and communication skills, outdoor technical skills, wilderness medicine, and environmental studies.

Experience

1. Senior Faculty

   NOLS

   Nov 2005 — Present

   Lead Instructor for Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness First Responder (WFR), Wilderness First Responder Re-certification, Wilderness EMT (WEMT) courses, Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals (WUMP), and Wilderness Medical Expedition (WME) courses.

Education

• University of Rochester

  B.A./B.A./Minor, History/Political Science/Geology

  1978 — 1982

• Regis University

  M.A., Education

  2011 — 2013

Skills

• Outdoor Education
• Leadership
• Educational Consulting
• Ski
• Nonprofits
• Experiential Learning
• Natural History
• Wilderness First Aid
• Wilderness Medicine
• Hiking
• Kayak
• Mountaineering
• Outdoor Recreation
• Leadership Studies
• Outdoors
• Wilderness First Responder
• Teaching
• Sea Kayaking
• Environmental Education
• Public Speaking
• Canoeing
• Backpacking
• Rock Climbing
• Experiential Education
• Climbing
• Program Development