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Stephanie Merlo

Stephanie Merlo

Stephanie Merlo is from Richmond, Virginia, and an Army Veteran. She is the newest Richmond Chapter Leader of Minority Veterans of America and current President...
Emily Pennington

Emily Pennington

Emily is a freelance writer and journalist with a special focus on the outdoors, national parks, adventure travel and solo female travel. She’s currently on a m...
KEEN

KEEN

KEEN is a values-led, family-owned maker of original hybrid footwear for working and playing outside. Since 2003, KEEN has been consciously creating sandals, bo...
Cameron Martindell

Cameron Martindell

Cameron L. Martindell is a freelance adventure travel and expedition writer who is Off Yonder. He has adventured on all seven continents, has a decade of mounta...
Tyler Dunning

Tyler Dunning

Tyler Dunning grew up in southwestern Montana, having developed a feral curiosity and reflective personality at a young age. This mindset has led him around the...
Ted Alvarez

Ted Alvarez

Seattle-based writer, editor and storyteller Ted Alvarez is the author of three books, including the recent The Wilderness Idiot: Lessons From An Accidental Adv...
Cristina Goyanes

Cristina Goyanes

Cristina Goyanes is an award-winning editor and writer who has bylined close to 500 articles for major outlets, including National Geographic Adventure, SHAPE, ...
Mary Anne Potts

Mary Anne Potts

Mary Anne Potts is an award-winning editor, writer and producer who has two decades of experience using content to build engaged audiences. During her 15 years ...
Kelley Hall

Kelley Hall

Kelley Hall is the co-op's Chief Financial Officer. When she’s not hard at work, Kelley enjoys spending time in Washington’s San Juan Islands and the Oregon Coa...
Kelsey Mirando

Kelsey Mirando

Kelsey works on West Elm’s content team, helping shape brand storytelling and strategy. When it comes to opting outside in the Big Apple, Kelsey loves taking lo...
Gabriel Cabrera

Gabriel Cabrera

West Elm’s go-to recipe developer, Gabriel Cabrera is a photographer and stylist living and working in Vancouver, Canada. He's a travel addict with a penchant f...