Archives: Biographies

article placeholder

Sheeka Sanahori

Sheeka Sanahori is a travel journalist and video producer. She's the founder of Inherited Travel, a newsletter for travelers who want to make more socially cons...
Lisa Stiffler

Lisa Stiffler

Lisa Stiffler is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering wide-ranging topics with a focus on environmental and climate issues...
Margot Bigg

Margot Bigg

Margot Bigg is an Oregon-based freelance writer who covers travel, wellness and culture for publications around the world. REI member since 2016....
Liz Keena

Liz Keena

Liz is the retail communications program manager at REI. As a Pacific Northwest transplant, she enjoys exploring all the unique outdoor areas Washington State o...
A woman in a navy sweater and black jeans kneels in front of a group large aloe plants.

Cassie da Costa

Cassie da Costa is on the content and media team at REI, editing stories for Uncommon Path and Expert Advice related to Run and Watersports. A former film criti...
Will is the Co-op Living Archive and Impact Communications Program Manager at REI. Originally from Colorado, Will now enjoys getting lost in the PNW rain forests and scanning the landscape for birds. Member since 2009.

Will Dunn

Will is the Co-op Living Archive and Impact Communications Program Manager at REI. Originally from Colorado, Will now enjoys getting lost in the PNW rain forest...
Tawanah Reeves-Ligon

Tawanah Reeves-Ligon

Tawanah Reeves-Ligon is an author, poet and editor who loves all things water, especially watersports and mermaids. She is the REI Southeast Editor as well as t...
A black and white photo of a smiling runner wearing sunglasses

Ever Meister

Ever Meister (they/she) oversees Hike and Impact content for REI Co-op. Outside, they can be found inspecting lichen, whipping out their binoculars to look for ...
Jenny Barber

Jenny Barber

Jenny Barber leads the podcast program at REI. Outside of the studio you can find her creating something yummy (and usually sweet) in the kitchen or embarking o...
Jacki Harp

Jacki Harp

Jacki Harp is the Regional Director for the Southeast and the co-chair for the BIPOC Inclusion Network....
article placeholder

Katherine Cusumano

Katherine Cusumano is a culture writer and scuba enthusiast whose work focuses on gender, obsessions and how people relate to their environments. Her writing ha...
Megan Burbank

Megan Burbank

Megan Burbank is a writer and editor based in Seattle. She has worked as an editor and reporter at the Portland Mercury and The Seattle Times, and specializes i...