Archives: Biographies

Kahlea Williams

Kahlea Williams

Kahlea Williams (she/her) is Seattle-based but born and raised in the midwest, where she developed an appreciation for agriculture and sustainable food systems....
Miles W. Griffis

Miles W. Griffis

Miles W. Griffis is a journalist and writer based in southern California. He is a co-founder of The Sick Times and a columnist at High Country News. REI Co-op M...
Valerie Moloney

Valerie Moloney

Chicagoan Valerie Moloney has worn many hats in her 20+ years as a professional: beat reporter; digital manager; social strategist; restaurant critic; even obit...
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Maggie Costley

Maggie Costley lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she works as a conference and event planner. She enjoys exploring new restaurants, lying by her pool and attemp...
Tori smiling with her hand on the brim of her hat

Tori Twine

Tori is a journalist and internal communications specialist at REI who is based in Washington State. She enjoys hiking, live music, and photography. Her work ap...
Shannon Shelton Miller

Shannon Shelton Miller

Shannon is a writer and journalist living near Dayton, Ohio. Born and raised in Detroit, Shannon worked for 10 years at the Orlando Sentinel and Detroit Free Pr...
Sarah Neuburger

Sarah Neuburger

Sarah Neuburger lives in Atlanta and is a full-time freelance artist, illustrator and muralist who combines bold lines with flat color-fields to create friendly...
portrait of Bill Best

Bill Best

Bill Best is REI's Vice President, Supply Chain.  ...
Connor Ryan

Connor Ryan

A proud Hunkpapa Lakota and passionate skier, Connor Ryan was born and raised on the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Ute homelands at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He ...
Casey Lewandrowski

Casey Lewandrowski

Casey Lewandrowski is an east-coast transplant living in Phoenix, Arizona. An avid hiker and runner, she firmly believes there is no sunset quite like a desert ...
Alexia Henderson

Alexia Henderson

Alexia Henderson is outdoor enthusiast both recreationally and professionally as a Washington state biologist. When she’s not hiking to mountain streams or Puge...