Our Officers


Anusha Jain

President | she/her

Anusha likes to step on crunchy leaves, crunchy water, and crunchy rock. In her dream life Anusha would be in a band that travels the world via dragon or flying bison. She believes Pbjs are the best summit hike food and if she had to pick one fruit it would be pomegranate. A true herbivore, Anusha once had a nightmare about roast beef. You may spot her in her natural habitat attempting to climb random surfaces, frantically cooking up a storm, or nibbling on some berries!

parker sims

Vice President | she/her

Parker is a lover of rivers, ferns, and moss who has not yet mastered the art of carrying two crash pads on a bike. Some of her top priorities are eating spinach and tomatoes and looking at mountains. She is a Professional Camp Counselor and was supposed to sleep under a bat net all summer, but she didn’t get rabies so it’s fine. Parker has a complicated relationship with worms and wants you to go climbing with her.




Max St. Clair

grillmaster | he/him

Max loves backcountry skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and almost all things outdoors (almost, as in don’t try to get me to go on a snowshoeing trip). When he’s not on a procrastination-induced sleep-deprived homework bender, you can find him camping with Ohill cutlery or indulging in some good ‘ol type 2 fun. He believes the harder you search for a descent the more you’ll learn to love the climb.

Max Titov

Co-gear master & c0-biking advisor | he/him

Most likely to be found exploring the blue ridge mountains, frantically repairing the club bike fleet, praying for a good snow year, or stacking runk plates post ride. Max is a firm believer that going on a bike ride is the solution to most problems in life. Feeling tired? Bike ride. Have an exam to study for? Bike ride. Feeling down? Bike ride. When he’s not biking, he’s likely to be cooking up a storm, napping through his classes, or on some other outdoorsy adventure.




John Woodward

co-Gearmaster & Co-whitewater Advisor | he/him

John is a fan of outdoor exploration, bonus points for places that are dangerous, difficult, or downright unpleasant to access. He documents these journeys in the rivers, caves, sewers, or deep into the wilderness with a camera that he values more than his own safety. John specializes in any whitewater-based activity but enjoys all kinds of other outdoor sports and will gladly try anything new.

Susannah Allen

PBR Chair & c0-biking advisor | she/her

Susannah has the ultimate superpower of never, ever getting bitten by bugs, but a weakness of lighting matches. So, no fire is needed to keep the bugs away from her on a summer night. Outside of struggling to make fires, Susannah can be found on her mountain bike doing laps at Ohill, paddle boarding at Ragged, or straight lining down the mountain at Snowshoe. She believes that school is an odd social construct and that you can learn math from the trees just as easily as you can from professors. Crashing bikes, falling in the water, and tripping over her own skis are all the learning that she claims she needs.




Via Miller

webmaster | she/her

Via is a forest cryptid who crawled out of a hole somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She can often be found climbing and hiking, however as a self-proclaimed ‘Jack-of-all-Trades, Master of None’, she’ll join just about any beginner trip that she can cram into her schedule. When she isn’t off in the mountains, she can often be found cooped up in the basement of Olsson coding video games or plotting her next D&D campaign.

Charlotte Maxwell

co-secretary | she/her

Skills: getting lost in nature, finding 4-leaf clovers, making pbj masterpieces, serving steez
Struggles: pulling all-dayers, lactose intolerance, using pocket lighters

Charlotte is often found lying in a delicious patch of grass living carelessly outside instead of doing the readings for her classes. She loves her daily vitamin D intake, walking around grounds barefoot, and singing her heart out around a campfire (no matter how out of tune she might be). As a camp counselor guru, she never fails to ask you what your “rose, thorn, and bud” are at the end of a long day. She is also a 5th grader stuck in a 19 y/o’s body: rolling cartwheels, headstands, eating dino nugs, climbing up trees, and dabbing on the haters.‍




Sarah Dowling

co-Secretary | She/They

Women want her and rocks fear her. Sarah was voted “most granola” by her high school graduating class and still believes it to be her greatest accomplishment. She enjoys touching slugs and hurling insults at mosquitoes, and she will happily explain the plot of the entire Twilight saga to anyone who finds themself on the trail with her. When in the outdoors, Sarah can almost always be found with a handy bag of craisins and her favorite pair of Spiderman sunglasses as she tackles whatever her sport of the day may be. She loves wool socks but hates toenails, and she believes that the best adventures are the ones that don’t go perfectly to plan. In her free time, Sarah enjoys being steezy as hell.

Cam Burke

CAM chair & Co-Climbing Advisor | she/her

an original haiku:

Dampened moss, spring storm.

Kind brown toad chillin on log.

This day is a gift!

Cam likes to vigorously shuffle to edm, go on night hikes, and read in the sun.




Carson hopwood

DEI chair & Co-hiking Advisor | they/them

Up at absurdly early hours of the morning, Carson can often be found jaunting around the trails in Charlottesville and elsewhere. They are a big fan of walking words, breakfast burritos, and the concept of cowboys, and at any given time, roughly 70% of their mental capacity is taken up by thinking about ultra/trail running and long-distance backpacking. A lover of the 8pm bedtime and a strong believer in the power of early 2010s pop music, Carson is excited to further explore the trails (and hopefully the waters and the rocks if they actually branch out in their outdoor activities like they keep saying they will) with you!

owen himmel

sustainability chair | he/him

Fonder than most of stones, blue belt hacky sack practitioner, and pear enjoyer, Owen looks forward to any time outside on any kind of trip. Generally pursuing a state of laminar flow and unorthodox snacks, he hopes to share in the fun of all.




Emilú Englander Fuentes

Service Chair | she/her

Emi loves paddle board yoga, barefoot walks, squishy moss, and polar plunges followed by warm tea. A proud garden gnome, she considers her plants to be her children and is very protective of them. You can usually find Emi sipping on a matcha or hiding under rocks searching for cute bugs.

Ed Aten

Co-hiking Advisor | he/him

Ed is a dirt-loving, forest creature, born and raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He thinks outdoor sports are really cool, but he identifies as more of a “spot guy.” He believes that nothing compares to walking for a while and finding a really great spot to just sit. Ed loves backpacking, spoon-making, and risk management. He can be found eating flowers, writing silly little poems, and observing the tenets of Leave No Trace(L N T!). His favorite weather is post-rain sunshine and he thinks that the optimal time without a shower is 5-12 days. 🙂




Will Lankford

Co-whitewater Advisor | he/him

Awaiting Will's bio. If you see him, give him a hard time!!!!

Allie Shellhammer

C0-Caving advisor | she/her

Allie is a nature loving adventure seeking gremlin who loves all things outdoors! This makes sense since she hails from the outdoorsy state of Colorado! Although she loves hiking, backpacking, climbing, stargazing, birding, rafting and all above ground adventures, she spends most of her time underground crawling through tight squeezes, fangirling over bats and climbing vertical mud slides definitely not made for a 5' short queen. She hopes to see you all on a rad ODC adventure soon or on a spontaneous trip out West!



Former Presidents

CHRIS BACKMANN 2001 - 2003
THIAGO IZE 2001 - 2004
MATT ROSEFSKY 2001 - 2004
AARASH SOFLA 2001 - 2008
SOPHIE JOHNSON 2002 - 2006
CASE TAINTOR 2002 - 2006
KATRINA SALMONS 2005 - 2011
ERIC STAUFFER 2006 - 2008
LILA WARREN 2006 - 2009
MEGHAN MAGENNIS 2007 - 2008
BOB WEAVER 2007 - 2009
EMILY POWELL 2008 - 2010
LINDSAY JAMERSON 2008 - 2011
LYNN NICHOLS 2010 - 2011
REBECCA GREEN 2011 - 2012
EMILY WETZEL 2011 - 2012
MICHAEL CROCKET 2012 - 2013
HELENA GROVES 2013 - 2015
JOSEPH GIBSON 2013 - 2015
HANNAH KESSENICH 2015 - 2016
JEREMY KEMP 2016 - 2017
STEPHANIE ROATIS FALL 2017
ZAKEY FAIEQ SPRING 2018
JIM OLD 2018 - 2019
BILL TALLEY 2019 - 2020
AJ CUDDEBACK 2020 - 2021
ELIZA STOWE 2021 - 2022
SOPHIA BENMHEND 2022 - 2023
ED ATEN 2023 - 2024


Former Officers

EMILY ANDERSON 2001 - 2002
DERYN GOODWIN 2001 - 2002
JEFF SCHERR 2001 - 2003
DAVE CLARK 2001 - 2004
BARON SCHWARTZ 2001 - 2006
KAHLIL DETRICH 2003 - 2004
JIM SUMNER 2003 - 2004
DAVID WADE 2003 - 2004
RICK EVANS 2004 - 2006
MARC SCHWARTZ 2004 - 2006
LINDSEY BROWN 2005 - 2006
RYAN HAUER 2005 - 2006
QUINTIN BRUBAKER 2005 - 2007
ANDREW OLESEN 2005 - 2007
BRIAN TAI 2007 - 2008
CAMPBELL GRANT 2007 - 2009
CHRIS CHIN 2008 - 2009
RYAN GILCHRIST 2008 - 2010
CRISTINA LIEBOLT 2008 - 2010
JOE THOMSPON 2009 - 2011
RYAN ELLIOTT 2010 - 2011
AMELIA RODE 2010 - 2011
ANDREW RICHERS 2011 - 2012
ANDREW CASSIDY 2011 
DAVID ABBOTT 2012
JACKSON BEWLEY 2012 - 2014
MAX MCHALE 2012 - 2013
LINDSEY SHALL 2012 - 2013
MITCHELL OLIVER 2013 - 2014
OLIVIA RAPPE 2013 - 2014
CHARLES ROMERO 2011 - 2015
JULIET HAMMER 2014 - 2015
LUCIE HANES 2014 - 2015
ISAAC KING 2012 - 2016
ANDREW INGLIS 2012 - 2016
MATT HARRINGTON 2013 - 2016
JESSIE VILLAREAL 2013 - 2016
KIT GUNCHEON 2013 - 2016
ADRIAN BLUST 2013 - 2016
JACK ARMSTRONG 2014 - 2016
JEREMIAH REILLY 2014 - 2016
GARRETT TANNER 2015 - 2017
COLIN MEALEY 2016 - 2017
NEDWARD ENDE 2014 - 2018
SCOTT GILB 2016 - 2018
RHAUDE DAHLINGHAUS 2016 - 2018
AUDREY STEPHENSON 2017 - 2018
SYDNEY HALLEMAN 2017 - 2018
TRISTAN HAMRICK 2017 - 2018
JEREMY KEMP 2014 - 2019
SAM CLINARD 2016 - 2019
IZZY FRANKLIN 2016 - 2019
VICTOR LU 2016 - 2019
STEPHANIE ROATIS 2016 - 2019
LILY WINCELE 2016 - 2019
CHAD BAILY 2017 - 2019
EMILY DESCHAMBAULT 2017 - 2019
CLAIRE "CURB" BURKE 2018 - 2019
VICTORIA ALVAREZ 2017 - 2020
ANDREW DUDZIK 2019 - 2020
MASON GOODMAN 2018 - 2020
NICK GOMER 2018 - 2020
MASON RIFFEE 2018 - 2021
MATTHEW HOUFF 2019 - 2021
CONNOR SIGGINS 2020 - 2021
BURKE HAYWOOD 2019 - 2022
AJ CUDDEBACK 2019 - 2022
KIERAN HUMPHREYS 2021 - 2022
DANNY DEVLIN 2021 - 2022
JOHN COONEY 2021 - 2022
ELIZA STOWE 2020 - 2022
SOPHIA BENMHEND 2020 - 2023
PHILLIP REEVES 2020 - 2023
JOSEPH ABBE 2020 - 2023
MITCH LANG 2022 - 2024
RENEE ERICKSON 2022 - 2024
GRACE GRAY 2021 - 2024
JADE ALVAREZ 2021 - 2024
MELU TERSHARK 2022 - 2024
SUJITH PANCHUMARTHY 2023 - 2024
SHAY UTZINGER 2021 - 2024
MARION DONALD 2022 - 2024