National Outdoor Leadership School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Christine Boskoff, who has achieved more 8,000 meter summits than any other woman
  • David Breashears, mountaineer and filmmaker
  • Anderson Cooper, CNN anchor
  • Kit Deslauriers, first person to ski down the Seven Summits
  • Zach Gilford, star of Friday Night Lights on NBC
  • Chip Giller, founder of Grist Magazine
  • Jonathan Hamren, entrepreneur, Trustee of Project Redwood
  • Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm
  • Britton Keeshan, at one point the youngest person to achieve the Seven Summits
  • John F. Kennedy, Jr., politician
  • William Harjo LoneFight, noted Native American author, entrepreneur and social critic
  • Andrew McCarthy, actor
  • Denise Mitten, Executive Director of Woodswomen, Inc.
  • David Morrell, author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created
  • Tom Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association President
  • Candice Carpenter Olson, co-founder of iVillage
  • Phil Powers, Director of the American Alpine Club
  • Tom Scott, co-founder of Nantucket Nectars

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