Our Team

Lisa Kosglow

Lisa Kosglow is the Director of Let’s Get Out and is happiest when she is guiding any of our programs. She is the co-author of Kidding Around the Gorge-The Hood River Area’s Ultimate Guide to Family Fun, and the co-author of Let the Kid Guide: Putting Nature Back Into Our Lives. She’s a two-time Olympian and an avid outdoors person. Lisa specializes in fostering a sense of wonder in children and nature-based connection. For 20+ years she has instructed children and adults both across the US and internationally. Lisa is passionate about land stewardship, giving back, and having fun. She is also trained as a NOLS Wilderness First Responder to help manage risks while kids play in the woods. During the school year, Lisa teaches Monday Adventures at Wildwood Academy in Hood River. When she isn’t out on her bike, snowboarding, or surfing you can find her exploring the Columbia Gorge with her husband and daughter.

Tom Wooding

Tom is an enthusiast for adventure- the kind that calls for a strong social connection, awareness, and awe of the natural world and an expanded sense of self.  He is actively involved in the leadership of youth sports in White Salmon where he lives with his two kids.  As an athletic coach, he fosters team building and a risk-taking mindset for the players on and off the court.  In his own time, you will find him exploring the mountains and rivers of the northwest with his family and friends. Tom passionately guides our Adventure campers where his endless stories and capacity for play are infectious.

Ruth Berkowitz

Ruth is a writer, mediator, lawyer, and adventurer. She loves challenges and is eager to take on projects huge or small, whether it's sailing with her family across the Pacific Ocean, fighting for women athletes, solving problems, or writing articles about parenting, food businesses, or adventures, like skiing across Finland. Ruth is the co-author of  Kidding Around the Gorge-The Hood River Area’s Ultimate Guide to Family Fun. In her spare time, you can find her paddling on the Columbia River or cross-country skiing in the woods, always with a smile on her face.

Rachael Pecore-Valdez

Rachael Pecore-Valdez, MS (she/her), is an Environmental Scientist and Educator. Raised on a farm in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, she spent her after-school hours as a kid foraging for edible plants, salmon fishing and writing poems in tree forts. It is a joy for her to share the privilege of knowing nature as a place for sustenance, rejuvenation and reflection. Nature has also been a lifeline to calm and well-being for Rachael as a person with sensory sensitivities and ADHD. She believes nature connection is a vital tool for the mental health of all kids today, and draws from a trauma-informed, place-based and curiosity centered approach. Rachael joins us as an Explorer Camp guide. You can connect and learn about Rachael’s work at her website readingnature.com

Margot Angstrom

Planted in the Rocky Mountains, Virginia native Margot, MEd, has educated children and adults for two decades, using an interdisciplinary and inquiry-based approach. A founding faculty of the Mountain Academy (formerly Journeys School) of the Teton Science Schools in Jackson, WY, Margot now forges school transformation with the Place Network. She develops innovative, place-based curricula that promote core academic content, design thinking skills and community engagement. As a coach, she provides teachers with the tools and training to leverage the power of place to drive student growth and learning. She is a leader in guiding students, both young and young at heart, to discover, inquire and act. Margot is co-author of Let the Kid Guide: Putting Nature Back Into Our Lives.