Before joining the Putney team full-time, Mike worked as a marine science instructor and U.S. Coast Guard-licensed boat captain in California, Hawai’i, and Washington. Since 2007, he has led eleven student travel groups with the organization, including a Putney programs in the Caribbean and Hawai’i, and National Geographic student programs to Belize, Monterey Bay, Bali, and Australia. Mike oversees leader hiring, organizes programs in Baja, and manages Putney’s collaboration with The Smithsonian Institution. In his free time, you can find him hiking, camping, fishing, stacking wood, and serving on the board of the local Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association land conservancy.