Our Facilitators
Clint Stevens
Director of Blue Ridge Learning
Since
joining Blue Ridge Learning
Centers, Inc. over six months
ago, Clint's primary duties
have been to generate and
execute
corporate programs and marketing
for BRLC programs.
Prior to joining Blue Ridge Learning Centers, Clint was the Adventure and Safety Coordinator for Joy Outdoor Education Center, and served as the Assistant Leadership Director at YMCA's Camp Kern.
After his 2003 graduation from Wright State University with a B.S. in Management, Clint Worked as the Sales Director of Dayton, OH for Dale Carnegie Training.
Kevin Klein
Kevin "Doc" Klein has been working in the field of organizational development for the last 25 years as a consultant and coach to corporations, health agencies, K-12 public school systems, colleges/universities and environmental agencies. His work offers a unique experiential approach that combines organizational learning with simulations that take a systems thinking approach to learning and planning. His experience as the Director of the Kurt Hahn Leadership Center of Outward Bound focused on public school district reform, which was part of a national grant of 20 million dollars sponsored by the New American Schools Corporation.
Over the course of the last 18 years he has worked extensively with the Center for Public Health Practice of the Rollins School for Public Health at Emory University developing strategic planning efforts for local, state, and federal health agencies. His current work with the Center for Disease Control is focused on systems thinking approaches to strategic planning within the Division of Diabetes Translation.
He also collaborates on major district-wide public school initiatives supporting extensive community-wide educational reform efforts. In addition, his work with foundations, environmental/governmental agencies, and large corporations has him deeply immersed in many complex social issues that are intended to catalyze diverse communities into action.
Lastly, he has worked literally with hundreds of colleges and universities, helping faculty and staff with a wide array of strategic issues from retention to interdisciplinary curriculum development. He is an avid poet, photographer and outdoorsman and currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina
Jerry Cantwell
Jerry is the founder of Life Renewal Institute and has a diverse background in both psychology and education. He has 24 years experience in counseling, teaching, wilderness leadership, art and coaching. Jerry has worked extensively in the areas of youth development, executive leadership and training, group dynamics and organizational development.
Jerry earned his Masters in Counseling and is a graduate of the Leadership Development Program at the Center for Creative Leadership. He is also a graduate of the Effective Management Training at the Covey Leadership Center. He is a twelve year veteran of the North Carolina Outward Bound School where he served most recently as a Program Director.
Presently Jerry serves on the faculty at Appalachian State University in the Recreation Management Department. He is a member of Coachville and the Coachville Network.
Dave Mueller
Since 1997, Dave's roles with Challenge Towers/ Blue Ridge Learning Center have included challenge course instructor training, course construction/inspection and manufacturing challenge course accessories.
Dave is currently Program Coordinator for the Campus Recreation Outdoor Adventure program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN. Dave was also the Program Director for the Ashe County 4-H Wilderness Experience and Challenge Course from 1993 - 1997. Prior to moving to North Carolina Dave was the Program Director for Cradlerock Outdoor Network Non-profit Programs. Dave also completed a year long management internship at the Schuykill Valley Environmental Education Center in Philadelphia PA. Dave began his career as an outdoor educator at the Kuhn Day Camp and College Settlement Camp where he served as a camp counselor, environmental educator, Unit Leader and Pathfinders co-leader.
Dave holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Clarion State University in Pennsylvania and a Master's Degree in Student Development from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.
Blue Ridge Learning Drivers
Team Building is on the minds of many corporate training professionals today. How do I get my team to develop trust and better communication skills? How can we enhance our existing training and build our team up to be a high performance group? Many camps offer a ropes course, or a team-building program, but will it really help? A ropes course or challenge course can be an effective tool, but only when it is facilitated properly! The key to this team building piece is in the conducting of the corporate retreat. Team-building professionals agree that an experienced-based learning retreat is most effective when properly front-loaded and debriefed. The transfer of learning is maximized when connections are made from the team building activities to the office environment. The "Aha!" moment where that connection occurs is what makes team building so effective. When you can pull a group out of its everyday environment, get them to a new environment, or a park, and into a fun environment, a most unusual thing will occur. The group will bond, grow in trust, leadership will emerge, and synergy will take place.
QUEST at Blue Ridge Learning Center provides a team building experience unmatched by anyone in the region. We approach team-building from process focus rather then a goal focus. With two high ropes course adventures, and over one hundred low ropes course and portable initiatives, we can customize a program to fit your needs, and design a team building experience that will have the most impact for your team.
The training facilitators for the QUEST program are adult education specialists who understand corporate culture. Our goal is to make your experience 100% transferable back to the workplace to increase productivity. The parameters of our learning labs will reflect the issues you face everyday in your business....limited resources, changing specifications, budget constraints, client satisfaction and time deadlines just to name a few. Hey...this is the real world! We want your experience here to reflect it.