We are a diverse community of people who are deeply committed to the lives of children and the well-being of the earth. Kroka’s teachers enrich students’ lives with a wealth of personal and professional experience along with strong, healthy characters and exceptional personal ethics. Kroka teachers are committed to growing and learning; they serve as positive role models for students in their quest for realizing each individual’s potential as a human being.

	LYNNE BOUDREAU and MISHA GOLFMAN are professional guides, teachers and co-founders of Kroka Expeditions. They enrich the school with their clear vision for young people, 26 years of leading unique wilderness trips, innovative national teaching styles and international teaching and wilderness guiding credentials. This year, as always, their sons Mathias (6), Danya (9) and Miron (16) will be adding their expertise to many programs, while their oldest son, Peter, will be preparing for law school.
	LISL HOFER was born and raised in a small village in the Austrian Alps. As the daughter of a forester and a teacher, she had many chances to develop her love for nature. She became an avid skier and coach, and enjoyed hiking, mountaineering and climbing in the Alps. In 1985, Lisl moved to the United States. She taught at Kimberton Waldorf School for 13 years. Lisl has two children, Stefan and Katrin who have both taught at Kroka. Lisl joined Kroka in August 2006 as one of our teachers and the Semester Program Coordinator.
	THOMAS, MICHAEL and MATHIAS DAMMER: These three Ecuadorian brothers joined the Kroka community in 2003 and things haven’t been the same! They grew up on a farm near Quito, spending most of their lives in the outdoors, working and exploring by horse or bicycle, climbing in the mountains or paddling down rivers or on the ocean. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience from their country, infusing Kroka with the wonderful spirit of their culture, and their own contagious energy and enthusiasm. The Dammer brothers are exceptional athletes and climbers and are responsible for Kroka’s climbing program. In addition, Thomas is taking more of a lead in our white water paddling programs, Mathias in our school programs and Michael in the semester program. Mathias, Thomas and Michael take turns lead teaching the Ecuador Semester. This is their seventh year with Kroka.
	LINDA FUERDERER is a new addition to Kroka. Her contribution will be working as the Office Manager/ Administrator. Until the sale in 2007, she worked along side her family in the family business, Jack’s True Value Hardware in Keene, New Hampshire. While working in the family business, she received a Bachelor’s Degree at Keene State College. Here she deepened her passion for archaeology. Linda has participated on many digs and regularly volunteers with the New Hampshire SCRAP program (State Conservation and Rescue Archaeology Program). She is a resident of Marlow and sits on the conservation commission as well as ARLAC (Ashuelot River Local Advisory Commission).
	TOM ROSENBERG was the first Kroka Alumni to join our full time staff and is returning for his second summer. Tom grew up in Portland, Maine and attended Kroka camp for many years. Tom has been on many advanced programs, including expeditions to Ecuador and Canada. He was a participant in the 2006 Vermont Semester and returned as a teacher assistant on the 2008 Vermont Semester. In addition to apprenticing at Kroka for several summers, Tom has also apprenticed at Mahoosuc Guide Service in Maine.
	HANS MAYER has been part of the Kroka family for four years. He is an alumni of the 2006 Vermont Semester Program. He formally joined the staff in the Spring of 2008 after workng as a “junior” staff for two years during the summer programs and for school trips. Hans is from Starksboro, Vermont and spent his youth immersed in the natural world—tracking, hunting, fishing, wilderness camping, organic farming—and has a great reverence for nature and love of outdoor pursuits. When he is not at Kroka, Hans works as a solar installer and volunteers as a certified firefighter.
	SUEÑO LEBLOND grew up embraced by the Earth’s natural wonders in small town Montana. Her passion for the outdoors is matched by her commitment to providing children with quality experiences that inspire a sense of wonder for their world. She has a Masters in Education from Antioch New England. When Sueño is not outside, she is mussing about in colors and textures creating quilts, felted bags and hand bound books. She is grateful that Kroka has moved to her neighborhood so she could be a part of such an amazing team.
	BARUCH SCHWADRON comes to Kroka to lead the New Hampshire-Vermont Semester Program with a broad array of knowledge from various traditions. Born in Louisiana, MO, Baruch has lived in 26 different countries on 5 continents, fueled by a passion to cultivate a more sustainable and just planet. He has learned with shamanic healers around the world, and co-founded For All Humanity, a non-profit organization, rooted in connecting people through sustainable service efforts. A passionate leader of many things from canoeing to intercultural communication, archery to activism, Baruch brings deep connectedness, peace and community to all of his work. After teaching the semester, he will be joining the summer staff.
	LILY FREY, an ’06 Vermont Semester Alumni comes to Kroka from California, where she grew up on her family’s Vineyard, living joyously on the land, helping on the farm and playing music with her brothers. Before coming to work at Kroka in the summer 2008, Lily completed a year at Fosen Folk School in Northern Norway sailing Viking ships and learning traditional Wilderness and folk crafts. Lily shares with students her love of all living things, and her talents of music and passion for farming.
	CHRIS KNAPP is returning for his tenth year at Kroka. He spent many years as a student of Ray Reitze, and as a teacher at Earthways School of Wilderness Living. He has a wealth of wilderness knowledge and experience to share. Chris and his wife Ashirah have been an integral part of Kroka’s development, designing and creating curriculum, as well as teaching the Vermont Semester in 2004, 2006 and 2008. Chris and Ashirah have recently started a family—Owen is now 1½ years old!—as well as “Koviashuvik Local Living School.” Based on their homestead in Temple Maine, Koviashuvik teaches a blend of folk arts, wilderness crafts, permaculture, and sustainable technologies.
	MARCELA RESTREPO joined the Kroka community last year. After a long successful spring and summer, she joined the 2008 NH-Ecuador Semester, as a lead teacher. Marcela is from Colombia, but did most of her studies in New Zealand where she graduated three years ago in Art and Theatre. She now lives in Ecuador pursuing her passion of blending together the magic of theatre and puppets with the wilderness world.
	NICOLE MARCHAN joins us from Ecuador as part of an ongoing teacher exchange between Kroka and our sister school Nahual. Nicole is an accomplished climber and a wilderness guide on the Galapagos Islands. She is also an amazing yoga teacher. Her wellgrounded style, calming and peaceful presence make her a valuable asset to Kroka’s climbing team.
	CLARA KAZAROV is a new junior staff member at Kroka this summer. She has been a part of Kroka for 5 years as a student and for the last three summers, as an apprentice. Hailing from New Jersey and currently studying fine arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Clara has balanced her somewhat urban lifestyle with summers at Kroka. Enchanted by traditional crafts, teaching others and new experiences she hopes to contribute and continue her learning with the Kroka community this summer.
	JOHANNA GARDNER loves the outdoors. Canoeing, camping, biking, and hiking are among her favorite activities. Johanna grew up in Newfane, Vermont and resides in her childhood home with her husband and three children. Along with her husband, Bahman, she is a musician and member of BroadBand that performs locally throughout Vermont. Johanna works as a French teacher at the Putney Grammar School and has been with Kroka for nine years.
	MARCEA MACINNIS is a native Vermonter. Growing up immersed in nature, she developed an understanding of the beauty, forms and cycles of nature. Marcea has pursued to perfection the expressions of nature’s messages through crafts, music and art. She is in her fifth year of study and practice of medicinal plants. For Marcea, both Ecuador and Saxtons River, Vermont are home. This is her fifth year working at Kroka both as a summer and New Hampshire-Ecuador Semester teacher.
	ROSS SCATCHARD is returning for his second summer. While not at Kroka, he coaches cross-country skiing at Saint Michaels College along with taking Education courses. Ross is an expert mountain biker and an avid gardener (planning and nurturing Kroka’s beautiful garden in 2008). He brings with him his love for the natural world and his passion for wilderness living skills.