Current Crux Leaders

Director of Outdoor Adventures

Kenneth McVearry

Major: Creative facial hair
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Certifications: Certified Action Adventure Hero
Interests: whitewater kayaking, canoeing, caving, backpacking


Quote: "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Helen Keller

Student Leaders

Eric Agnew

Class: Junior
Major: Biology
Hometown: Poolesville, MD
Certifications: WFR
Interests: climbing, snowboarding, backpacking, caving in wet caves, snorkeling, anything else I could possibly try

Quote: "For of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" John Greenleaf Whittier


Taylor Bunnell

Class: Sophomore
Major: Sociology & Criminal Justice
Hometown: Cecilton, MD
Certifications:
Interests: backpacking, kayaking, and experimenting/ tasting edible flora

Quote: "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it." & "To die will be an awfully big adventure."

Elizabeth Kitchin

Class: Junior
Major: Political Science & History
Hometown: Newark, DE
Certifications: WFR
Interests: caving, long walks, Chinese foreign policy



Quote: "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to pray in and play in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and mind." John Muir

Matthew Marlowe

Class: Freshman
Major: History
Hometown: Unknown/Where ever I happen to be at the time
Certifications: WFR
Interests: caving, climbing



Quote: "For me, insanity is super-sanity.  The normal is psychotic.  Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity." Jean Dubuffet

Bennett Myers

Class: Junior
Major: Biology
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Certifications: WFR
Interests: running, climbing, kayaking, backpacking, skiing



Quote: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming... "WOW!  What a ride!" Bill McKenna

Kristen Portalea

Class: Freshman
Major: Math
Hometown: Olney, MD
Certifications: WFR
Interests: climbing, caving, skiing, snowboarding, wake boarding, whitewater rafting, hiking

Quote: "I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, and three times if I live."

Cheryl Rice

Class: Junior
Major: Theology
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Certifications: WFR, Basic Cave Rescue
Interests: rock climbing, caving, challenge courses


Quote: "There are only a few adventures left for mankind.  They offer the experience of a lifetime however.  Once you start you depend on your equipment, your skills, and your personal strength in mind and body."

Siobhan Riley

Class: Freshman
Major: History & Theology
Hometown: Chadds Ford, PA
Certifications: WFR, LNT Master Educator
Interests: caving, hiking, backpacking


Quote: "The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God." Anne Frank


Samantha Russell

Class: Junior
Major: International Studies & French
Hometown: Ijamsville, MD
Certifications: WFR, LNT trainer
Interests: backpacking, running, mountaineering, reading


Quote: "Life is about passion, the intense and undeniable emotion that fills the body with overwhelming energy and strength.  It allows good people to become great people, their passion so contagious that their words and their deeds inspire others to follow and rise to do great things."

Andrea Smith

Class: Freshman
Major: Elementary Education and Special Education
Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Certifications: WFR
Interests: climbing, hiking, canoeing, kayaking


Quote: "The Lord replied, 'my son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you.  During the times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

Dana Young

Class: Sophomore
Major: Environmental Science
Hometown: Seaford, DE
Certifications: WFR
Interests: kayaking, canoeing, caving, pretty much anything outside, environmental ethics


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Past Crux Leaders