Outdoor Alliance Staff
Adam Cramer, CEO
Adam Cramer is the founding Executive Director and present CEO of Outdoor Alliance, a national coalition of outdoor recreation advocacy groups that has breathed new life into the conservation movement by harnessing the outdoor community’s passion for place and combining it with a modern approach to organizing and digital engagement. During his time as CEO, Adam has brought new sensibilities to conservation work that have resulted in hundreds of thousands more acres of protected landscapes, improved management for outdoor recreation, and thousands of outdoor enthusiasts awakened to conservation and advocacy work. He is an avid whitewater kayaker and mountain biker, but is always on the lookout for a good skatepark. Adam lives in Maryland with his wife and two kids.
Louis Geltman, Vice President of Policy & Government Relations
Louis is a lawyer based in White Salmon, Washington, who runs Outdoor Alliance's policy program. As VP of Policy & Government Relations, Louis monitors national policy developments, facilitates coordination among member organizations, and leads Outdoor Alliance advocacy work with research and policy content. Louis is a world-class whitewater kayaker and enthusiastic mountain biker and backcountry skier.
Tania Lown-Hecht, Vice President of Communications & Strategy
Tania leads communications at Outdoor Alliance, where she translates public land policy from D.C. so that everyone who cares about the outdoors can be civically engaged and protect the places that matter to them. In her time at Outdoor Alliance, Tania built a national campaign that defined "public lands" for the 21st century and co-founded the Recreate Responsibly campaign. She also has a PhD in English. Tania lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two children and is passionate about the slowest-speed outdoor activities, including hiking, camping, backpacking, and cross-country skiing.
Logan Knowles, Director of Operations
Logan is the Operations Director for Outdoor Alliance. A former kayak instructor and outdoor adventure trip guide, Logan’s passion for the outdoors has taken her to the most beautiful natural areas on the East and West coasts, and everywhere in between. Her enthusiasm and desire to inspire others about the outdoors led to her operations work in the non-profit sector.
Katie Hawkins, California Program Director
Katie is a nationally recognized female leader in the outdoor industry and currently spearheads the advocacy efforts for Outdoor Alliance in California. Through this work, Katie leads the organization's efforts in securing robust conservation goals, advancing nature-based solutions to combat the climate crisis, and ensuring that America’s public lands and waters are safe, welcoming, and equitable for all to enjoy. Hawkins was reappointed by Governor Newsom to his outdoor recreation commission for boating and waterways, serves on the states leadership committee to advance the global initiative 30x30, and was accepted into the 2024 – 2025 Obama Foundation USA Leaders program. Katie lives in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains with her husband and two active boys.
Jamie Ervin, Senior Policy Manager
Jamie is the Senior Policy Manager for Outdoor Alliance, where he provides support to OA’s policy and advocacy programs. Aside from policy work, he is a forest ecologist who has worked extensively on wildfire resilience and forest health issues in California’s Sierra Nevada. He holds a Master’s of Environmental Law & Policy from Vermont Law School, as well as a Master’s of Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. Jamie is a lifelong rock climber, who is currently based in Asheville, North Carolina.
Nicole Brown, Communications & Marketing Associate
Nicole Brown is the Communications & Marketing Associate at Outdoor Alliance. Nicole is a backcountry skier, mountain biker, hiker and avid backpacker. In 2015, she founded Women Who Hike, a community organization that connects women to each other, and the outdoors. Her love for public lands advocacy started in 2018, during the Monument review. She has lobbied in Washington D.C. for public lands protections, consulted on legislation for expanded access to and improved outdoor spaces, and is a founding member of The Outdoorist Oath. In her role at Outdoor Alliance, she hopes to educate people on public lands advocacy, while providing them the tools to speak up and take action.
Peter Horgan, GIS Advocacy Manager
Peter heads up all things maps and cartography as the GIS Advocacy Manager. He supports Outdoor Alliance and the member organizations by putting a visual aspect on some of the most pressing matters facing our public lands and waters. His passion for public lands advocacy began when he started climbing in college and has dedicated himself to it ever since. This led him to pursue a master's degree in environmental management, start a local climbing organization, and host Access Fund's Climbing Advocate Podcast. When he's not making maps or interviewing other outdoor advocates you can find him tied in at one of his local cliffs in Colorado or somewhere else around the West.
Taylor Rogers, Grasstops Advocacy Director
Taylor is Outdoor Alliance's Grasstops Advocacy Director and focuses on growing a grasstops advocate program to further public land protections and outdoor recreation access across the country. She has worked in policy and advocacy targeting decision makers from local city councils to global leaders. She has a Master's in Development Studies specializing in Power, Participation, and Social Change from University of Sussex in England. She grew up in the Chesapeake Bay, which spurred a love of the outdoors and commitment to protect our lands and waterways. She now lives in Colorado where her favorite recreational pursuits fluctuate with the seasons—skiing, mountain biking, and whitewater paddle boarding.
Brynna Counts-Morgan, Development Director
Brynna is the Development Director at Outdoor Alliance. She leads efforts to engage donors, foundations, and businesses with public lands advocacy. Brynna has a background in developing fundraising strategy and cultivating strong relationships with funders, recently working with a nonprofit focused on hiking trails. Working at Outdoor Alliance allows her to bring together two of her passions: outdoor recreation advocacy and fundraising. Brynna lives in Oregon and loves hiking, backpacking, and camping with her husband and three dogs.
