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, Development & Operations Director
Logan is the Development & 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 Hawkins spearheads the advocacy and policy efforts for Outdoor Alliance in California. Katie is an avid backcountry skier, mountain biker, and trail runner. Her passions and love for the Range of Light led her and her family to the jewel of the Sierra–Lake Tahoe. In 2020, Katie was appointed by California Governor Newsom to the Outdoor Recreation Commission on Boating and Waterways, where she advocates to protect, promote, and enhance outdoor recreation opportunities in the state. She lives in Truckee, California with her husband, adventurous sons, and mischievous dog.
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 greater 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.
Kira Minehart, Forest Planning and GIS Coordinator
Kira serves as the Forest Planning and GIS Coordinator for Outdoor Alliance. In addition to advocating for recreation access on public lands, Kira enjoys packrafting, knobby bike tires, and smiling at wildlife. Kira lives in Corvallis, Oregon with her two cats and three bicycles. Much of her free time is spent pursuing a PhD in outdoor recreation data science at Oregon State University, where she develops methods for modeling the impacts of climate change on outdoor recreation. Kira believes that everyone deserves to be outside and is excited to support this goal through Forest Planning at Outdoor Alliance.
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, Advocacy Network Director
Taylor is Outdoor Alliance's Advocacy Network 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.
