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Organization Members
About Us
The North America Outdoor Institute (NAOI,) is a non-profit corporation founded in June 2004 by a group of concerned outdoor enthusiasts and professional outdoor safety educators. Our mission is to provide exciting, captivating programs on outdoor safety and environmental awareness as a public service for students in 4th through 12th grades and public outdoor recreation enthusiasts of all ages. Collaborating with professionals from AAA, AIARE, ASAP, H2O Guides, Utah Avalanche Center, UAA, APU and the Anchorage School District, we have developed Be Snow and Summer Smart in an effort to help reduce outdoor injuries and rising death rates. Our interactive awareness presentations are geared toward the general public and targeted to provide practical knowledge everyone can use delivered in an engaging format. Our interactive wilderness and avalanche awareness safety programs are loaded with helpful tips and hands-on practice outdoor enthusiasts that live, work and recreate in the outdoors want and need to know. Our instructors can provide custom outdoor training for seasoned veterans or first timers.
NAOI Reports & Updates
Providing custom outdoor safety education programs that are practical and useful
We Have Instructors Certified In
Keith Stinebaugh- President - US Dept. of Defense. Program and business management support.
Richard Desautel - Vice President -Alaska Marine Pilot.
Program and business management support.
Joe Rucker – Secretary – Mat-Su Borough teacher. Program support, advisor & supporter.
Nigel Guest - Treasurer - Chief Financial Officer for Wendy's Alaska. Program supporter and advisor.
 Alexander Eaton - Advisor -
Founding member, former president and long-time supporter. Program support and advisor.
 Debra McGhan - Executive Director/CEO -
Business manager, writer, logistics support, program choreographer, program advisor
Instruction Team
Dean Cummings – Professional mountain guide and former
world champion skier. Owner of H2O Heli Guides, avalanche
professional eductor
Daniel Dryden – Professional instructor, NOLS Instructor,
avalanche level I, II
Karen Cummings – Outdoor Emergency Care professional instructor, program development specialist
and American Red Cross First Aid/CPR instructor
Dorothy
Adler - Professional Mountain Guide, W-EMT, SOLO Wilderness
Medical Instructor, volunteer Kennicott-McCarthy Mountain Rescue
Guest Instructors - NAOI frequently features guest instructors which include community professionals, local celebrities, accident victims or family members of victims. Visit us at:
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