The Stone Canyon Outdoor EdVentures staff is a group of dedicated and talented outdoor education and recreational professionals. Our administrative team has over 60 years combined experience in the camp and outdoor industry and our Program Instructors were hand selected as some of the best in the nation. Together, our team is taking an innovative approach to outdoor education, summer camp, retreats, and corporate development.
Jolee Jones, Director
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Education: BS Recreational Administration - Texas State University, San Marcos;
MS Experiential Education - Minnesota State University, Mankato
Background: Jolee began working in the outdoors as a challenge course facilitator in 1999 and as an outdoor education instructor after college. These experiences sparked a passion for experiential education and its obvious benefits. She found her way to grad school to study experiential educational philosophy and methodologies, in particular, project-based learning and student-centered practices. Jolee then landed in the mountains of Southern California where she was the Director and Ropes Director of a private OE center for seven years. In late 2014, she moved to Colorado to join the team at Stone Canyon where she is excited to expand programming and make new connections. Jolee fills her downtime with cycling, paddleboarding, snowboarding, road trips, and relaxing on her back porch.
Sonja White, Assistant Director
Hometown: CO
Background: A proud Colorado native, Sonja spent much of her life contributing to the success of her family’s businesses. She has managed multiple business enterprises across several commercial industries and service disciplines. Sonja brings her business acumen and skill-set to Stone Canyon with a commitment to supporting her Stone Canyon Team and contributing to the Stone Canyon mission. Her fondest accomplishment was opening a Korean BBQ restaurant and working with her immediate family from Korea in Colorado Springs. In all things important to her, Sonja is driven by the love she has for her family and friends.
Seanna Kautz, Outdoor education manager
Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
Education: B.S. Marine Science - Coastal Carolina University;
M.S. Environmental Studies and Sustainability - College of Charleston
Background: Seanna was born in Colorado, grew up in South Dakota, and has spent many years zig-zagging across the US enjoying the outdoors whenever possible! In her years as a graduate student, Seanna mixed playing outdoors with her growing desire to advocate for and guide young folks into a future where they would feel empowered. After finishing her graduate degree, she moved across the country and began working in outdoor education on Catalina Island where she immediately fell in love with the work and the community she became a part of. In her free time, she loves to get outside, hike, camp, explore new places, spend time with her friends & family, paddleboard, bike, play tennis, and spend way too much time watching movies. Seanna just recently moved back to Colorado and is stoked to be a part of the Stone Canyon team!
Amy Paulsen, Summer Camp Manager
Hometown: Roseville, CA
Education: BS Conservation Biology - Brigham Young University
Background: Amy grew up camping and hiking all over Northern California. That time instilled a love of the outdoors and a dream of finding a career that would allow her to spend time outdoors. After college, she found outdoor education and the camp world and realized that teaching kids to love and appreciate the time spent in nature was exactly what she wanted to be doing. She has worked in a variety of positions at Stone Canyon and is excited to be working with the summer camp program. In her free time, Amy loves to hike and explore the National Parks - she's visited 31 out of 62!
Chance Campbell, Assistant program Manager
Hometown: Parker, CO
Education: BA Outdoor Education Leadership – Salisbury University
Background: Chance has filled a number of roles at Stone Canyon since first being hired seasonally in 2018. Chance grew up in Parker Colorado and spent many years participating in recreational sports and attending summer camps. Those experiences sparked a passion for outdoor adventures, and Chance now enjoys passing on that passion to others who visit Stone Canyon. Chance first found Stone Canyon through the High School Lead program, and after graduating high school joined the summer camp program as a counselor, and eventually held positions in the outdoor education and retreat programs. When not at camp, Chance enjoys rock climbing, good food, and time with the dog. Chance is excited to continue giving back to the community as the Assistant Program Manager and beyond!
Justin Nelson, Challenge course Coordinator
Hometown: Jamestown, NY
Education: BS Outdoor Recreation: Leadership – SUNY Cortland
Background: Justin grew up participating in Boy Scouts where he learned to enjoy the outdoors. He grew up in Jamestown where he spent most of his time playing sports, and ended up going to college for swimming. During college, he discovered their Recreation program and decided that was the field for him. After college, he worked at a summer camp in Massachusetts for 2 summers where he gained experience working with kids. After that, he packed up and for 3 years, jumped between Northern Tier: BSA High Adventure Camp in the summers, Angel Fire Ski Resort in the winter, and Stone Canyon in the spring and fall. While at Stone Canyon, Justin was able to move up through the program and eventually get his Level 2 Training which allowed him to take on the position of Challenge Course Coordinator. He has been able to see the Ropes program grow and expand during his time here and is excited to see what else can be added to make it better.
Ryan Southard, Program Coordinator
Hometown: Pollocksville, NC
Education: BS Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology - NC State University
Background: Ryan gained an appreciation for the outdoors while growing up hunting and fishing with his dad and grandad. After college, Ryan worked in wildlife conservation across the country working on burn crews and conducting wildlife research. After a while he decided that instead of working to better understand wildlife and their ecosystems, he wanted to help kids appreciate the outdoors and the scientific process. With this new passion, his goal is to facilitate positive experiences between people and the outdoors so that they might want to protect some of our most precious resources along with the memories created there. As Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Kim Wolfrum, Kitchen Manager - head chef
Hometown: Randle, WA
Background: Kim grew up with the outdoors and camping as two of her passions. Her family has always worked in food service and she proudly followed in their footsteps. In college, she worked as a food service supervisor. Kim also had the pleasure to work food service with the Seattle Seahawks training camp for two years. Kim has been working for Douglas County School District for 13 years in which she has held various positions, including kitchen manager, district catering manager, and now the Head Chef at Stone Canyon. Kim is looking forward to expanding the potential of the camp with new and exciting classes and adding corporate events to the program.
Todd Dupree, Site Manager
Hometown: Larkspur, CO
Background: Todd was born in Titusville, FL and moved to Colorado in 1985. After serving four years in the US Navy on two ships he returned to Colorado. Todd then spent 20 years as an electrician before joining Douglas County School District in 2011. He joined Stone Canyon in 2015 and enjoys supporting the vision of the team.