Staff
Claire Smallwood
CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Originally hailing from Santa Fe, New Mexico, when Claire's not skiing or at the helm of SheJumps, she's probably cooking. There's a strong likelihood it will involve red chile and meticulously diced shallots.
Robyn Gelfand
NATIONAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Robyn is passionate about access to the outdoors for all communities. From teaching skiing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado to building experiential education programs in Portland, Oregon, Robyn loves helping people step outside their comfort zones and learn they are more capable than they thought. In her free time, Robyn can be found trail running, coaching her daughter’s soccer team, or ski patrolling on Mt. Hood.
Vivian Robbins
DEVELOPMENT SENIOR MANAGER
Vivian hails from the east coast, but calls Oregon home. She loves to share her joy for the backcountry with others. You can find her scoping out new ski lines, planning tasty camp meals, or perfecting her j-stroke
Sarah Foster
REGIONAL AND PROGRAM COORDINATOR
After growing up in Idaho, going to school in Montana, and bouncing all around the West, a deep love for the mountains and adventure was instilled within Sarah. Now residing in the Tetons, you can search for her backcountry skiing, mountain biking, trail running, rafting, or anywhere else outdoors with her dog. She is sure to have some tasty snacks to share on the trail which could range from breakfast burritos, homemade baked goods, and/or lots of chocolate and peanut butter.
Liz Sequeira
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
An ex-outdoor education instructor turned indoor cat, Liz is passionate about expanding inclusion in the outdoors and leading with compassion and curiosity. When not navigating all things operations with SheJumps, you can find her sharing food with friends, playing music, or riding her bike around Central Oregon.
Contractors
Francine Mullen
REGIONAL COORDINATOR AND SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR
Born and raised in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, Francine has a passion for being in the mountains. She lived in Bozeman, MT for 3 years before relocating to Salt Lake City, UT. You can catch Francine eating burritos in the skin track or dancing on mountain tops in the summer. Her passions lie within avalanche education and the overall mission of empowering women to find their own voices in the outdoors.
Dione Catherine Rodriguez
REGIONAL COORDINATOR AND SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
Dioné has called Utah since 2010, but her love for the outdoors can be traced back to being a little kid following her mom's footsteps of climbing trees, venturing the hills, and more during the summers spent at her grandma's home in a small rural town in Mexico. A Graphic Design BFA Program graduate from Utah Valley University, Dioné enjoys spending as much time outside as possible whether that be hiking, camping, biking, or skiing always looking for ways to promote diversity in the beauty of the outdoors. While not outside, Dioné enjoys rewatching her favorite shows while getting cuddles from her two pups and enjoying time with her friends.
Christy Pelland
CREATIVE DESIGN
Ridiculously optimistic adventure mom spending her days in the mountains of the PNW, creating art and inspiring girls to play outside.
Volunteers
Krystin Norman
SNOWPACK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER
Krystin is a coffee and fermentation scientist, freeride skiing coach, and the founder of the SheJumps Snowpack Scholarship Program. Her goals with SheJumps have been to encourage women to achieve high level competency and formal certifications in their sports, and to create opportunities for affordable avalanche and snow safety education. When she isn't working her day job as a coffee quality specialist, Krystin spends her free time exploring aesthetic ski lines and granite rock in the Cascade Mountains and other ranges. Her favorite outdoor activities include skiing, rock climbing, mountain biking.
Yulia Dubinina
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR
Yulia is a weekend warrior chasing snow in winter and sun in summer. A lover of long tours and steep skin tracks, exploring the Pacific Northwest and beyond. When not out adventuring, Yulia is working away at her corporate desk job for a software company to make her next adventure happen.
Stacey Mates
STORE MANAGER
Recently transplanted from Seattle, Stacey now calls Park City home. When she’s not skiing in the winter, you can find her snowshoeing or skate skiing around Park City. In the summer, she loves to backpack, mountain bike, rock climb and scramble the peaks of the Wasatch Range. She is a part-time, professional mountain guide who loves to get more people stoked about spending time in the mountains.
Stephanie Krzyzewski
STEWARSHIP COORDINATOR
Steph’s love of outdoor adventure sports revolves around sunsets, community, and après, in that order. She’s happiest when she’s teaching others or learning new skills herself, and you’re most likely to find her snowboarding, mountain biking, climbing, or shouting loudly about how the East Coast provides perfectly fine adventuring, too.
Lindsey Mitchell
FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST
A Northeast Ohio native, Lindsey fell in love with hiking three years ago and now can't remember life before the outdoors was a part of it. When she's not at her day job in sports marketing, you can find her on the trail, planning her next trip, or sharing her love for the outdoors and the Midwest, especially as a leader of Women of the Wild Midwest.
Liv Halfen
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Liv is a self-proclaimed adventure junky who tries to infuse some sort of magic into every single day. When not working as a digital producer, you can find her getting her fix by kitesurfing, mountain biking or skiing with her favorite sidekick, her rescue pup, Laverne.
Anna Noble
GRANT WRITER
Anna has been a SheJumps volunteer since 2015; she is a professional grant writer who lives in Spokane, WA and she is passionate about procuring funding for her clients and the nonprofit causes closest to her heart. Anna uses her grant writing experience to support the fundraising efforts of SheJumps and her local mountain bike nonprofit, Evergreen East. Anna loves to hike, backpack, ski, mountain bike, SUP, practice yoga, and ride her horse, Kappie, in the mountains of Montana.