Out There, Together: Building Belonging Through Shared Leadership
Jeannette Stawski
Leadership in the outdoors reveals a powerful truth: no one succeeds alone. Inspired by The Outdoor Leader, this session focuses on how leaders – in the OFFSEAS Community – can intentionally build inclusive, cooperative communities that value shared leadership over individual achievement. Participants will reflect on how shifting from competition to collaboration fosters belonging, develops emerging leaders, and creates sustainable cultures where everyone has a place in the journey.
About Jeannette
Jeannette Stawski is the author of, “The Outdoor Leader” and owner of leadership development company Leading Valiantly. She currently serves as the Senior Assistant Director of Adventure Leadership and Sustainability at the University of Michigan. Jeannette served for 14 years executive director for the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE). She is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and a Certified Executive Coach. She was the director of Outdoor Adventures at the University of Michigan for eleven years and has worked as a professional outdoor guide, a wilderness medicine instructor, and NOLS instructor. She is currently the chair of the Coalition for Outdoor Access (COA) and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and their two children.
