At Waypoint Adventure, our mission is to challenge youth and adults with disabilities to discover their purpose, talents and strengths through the transforming power of adventure.

Waypoint Adventure is a non-profit educational organization founded in 2010 that uses quality experiential and adventure-based programs to transform the lives of individuals with disabilities and their communities.

These programs are not just about having fun on a boat ride, climbing high on a rock or sliding down a zip line – They are about positive individual and group development. They’re about building social and character skills, forming teams and transforming people’s views of themselves and their abilities. Waypoint believes that all people, regardless of ability, will have opportunities for adventure, and through them realize their personal value, strengths and abilities. The challenge faced and support discovered in these experiences challenge people to become stronger individuals and community members.

MEET OUR TEAM

Our team is made up of professionals in the fields of disability, special education, adventure education, adventure trip leading, and wilderness medicine. Our programs are for people of all ages and abilities.

We love learning and believe that every person we encounter is treated with the utmost respect and given the authority to show us who they are as a full person. This is not an exhaustive list that represents all our experience. Ask us if you don’t see what describes you!

MASSACHUSETTS

DAN
MINNICH

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(CO-FOUNDER )

JEFF
CONERS

BUSINESS
OPERATIONS

JULIA
SPRUANCE

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

EILEEN
TURPIN

EDUCATION DIRECTOR

STEVEN
DASMAN

PROGRAM
MANAGER

JIM
BRADLEY

EQUIPMENT MANAGER & TRIP LEADER

CARLY STEINAUER

SENIOR PROGRAM COORDINATOR 

THERESA
SCOTT

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

ROB DUNN

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

RAEANN WHALEN

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

MICHELLE
HOFFMEISTER

PROGRAM REGISTRAR & TRIP LEADER

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LOURDES
BERNARDES

OUTREACH & REGISTRATION COORDINATOR

TIM BURTON

GRANT WRITER

SUSAN ROE

HUMAN RESOURCES & OPERATIONS CONSULTANT

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LOURDES
BERNARDES

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

NORTH CAROLINA

ADAM COMBS

DIRECTOR (CO-FOUNDER)

RYAN
CARLSON

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

We have advanced training in outdoor leadership, Special Education, and Occupational Therapy through the following institutions: University of New Hampshire, Gordon College, Boston College, Johnson State College, AmeriCorps, American Mountain Guide Association, SOLO Wilderness Medical School, Project Adventure, National Outdoor Leadership School, Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and the American Canoe Association. We build daily on our extensive experience and are dedicated to our craft of designing life-changing adventure programs for all.

Project Adventure logo

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kevin Clark (Chair)
Regional Vice President, Coupa Software

Ellen Cohn, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA (Vice Chair)
Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy,
Boston University

Lexi Carbunari (Treasurer)
Vice President, Fidelity Investments

Peter Quinn (Clerk)
Consultant

Chris Keyes
Head of PCH Boston
PCH Digital

Dr. Claudia Gutierrez
Former Principal, Boston Public Schools

Tom Rollins, CFA
Institutional Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments

Jean Whitney
Philanthropic Advising

Ex Oficio, Board Chairs

Jeff Alderson
Principal Technical Marketing
Specialist, MathWorks

Richard Helstein Former Vice President of Marketing, Kraft Foods

Jeff Alderson
Principal Technical Marketing
Specialist, MathWorks

Richard Helstein
Former Vice President of Marketing, Kraft Foods

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Juan Martin Botero
Software Engineer, Adventurer, Mentor

Cherise Bransfield
Mom & Advocate

Benjamin Marcus
Assistant Professor of Business Administration,  Stonehill College

Anna McKeown
Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Town of Concord, MA

Matthew Morizio
Private Client Advisor, Beck Bode

Sarah Perry
President, SP Non-Profit Consulting

Carl Robinson
First Citizens Bank
Wealth Advisor, Senior Vice President

Jessica Sanders, MD
Developmental Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Colorado

THANK YOU TO OUR TOP SUPPORTERS

We're so grateful for you!

FOUNDATIONS

CORPORATIONS

Charles River Canoe and Kayak logo
Central Rock Gym logo
Boston Ability Center logo
Wheelworks Bike Shop logo
Cotting School logo
Rodman for Kids logo
Parker logo
peter fuller rentals logo
Petrini logo
Walltopia climbing walls logo
middlesex savings bank logo

AFFILIATIONS