Gabe is a champion for specialty retailers, having served in leadership with Grassroots formerly as Vice President and Business Analyst and now as President. Gabe is also a talented golfer, outdoor recreationalist, reluctant dog lover, and girl dad.

Tara has called Wyoming home since 2000, and spends much of her time biking, hiking, Nordic skiing, kayaking, and traveling. She has two decades of hands-on experience working in nonprofit leadership, higher education, and community development. Tara holds graduate degrees in Counseling and Adult Education along with certifications in strategic planning, facilitation, mediation, and coaching. Through her role as an educator, facilitator, and coach, Tara is committed to helping groups work together, learn together, and achieve great results together.

Pete Mohr helps business owners move from Operators to Owners using his proven Business Value Blueprint. With over 30 years of hands-on business ownership experience, Pete brings real-world insight to every coaching conversation. He's also a Certified Exit Planner, Kolbe Certified Coach, and host of the Business Owner Breakthrough and The Footwear Retailer podcasts. Pete’s passion is helping entrepreneurs cut through the chaos, lead with confidence, and turn their frustrations into freedoms.

Rick Crawford is a sustainability consultant, fly-fishing enthusiast, and founder of Emerger Strategies, where he helps outdoor and fishing brands grow through simple, credible, and profitable sustainability solutions. He also hosts The Sustainable Angler podcast and founded the Fly Fishing Climate Alliance.

After earning an MBA in Sustainable Business from Marylhurst University, Rick worked in renewable energy and green building before combining his passions for fly fishing and sustainability to launch Emerger Strategies in 2016. Since then, he has guided companies across the country in reducing costs, increasing customer loyalty, and meeting sustainability-related regulatory requirements.

Rick has been recognized by Garden & Gun Magazine as "one of the fifteen people, places, and ideas forging the South of tomorrow,” featured in Patagonia’s film DROP, and named one of Charleston’s 50 Most Influential People. Rick also proudly serves on the board of local nonprofit, The Sustainability Institute, and when not working, he’s on the water with his wife and kids somewhere in the Lowcountry.

To learn more, please visit: www.EmergerStrategies.com

Alex Lauver is a seasoned, passionate leader in sustainability and outdoor apparel development with over 20 years experience. He launched Douglas Strategies LLC to help organizations of all sizes build sustainable strategies to reduce impact, create innovative product, and manage regulation and compliance.

Most recently, he served as Senior Director of Materials, Innovation & Sustainability at Outdoor Research. Spearheading a holistic and unified sustainability strategy across the brand, Alex helped guide the company’s first annual impact report and develop science-aligned climate goals. Recent accomplishments include the launch of a third-party certified carbon-neutral rainwear program and successfully eliminating all intentionally added PFAS across the entire product range as of Spring 2025. He led the brand’s onboarding into the bluesign® system and also was an integral leader of the brand’s pivot to producing PPE during the COVID19 global pandemic.

In addition to consulting, Alex also co-chairs the Outdoor Industry Association’s Clean Chemicals and Materials Coalition and serves on the board of industry advisors for the

University of Oregon’s SPM program. Alex lives in West Seattle, Washington, with his family. When not innovating in the outdoor space, he enjoys fly-fishing, road cycling, and travelling, visiting 46 U.S. states and 22 countries so far.

Megan Frank grew up in the outdoor retail industry—daughter of Todd Frank, owner of The Trail Head in Missoula, Montana. Megan has worked in outdoor retail in some capacity almost her entire life. When the big dreams of staying in Canada post-college graduation were squashed by COVID, she returned home in the spring of 2020 to work for her dad. With lots of time on her hands, she cooked up an idea to sell used gear out of the basement of The Trail Head. In November of 2020, with a little help from Todd, Megan opened up the Trail Head Gear Exchange and has been working to grow that aspect of their business ever since.

Aiden Chisholm grew up playing in the outdoors of Missoula, Montana. While attending Boise State, he worked at a local outdoor consignment shop. After graduation, he spent a short stint living in Durango, trying to make it as a ski bum. Todd Frank then asked him to come back to Missoula and manage the Trailhead Gear Exchange. Aiden came back to his hometown in 2022 and has been managing the Gear Exchange since. Aiden brings five years of outdoor consignment experience and knowledge.

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