

Leadership Conversations
Open to all Outward Bound staff, Leadership Conversations are virtual workshops to learn about, discuss, and apply important leadership skills, tools, and concepts.
Upcoming Sessions
All sessions will take place from 11am-12pm PT/2-3pm ET
CANCELLED: Understanding Access & Belonging
at Outward Bound
March 19, 2026
Learn the basics around OB's commitment to access and belonging and how we operationalize it through our work on course in the communities we serve. Facilitated by OBUSA's Director of Equity & Access, Elyse Rylander.
Meet Your Facilitators

National Talent Development Manager
Kristen Freaney
Kristen is an experienced talent and organizational development professional with expertise in program design and facilitation. She's built programming and facilitated training for a wide variety of organizations including Patagonia, National Park Service, Outdoor Industry Association, Oregon State University, and University of Colorado Boulder, and serves as a resident leadership development facilitator for Conscious Culture Co.
She's a certified administrator of the Gallup CliftonStrengths Assessment, a certified Prosci Change Management Trainer, and a qualified facilitator of the True Colors and EQ-i 2.0 assessments.
Kristen lives in Boulder, CO with her husband, John, and son, Finn. She is passionate about cheese, poetry, and pop culture.
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