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Jeff Bergin, MS	Tim Dolan, JD cand.	Mike Donnelley. PhD cand.
David Franks, BFA	Matt Hudson, MBA, MA	David Lengyel, MS
Bill Molloy, MEd	Stuart Parks, MS	Darrell Rush, BS, CRT
Jim Scott, BS	Sean Sullivan, BS	Teresa Shaw Lengyel , MA
Eric Siefer, BS	David Van Sickle, PhD cand.

DAVID LENGYEL, M.S.
University of Arizona

Co-founder of Venture Up Inc., David has been working on the inside of more than a hundred major corporations since 1984 designing customized programs for management teams. His clients include American Express, DuPont, Ernst & Young, Ericsson Communications, Michelin, Philips and Union Bank of Switzerland. Also a plant biochemist, he has extensive international business experience in addition to his expertise as a world class mountaineer. In November 1991 he met with industry leaders in Moscow at the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences to consult on an international crop testing program, similar to one he pioneered in Mexico. At the White House in Moscow he joined the Prime Minister's Innovation Council to discuss a self-contained eco-tourism site near the Altai Mountains, and the development of an outdoor experiential learning center. His mountaineering experience spans over three continents. He was first to descend Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, on nordic skis in winter, and is credited with many other first nordic ski descents and winter mountaineering ascents in the Alps of Europe, including the Triolet and the north face of Les Droites in Chamonix. He also participated in government-sponsored trips to Romania, and to Chile and Argentina where he climbed Aconcagua and trekked in Patagonia. Other notable ice and rock ascents include Howser Towers in the Bugaboos, Athabasca, Andrometer and Polar Circus in the Canadian Rockies, Ames Ice Hose in Colorado, and the Black Ice Couloir in Wyoming.

DARRELL B. RUSH, B.S., C.R.T.
University of Utah

Darrell began working for Venture up in 1993 providing leadership and teambuilding training for corporate and community groups. He has worked on the inside of leading corporations, such AT&T, Bank of America, GTE, Delta Airlines, Hyatt Regency, Johnson Controls, Paramount Pictures, Sun Health and Titan. Also a Certified Recreational Therapist, he has worked in partnership with psychiatric professionals in Utah and Texas for six years. At the administrative level, he has worked in quality assurance, sales and marketing, and developed extensive multi-day and follow-up programs. He originated the Success Quest program in Phoenix and has certified dozens of professionals in ropes courses and experiential learning programs. Darrell has extensive experience providing training in conflict management, and managing transitions. His certifications include MANDT (Management of Aggressive and Non-Aggressive People), and Project Adventure Advanced Skills and Standards.

WILLIAM MOLLOY, M.Ed.
University of Maryland

Bill joined Venture Up in 1990 after serving as Senior Vice President, Western Division Manager, for the Forum Corporation, an internationally known management consulting firm. Bill specializes in innovation and team training. His work focuses on assessing company strategies, developing programs for improved performance, and tracking the client's progress through follow-up programs. His consulting experience covers start-up operations in sales and human resources, and he has extensive consulting and management experience at the executive level with Fortune 500 companies. Tangible results, P&L management, sales and administration, decision-making, problem solving and teambuilding skills are hallmarks of his work. At Development Dimensions International, Bill served as national marketing manager for behavior modeling based programs, and last pioneered a customer-focused regional office as vice president of operations. He has worked with Nike, American Express, Standard & Poors, Northrop, 20th Century Fox, IRS, Xerox, Levi Strauss, Amoco, Sheraton Hotels, Charles Schwab, the governments of San Diego, Riverside, and Orange Counties, and Los Angeles Unified School District.

TERESA SHAW LENGYEL, M.A.
University of Arizona

Co-founder of Venture Up, Teresa handles marketing and development projects for Venture Up. At the international level, she is known for her work involving inter-cultural communication. She was one of three American writers invited by the Government of China to newly-opened regions in Inner Mongolia in 1990, the first group admitted since the infamous student uprising in Bejing. The Government of Nepal invited her to speak with Sir Edmund Hillary and others at the first Adventure Travel Conference in Kathmandu. Her speech, titled, "Cultivating the Adventure Traveler", was published in India and Nepal and covered by the Associated Press and published worldwide. She was also one of six American representatives invited by the Government of India to attend the International Himalayan Mountaineering & Tourism Meet in Mussoorie, India. She speaks French and Spanish and has studied in Mexico and Europe. She has taught writing and communication at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona and Motorola. Also an accomplished mountaineer and skier, she has technical experience in North America, Asia and Europe, where she and David pioneered winter mountaineering in the Alps near Chamonix.

JEFF BERGIN, B.A.
University of Wisconsin

Jeff has an extensive background in psychology and experiential learning. His experience in performance improvement includes ropes courses involving hospital, corporate and community clients. At Rogers Memorial Hospital in Milwaukee, he was involved in facilitating staff development, team mission, and vision building in corporate organizations. He also worked in program development, marketing and facilitator training and provided programs in affiliation with the Professional Development Center in Indiana.

TIM DOLAN, J.D. candidate
University of Arizona School of Law

Tim has extensive experience facilitating experiential learning programs. During the summer, he also works as a member of the Hot Shots, the elite team of fire fighters. He speaks Spanish and has traveled in the Middle East, South America, Mexico and Europe. Tim's mountaineering experience abroad includes climbs in Ecuador and Pakistan. His first ascents include ice and rock ascents on the record in Chile, Karakoram, and in Sedona. He has climbed throughout the West, including a winter ascent of the Flying Buttress in Wyoming.

MICHAEL DONNELLEY, Ph.D. candidate
Northern Arizona University

Mike Donnelley has an extensive background in educational psychology and has worked with Venture Up since 1985 designing and delivering multi-day adventure programs for select populations. Also a lead guide on our annual Volcanoes of Mexico mountaineering expedition, Mike has also directed Venture Up's rock climbing and caving programs and developed numerous multi-day outdoor leadership programs for private schools in Arizona. Representing Venture Up, he has also worked as a technical advisor in Walt Disney films. He has a long history of first rock climbing ascents in Arizona and has notable climbs to his credit throughout the West.

DAVID FRANKS, B.F.A.
University of Arizona

David has been with Venture Up since 1990 providing experiential learning programs and facilitating ropes courses and rock climbing for corporate groups across the U.S. and Mexico. Also a hand-on artist, he provides creative direction for Venture Up and is responsible for designing and building many of our original props and games, especially on travel programs. He has represented Venture Up in Arizona, California, Oregon, Illinois, Texas, Missouri, Georgia, South Carolina, New York, Florida, Puerto Rico and Mexico. David is also well known as one of the pioneers opening up the Queen Creek rock climbing area. He is credited with many first ascents ranging up to 5.13.

MATT HUDSON, M.B.A, M.A.
Arizona State University, Prescott College

Matt Hudson began his work with Venture Up in 1993 facilitating corporate training programs involving Ropes Courses, Strategic Games and Rock Climbing. He has represented Venture Up on programs throughout Arizona, Palm Springs, Atlanta, Chicago and Houston. As a member of the adjunct faculty at Prescott College, he taught Wilderness Leadership and Foundations of Adventure Education field courses. He also served as assistant director of the Outdoor Recreation Coalition of America, the national trade organization based in Boulder, Colorado. He has extensive rock and mountaineering experience in the Rockies, Sierras, Alps, Andes and Himalayas. Among his notable climbs: the Nose on El Capitan; Snake Dike on Half Dome; Naya Kanga in Nepal; and Mont Blanc du Tacul in Chamonix, France. He also taught English in Japan and worked for the Moscow Circus in Russia.

STUART PARKS, M.S.
New Mexico State University

An electrical engineer, Stuart worked for six years as a project leader in the corporate work force. His work involved a wide range of responsibilities -- from the initial design to constructing the final product to customer service training. At Honeywell, he worked in research and development as a design engineer on LCD display systems. At III-IV Systems, he was the senior design engineer in the same area. In Alaska, he worked for Total Engineering Systems Technology (TEST) where he was the senior staff engineer and designed an emergency shutdown computer control system, in addition to scheduling and supervising installation and the construction crew. At Venture Up he works as a program leader on and as a consultant for the physical design of custom ropes course programs and new construction. In the outdoors, he has extensive mountaineering experience in Alaska, Washington, Mexico, Nepal and France. He also teaches rock climbing programs for professional development with Venture Up.

JIM SCOTT, B.S.
Montana State University

Jim Scott is one of the foremost climbers in the U.S. He is credited with hundreds of first ascents ranging up to 5.14 in Montana, Colorado, Oregon and Arizona where he is Venture Up's lead guide for southern Arizona operations. His notable rock ascents include Storm Rider, an 11d route in Galatin Canyon, Montana; and The Parkway, a 3-pitch 12a route in the Cochise Stronghold. His mountaineering ascents include a free solo of the Owen Spaulding route and the Complete Exum in the Grand Tetons. Ice ascents include free solos of the Ames Ice Hose in Colorado, and Stairway to Heaven in Provo Canyon, Utah. Jim is also a professional photographer and videographer.

ERIC SIEFER, B.S.
Northern Arizona State University

Eric is a magna cum laude graduate in marketing management and has climbed extensively throughout the West, Mexico, Canada and South America. He has numerous first ascents on the record in Arizona, including Lost in Space in Sycamore Canyon (5'11+). He has also climbed the Nose on El Capitan. Eric took his first adventure with Venture Up at age 14, in 1984. Also an expert kayaker, he works as a whitewater videographer. He has worked with Venture Up since 1994 involving Ropes Courses, Strategic Games and Rock Climbing. He has represented Venture Up as a technical advisor for rock climbing and kayaking for various photography shoots for national magazines.

SEAN SULLIVAN, B.S.
University of Oregon

Sean is a highly experienced ice and rock climber and trekking guide with notable feats on the record in Nepal, N. Karakoram, China, and Wyoming where he also works for Exum Mountain Guides and Professional Mountain Guides during the summer. He is credited with a winter ascent of the Southwest Ridge of Ama Dablam in Nepal, and was a member of the first ascent team on an unclimbed peak in the Agil Pass region in Zingjian, China. He has also climbed the Black Ice Couloir and the North Face of the Grand Teton in Wyoming.

J. DAVID VAN SICKLE, Ph.D. candidate
University of Arizona

David recently received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and World Health Organization for an extensive research program in India. He began his work at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he studied cultural anthropology and environmental studies. He has done field studies in remote jungles of Mexico and was involved with the Glacier/Bob Marshal Ecosystem Project, a Wildlands Study program through San Francisco State University. He also worked in the Tropical Cloud Forest Ecology program in Costa Rica, a Northeastern University program. David speaks fluent Spanish, is a proficient rock climber and expert telemark skier.

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