Meet our speakers and organizers

Watch this space as we announce our exciting line-up for 2025!

Organizers

  • Nancy Ward KCESAR

    Symposium Organizer-Co Founder

  • Heiko Stopsack KC ASU & Hood River Crag Rats

    Symposium Organizer - Co Founder

    Heiko Stopsack is a Senior Paramedic / Rescue Specialist with King County Medic One - King County Sheriff's Air Support Unit.   At home in the Columbia Gorge, he volunteers as a member of the Hood River Crag Rats Mountain Rescue team.  Currently serving as the Mountain Rescue Association's delegate to the ICAR avalanche commission and a board member of the Alpine Medical Research Institute, a non-profit that provides mountain medicine education for rescuers. Professional member of the American Avalanche Association.  

  • Natalie Patterson KCESAR

    Symposium Organizer

  • Kelsey Rudd KCESAR

    Symposium Organizer