Meet our speakers and organizers
Watch this space as we announce our exciting line-up for 2025!

Organizers
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Nancy Ward KCESAR
Symposium Organizer-Co Founder
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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.
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Natalie Patterson KCESAR
Symposium Organizer
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Kelsey Rudd KCESAR
Symposium Organizer