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Meet the StaffPartners Account Managers |
|  Nancy Harrison – Founding Partner Adventure Media is the brainchild of founder Nancy Harrison. Nancy only started adventuring at the age of 40 when she learned to ski, whitewater raft and horseback ride while living in Winter Park, Colorado. Moving to Wyoming gave her the opportunity to enjoy fly fishing, hiking and camping, sea kayaking, and many other nature-based activities. Adventure Media was formed in 1999. The Adventure Media Team includes several account managers and writers who support our clients with their special brand of enthusiasm. Nancy has two grown children and four grandsons, all of whom enjoy the outdoors - fishing, hiking, camping, water sports and snow sports. Nancy is a true Citizen of the West who has lived her entire life in the Rocky Mountain States. She has become an expert in her field of media relations and spends a good deal of her time each year teaching and lecturing on PR to groups such as The International Ecotourism Society, America Outdoors, the Adventure Travel World Summit and many state and regional conferences and international gatherings. Travel is Nancy's passion, as you can see by these photos. She spends part of each year on spectacular trips with clients. Nancy visits as many clients as possible to learn about their destinations and trips. Her motto is, “If you’re not living on the edge; you’re taking up too much space!” |
|  | Jim Steiner – Partner Jim Steiner of Niwot, CO is a partner of Adventure Media. Jim founded and owned a successful manufacturing company in Southern California for 11 years. After selling the California business, Jim moved back to his childhood home in Colorado where he began his search for new business opportunities. Adventure Media appealed to Jim for a number of reasons. Most important were the similar values shared with Founder, Nancy Harrison which includes delivering good promotional value at a reasonable cost and the unique and varied clientele. Jim joined the team in April 2009. In his spare time, Jim enjoys skiing with his family, fly fishing and, of course, adventure travel. |
|  | Laura Ecklund – Editor, Account Manager Laura Ecklund lives in San Diego, California with her husband Eric and three children - Lars, Annika and Hans. She has lived in all four time zones within the United States- growing up in Minnesota to college in Colorado to a brief one year stint in New York City to finally finding home in beautiful California. She loves San Diego so this is where she will stay! In addition to working for Adventure Media, Laura is a freelance writer and stay-at-home Mom that is very actively involved in the families activities. Before having children she worked in the travel industry for many years and has traveled extensively throughout the world. Her passion is travel and writing - which makes working at Adventure Media a perfect fit! She enjoys working as both the Editor and an Account Manager at Adventure Media. |
|  | Stephanie Parnell – Senior Account Manager Stephanie Parnell is a freelance writer and public relations specialist based in Houston, Texas. After spending years working in various management positions and obtaining a bachelor's degree in Business Management, she took a trip to Europe that renewed her passion for writing, and subsequently crossed over to writing and Public Relations for the travel industry. She is a regular contributor to several publications, and has had extensive freelance marketing, public relations, business, and travel writing experience. Brought up in a family where travel was a life requirement, Stephanie began traveling before she could walk. She has visited destinations throughout the US, and has traveled to Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti, Canada, Spain, Greece, Italy, Germany, and South Africa. The highlight of her travel experience was a four month volunteer vacation in Italy that included living in Rome and exploring travel destinations in a responsible, economic, and personally fulfilling way. Stephanie has an incurable case of wanderlust, and when she is not reading about travel, writing about it, or working with people in the travel industry, she is planning her next personal journey. Visit Stephanie's website at www.morelandwrites.com |
|  | Matt Minich – Account Manager Matt Minich has a serious adventure habit. Bit by the bug almost a decade ago while building trail in Colorado’s Uncompahgre Wilderness, Matt now spends as much of his free time as possible out of doors. A Colorado State University graduate with a B.A. in Journalism, he has worked as a writer for publications in Colorado and California. He has lived and worked all across the state of Colorado, spending time in Colorado Springs, Ouray, Vail, and his new home Fort Collins. As a backpacker and rock climber, he spends most weekends finding new corners of the Centennial State to explore. As an account manager with Adventure Media, he explores a universe of print and online publications in search of opportunities for clients. |
| .jpg) | Steve Szczecina – Account Manager, Social Media Specialist The outdoors, travel and adventure are simply a way of life for Steve. He spent his formative years skiing, canoeing, backpacking, playing in the woods and going to summer camp. Steve pursued his passions at Colorado State University where he not only graduated with a degree in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism, but also met his wife and developed a full-on adventure addiction. Steve spent his post-graduation winter as a ski bum, working and skiing at Montana’s exclusive Yellowstone Club while he and his wife Laura pondered his future as a college-educated adventure junkie. Fate led Steve back to Fort Collins and to his job at Adventure Media, where he gets to read, write, and talk about outdoor adventure travel all day. When he’s not in the office, Steve can generally be found hiking, biking, camping, backpacking, rafting, rock climbing, and skiing all over Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. Although Steve loves the Rockies, his passion for adventure and travel have also taken him to Mexico, France, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Catalina Island and all across the USA.Steve's current clients include O.A.R.S., Great Safaris, Atkinson Expeditions, Summer Feet Cycling, YMCA of the Rockies, Cedar City Brian Head Tourism Bureau, ECHO River Trips and The Northwest Passage/Polar Explorers. |
|  | Heather Tisherman – Account Manager Heather Tisherman seeks fun and excitement all around the great outdoors! Coming from San Luis Obispo, California, Heather received a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and Business from Colorado State University. Always keeping a supply of chocolate on hand, she enjoys spending time hiking and biking local trails. Her love of traveling has allowed her to live in Italy and visit Spain, France, Germany, England, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Greece. Some of the highlights on her journeys are paddle-boating the canals in Amsterdam, exploring the blue grotto in Capri, and skydiving over the Swiss Alps. Whether it is local or international, Heather is always ready for a new adventure! |
|  | Amy Shadell – Account Manager, Destination Specialist From a very early age Amy Shadell knew two things: first, she would dive with great white sharks and second, she needed to travel the world. Travel genes flow through her DNA. As a child she watched her mother regularly return from world adventures and lovingly looked at photos of her grandparents cruising around Egypt on camels. She covered much of the United States before entering college and was then ready to take on the world. Four years later she walked away from the University of California Santa Cruz with a B.A. in History of Art and Visual Culture and education in world traveling. Her travel genes finally propelled her to Kleinsbaai, South Africa and the realization of her first dream in 2008. Currently residing in Fort Collins, CO with her husband and pup, Amy looks forward to following where the wind will take her next. |
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