Cal-Wood Staff Profiles

Myles Maland, Program Director

Myles grew up Wilmington, on the coast of southeastern North Carolina. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon graduating, Myles worked in fundraising and alternative education before moving to Northern California to pursue a career as an outdoor educator. He has worked as both a naturalist and the program director for the San Joaquin Outdoor School, in La Honda, California and Thorne Ecological Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Myles began as the Program Director for Cal-Wood in July of 2006.

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Angela Borland, School Program Coordinator & Field Instructor

Angela is a Colorado native who was lucky enough to be raised in Steamboat Springs. Spending her childhood walking the forests and streams in the mountains and traveling with her family gave her an appreciation for the diversity in nature and culture. She has her B.A. in Biology and an M.S.Ed in Education and has worked as an outdoor educator for over 12 years. She enjoys hiking, canoeing, snowshoeing, skiing, and traveling and has been to 9 countries, 45 states, and over 45 national parks and monuments.

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Angie Busby, Natural Resources Manager & Field Instructor

Angie Busby grew up in Zumbrota, Minnesota. She graduated with an outdoor education/natural history degree from Northland College in Wisconsin in 2005. After graduation, she joined Americorps for a year working on the Hurricane Katrina relief effort followed by a year at the W. Alton Jones Environmental Education Center in Rhode Island. She came to Cal Wood in August, 2007 after a summer stint on the Appalachian Trail camping out with a group of teenagers. When she’s not working, Angie enjoys hockey, running, skiing, fishing, hunting and pretty much anything outdoors.

Ben Wurzel, Field Instructor

Ben grew up in Nashville, TN where he developed his love of the outdoors as a Boy Scout. When he turned 18, he had to go west, spending the next 9 years of his life exploring the mountains of Colorado and Northern Arizona. He managed to combine his love of the outdoors with his college studies at Prescott College. There he was encouraged to pursue his passions in areas such as: outdoor experiential education, environmental education, and natural history. He’s taught at the Colorado Mountain Ranch and YMCA of the Rockies. Most recently, he was teaching marine science at the New Found Harbor Marine Institute in the Florida Keys. As much as he likes salt water, he is beyond excited to back in the mountains. For Ben, any day spent outside is a great day.

Jen Kullgren, Field Instructor

Jen grew up in Southwestern Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan in 2007 with a B.S. in Environmental Science. She spent her summers during college working at summer camps in Washington and Colorado, and for the National Park Service in Northern Michigan. Jen spent the past year in the great state of Idaho, working for the McCall Outdoor Science School as a field instructor and AmeriCorps member. She loves being outside and enjoys mountain biking, backpacking, alpine skiing, kayaking, climbing, and listening to music. She is also a member of the National Ski Patrol and enjoys working on the slopes during ski season.

Sarah Snow , Field Instructor

Sarah was born and raised in Boulder, CO where she grew up enjoying the mountains in every season. She received a BA in Biological Anthropology from Boston University. Post graduation, Sarah returned to her beloved Rockies where she served as a backpacking counselor for teens, and completed a semester-long training with NOLS. Sarah joined the Cal-Wood team in 2007 as an intern and returned as a Field Instructor the following year. She is perpetually grateful for this beautiful outdoor office (and its seemingly endless supply of ice cream!).