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Outward Bound California - Southern California Program

Inward Bound Mindfulness Education- Wilderness Retreat

"Lawrence has a long commitment to Outward Bound as a field instructor and an Associate Program Director in our Joshua Tree Program. With very little infrastructure in a remote area, Lawrence was able to build a strong community and deliver quality programs. He helped grow our program and consistently received high marks from partners and students. Lawrence brings solid judgement and is skilled at assessing safety and risk management and is deeply invested in bringing values of equity and inclusion to his OB students and staff members. I trust Lawrence's abilities to manage challenging situations and managing with little resources. He excels as a trainer to new staff creating a culture of openness, compassion, creativity, patience, and warm heart and is sough for his training expertise. In addition, Lawrence has technical expertise in backpacking, rockclimbing and mountaineering." 

 Nettie Pardue

 Executive Director

Outward Bound California 

“Lawrence is one of the most dedicated and talented skill and leadership instructors that I have worked with. His technical skills and risk management strategies are excellent, surpassed only by his ability to teach those skills and strategies to others. Lawrence creates a welcoming space for students regardless of their experience and masterfully provides an organized progression of skills and experiences that enable students to develop proficiency. Student feedback from Lawrence’s courses highlight not only the skills learned and proficiencies developed, but also how they felt included and valued.”

Sue Lowley

Director of Adventure Programs

Stanford Univeristy

"Lawrence is a true outdoor professional and one of the most competent wilderness educators I have ever worked with. Lawrence has many strengths as an instructor, including: a passion for working with youth in the outdoors, an amazing ability to connect and build rapport with students from all backgrounds, a keen eye for risk management and student safety, and effective communication. In addition, I relied heavily on Lawrence to bring new ideas to the program and to help train new staff while in the field." 

Jesse Beightol 

 Outdoor Education Instructional Specialist  

The Eagle Rock School 

"Lawrence cares passionately about the work that we do here with Outward Bound and worked tirelessly to establish our basecamp in Joshua Tree without any support systems in place to do so in that location. He is a great mentor to our field staff and is able to effectively communicate with his superiors and peers while in that role. Each spring Lawrence mentors our new instructors during their first and formative training in the ways of Outward Bound as well as technical backpacking skills like navigation and off trail travel. He also works on more advanced curriculum with our second year return instructors on their training to further hone their instructional skills and backcountry prowess."

Jessica Haist 

Staffing & Hiring Manager

Outward Bound California 

"Lawrence is a valued staff member at Outward Bound. His true gift is connecting with students from all walks of life—however he is particularly adept at reaching “at-risk” populations. Lawrence can share appropriately from his own life experiences in a way that allows students to first trust him and then put out the extra effort needed to reach the next level. Lawrence treats each student as an individual and makes them feel that what they do matters.”

Chandra Hardwicke 

Program Director 

Colorado Outward Bound School 

"Lawrence is an extraordinary educator with a high degree of competence in a wide range of skills. Not only is he easy to work with, but his focused work ethic and great sense of humor make him an asset to any team or organization!"

Jen Ziel Klewitz 

 Independent Non-Profit Professional, Photographer, Writer, Wilderness Expedition Guide, Educator