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Risk Management Consultants

These companies provide risk management consulting services for your organization.

No specific endorsement is given or implied by to any of the companies listed.

Catherine Hansen-Stamp, Esq.

Category: Legal ServicesRisk Management

Catherine is an attorney in private practice in Golden, Colorado. She consults with and advises recreation, adventure and sport program providers and product manufacturers/sellers and related organizations on law, liability and risk management issues. She speaks and writes frequently on these issues, both regionally and nationally. 

Reb Gregg, Esq.

Category: ConsultingLegal ServicesRisk Management

Reb is a practicing attorney in Houston, Texas, specializing in issues of outdoor recreation and education law. He has served as President of the Houston Bar Association. Reb serves on the Board of Directors of the Student Conservation Association (SCA), on the Wilderness Risk managers Committee, and on the Accreditation Council of the Association for Experiential Education. He consults with and serves as counsel to numerous outdoor adventure and education programs, including summer camps, secondary schools, challenge courses and outfitters.

Experiential Consulting, LLC

Category: ConsultingRisk Management

Since 2008, the Experiential Consulting team has provided risk management support to outdoor programs, conservation corps, schools, wilderness therapy programs, and other programs. We believe in the transformative power of outdoor programs and are here to help you accurately assess and optimize the benefits of risks, while managing the undesired risks. One of our most popular services is a formal, third-party audit of your risk management systems and operations. 

McCollum Law & Consulting, LLC

Category: ConsultingExperiential EducationExperiential Training & DevelopmentLegal ServicesRisk Management

Ann B. McCollum, M.Ed., J.D.

NOLS

Category: Adventure CourseAdventure TravelCampCollege/UniversityConsultingExperiential EducationExperiential Training & DevelopmentOutdoor Education CenterOutdoor Skills SchoolRisk ManagementWilderness Medical Trainer

NOLS is the world’s most comprehensive wilderness school. Students of any age learn communication, good judgment, and grit through developing outdoor skills, risk management, and wilderness medicine expertise in a hands-on environment. Students graduate from their courses prepared to step forward and lead their communities in a changing world.

Outdoor Safety Institute

Category: Risk Management

OSI helps outdoor programs minimize the risk of injuries and other harm during outdoor activities. Few programs have the perspective and expertise to consistently implement good risk management in all areas of their operations. OSI’s services, including risk management reviews, incidents reviews, custom consulting, and free Outdoor Safety Newsletter can assist your program in reducing risk. 

Viristar

Category: ConsultingEnvironmental – AdministrationEnvironmental Education Program/CenterEnvironmental OrganizationsEnvironmental PolicyExperiential EducationExperiential Training & DevelopmentGroup Facilitation & ProcessingLegal ServicesMarketingMunicipal Recreation/EducationOrganizational DevelopmentOutdoor Education CenterOutdoor Skills SchoolOutdoor-related PublicationRisk ManagementWilderness Medical Trainer

Viristar provides best-in-class strategic consulting and training services to outdoor, business and education professionals worldwide.  Viristar offers: 

  • training courses
  • specialized assessments and audits 
  • targeted reviews 
  • expert witness services 
  • program design & development 
  • custom consulting 

that help our clients meet their high standards for excellence.  Our service lines are risk management for outdoor programs.

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