Sheri’s reverence for wild places took root during college summers exploring the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park. At 21, she embarked on her first Himalayan trek in Nepal, sparking a lifelong passion for adventure travel. She soon began leading wilderness expeditions for young people in Washington, Hawaii, Australia and Fiji.

Over the next 25 years, Sheri built a career as a teacher and guide, leading trips across Montana, Yellowstone, Glacier, Colorado, Washington and Alaska. She graduated from Huxley College of the Environment and began her field career monitoring seabirds in Puget Sound before teaching forest and stream ecology at Olympic Park Institute.

Sheri then moved to Kauai, where she lived for nearly two decades, immersed in Hawaiian culture. She founded a local Surfrider Foundation chapter, served as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife ranger at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge and worked with NOAA monitoring Hawaiian green sea turtles in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands—a life highlight.

In 2015, Sheri guided trips in Churchill, Canada and Baja, Mexico, as a Nat Hab Expedition Leader. Today, she is a proud member of our Nat Hab Office Staff, working as an Adventure Specialist to help guests plan the journeys she once guided.

Home today on the shores of the Salish Sea in Washington, Sheri can be found swimming in Puget Sound, tending her garden and exploring the Olympic and Cascade backcountry. A naturalist at heart, she continues to connect people with nature, always striving to inspire wonder, stewardship and joy.