Alex Borton has been looking after GWR's Trekking Program since the first trek in early 1998, and has 12 years of experience as an outdoor educator. Prior to settling in Port Townsend, Alex was an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School, leading 30 day educational expeditions in the Rockies, North Cascades and Mexico. Personal travel has brought him around the world, and to summits over 20,000 feet in Nepal and Argentina. Besides his calling to the mountains, Alex is an avid sailor, and still teaches occasionally in the San Juan Islands and Baja, Mexico.

Joy Goodrich, Financial Case Manager, has lived in Port Ludlow for 23 years. She and her husband moved to Port Ludlow from Tacoma to be nearer to the San Juan Islands and the great sailing. She operated her own business in Port Townsend for 18 years and sold it in 1996. At Gray Wolf she works with the residents' families in managing the financial part of their stay. She is on the boards of the East Jefferson Rotary Club and the Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross. In Port Ludlow she enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, gardening and sailing.