Daniel Brisbon is a teaching assistant and student mentor in the Nature Connected Coaching NCC and Transformational Wilderness Guiding TWG programs at Earth Based Institute. He is a certified Nature Connected Coach and Transformational Wilderness Guide who focuses on aligning people to a place of greater self-awareness and discovery in the great outdoors. He works with passionate and driven individuals that are seeking a greater bond and connection within themselves through their experience in nature.

Hannah Tirrell-Wysocki is a teaching assistant and mentor to students in the Nature Connected Coaching program at Earth-Based Institute. She is a certified Nature-Connected Coach who uses mindfulness and land based practices to help clients unlock their inherent wisdom and knowing. Hannah was trained in the Groups as Living Systems facilitation model and applies this interconnected framework to her coaching, wilderness guiding and group work. Her background with Outward Bound allows her to hold a structure solid enough to support the necessary fluidity, unpredictability and wildness of unfolding growth and transformation.

Sheri Peterson is a graduate of EBI’s Nature-Connected Coaching program and continues as a student mentor. Sheri coaches clients through her company, Your PATH Coach, LLC, where PATH stands for Personal Accountability To Harmony. Her passion is to walk alongside seekers, co-creating with them and nature, a life in harmony. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Ball State University and currently resides in beautiful Colorado. She is also a Walking Movement Leader with Walk2Connect and a Row Coach at the Row House-Smoky Hill, where she encourages movement, self-awareness, and personal growth.

Maria is a graduate of EBI’s Nature-Connected Coaching program and a current EBI student mentor. Through her coaching practice, Wild Wisdom Coaching, Maria guides clients to seek Nature’s guidance as they tap into their unique wild wisdom to discern their next steps forward. Prior to pursuing her NCC certificate, Maria led a 10-year career in the international non-profit sector, first as founder of Into Your Hands-Africa, later as the Executive Director of AfricAid and Africa Network for Animal Welfare-USA. She has a Master’s in Non-Profit Management from Regis University. She is also a certified Spiritual Director and graduate of the Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program.

David is a graduate of EBI’s Nature Connected Coaching program and a Certified Transformational Wilderness Guide. He is a Student Mentor for our NCC program and an instructor for our TWG and Quest programs. David also coaches and guides clients, regularly, while letting his vision of how he’ll bring the work to the world continue to unfold.  David is passionate about bringing people closer to nature, whether through educating, mentoring, coaching, or guiding. Originally from Vermont, he currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky. He is building a nature-connected community there, leading a meet-up group called Connect To Nature, Connect To Yourself, and hosting events on a pro bono basis. He is an avid woodworker, kayaker, hiker, explorer, and camp chef.