Kelly Hebrank
Hometown: Durham, NC
On Staff Since: 2004
Positions: Trip Leader, Upper and Middle Ocoee and Nantahala, Operations Manager
When not working on the river: snakeboarding, climbing, biking, photography
Where did you learn to kayak: Learned from my mom, who is still my prime paddling partner
Favorite River: The Cascades of the Nantahala
Noteable Accomplishment: Graduating Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado College, with a BA in Anthropology and a minor in Ethnogeology. Title of Thesis: wrote three: two of which are titled Gender Disparities in Raft Guide Culture, Emotional Labor in a Male Dominated Industry; and Uranium Mining in Navajo Country.