Meet the board
Mike Szydlowski
Mike Szydlowski
Mike Szydlowski
Wild Trek Executive Director and retired science educator with 20 years of experience running place-based student trips. The trips include The Grand Teton Science Adventure, Smoky Mountain Adventure, and Science Camps. Mike has taken over 7000 students across the country...and brought them all back safe and happy!
Jen Szydlowski
Mike Szydlowski
Mike Szydlowski
Middle School Science Teacher for 24 years, 10 years experience at the Grand Teton Science Adventure, and running her own Advanced Teton Trip: Backcountry Adventures. Jen is the Science Camp director for all the science camps at Jefferson Middle School.
Abby Szydlowski
Mike Szydlowski
Abby Szydlowski
Former camper and lead intern. Abby has over 10 years of experience with working these trips through CPS and Wild Trek, including Grand Teton Science Adventure, Great Smoky Mountain Adventure, Grand Teton Winter Leadership Adventure. She is credited with starting and running the CPS Science Intern Program. Now graduated from Webster Unive
Former camper and lead intern. Abby has over 10 years of experience with working these trips through CPS and Wild Trek, including Grand Teton Science Adventure, Great Smoky Mountain Adventure, Grand Teton Winter Leadership Adventure. She is credited with starting and running the CPS Science Intern Program. Now graduated from Webster Univerity she runs our social media pages and website as well as acts as our in house videographer.
Cathy Sadowski
Mike Szydlowski
Abby Szydlowski
I'm an 8th grade science teacher at
JMS. I also coach cross country and sponsor Girls in STEM. I have been teaching for 9 years. I've done one trip to the Teton Science School and one trip on the CPS backcountry trip. I had the opportunity to go on the first official Wild Trek expeditions trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and enjoyed every
I'm an 8th grade science teacher at
JMS. I also coach cross country and sponsor Girls in STEM. I have been teaching for 9 years. I've done one trip to the Teton Science School and one trip on the CPS backcountry trip. I had the opportunity to go on the first official Wild Trek expeditions trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and enjoyed every minute of it! I love to read and be outdoors with my dogs either going for walks, exploring creeks or playing fetch. During the summer breaks I enjoy spending my time at national parks with my husband to explore the wildlife and trails!
Andrew Barnes
Andrew Barnes
Andrew Barnes
I’m a 6th grade science teacher at JMS. I also coach basketball and track. I’ve done two trips to the Teton Science School and three trips on the CPS high elevations adventures. I had the opportunity to go on the first official Wild Trek expeditions trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and it was incredible. I spend a lot of my free time ou
I’m a 6th grade science teacher at JMS. I also coach basketball and track. I’ve done two trips to the Teton Science School and three trips on the CPS high elevations adventures. I had the opportunity to go on the first official Wild Trek expeditions trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and it was incredible. I spend a lot of my free time outdoors. Whether it be hunting, fishing, or visiting national parks with my wife. The outdoors hold a special place in my life and I’m excited about the prospect of working with a group of people dedicated to helping as many students as possible experience some of these amazing places.
Joe Wittman
Andrew Barnes
Andrew Barnes
Joe Wittman has been the Broadcast TV Instructor at The Columbia Area Career Center for the past 13 years. He loves to hike anywhere mountains are involved especially in a national park. He also enjoys landscape photography in his free time.
Joe Wittman
Andrew Barnes
Joe Wittman
I am a librarian at Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary. I have been a school librarian for 13 years and an elementary classroom teacher for 5 years. I have participated in two trips to Teton Science School, 2 CPS Backcountry trips, as well as 6 trips to Tremont Institute in Smoky Mountain National Park. I have been fortunate to be w
I am a librarian at Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary. I have been a school librarian for 13 years and an elementary classroom teacher for 5 years. I have participated in two trips to Teton Science School, 2 CPS Backcountry trips, as well as 6 trips to Tremont Institute in Smoky Mountain National Park. I have been fortunate to be with Wild Trek on trips to Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountain National Park. In my free time I love to read, play pickleball, explore the great outdoors and travel to new places.