Eric Herbst
Executive Director
Eric came to Colorado in 2007 for an AmeriCorps Service Year, where he spent his time working with at-risk youth, removing invasive species, working as a sawyer to reduce the number of beetle infested lodge-pole pines throughout Colorado, and installing efficient materials as a part of a Low-Energy Assistant Program.
He went on to work for the Continental Divide Trail Coalition as a Program Manager and member of a Mapping Crew, hiking and surveying the Continental Divide Trail to inventory the trail for the Forest Service and create map books as a resource for hikers.
Following this, Eric joined People For Bikes as their Events Manager for the western half of the US, where he helped get a million names in support of a stronger national voice for biking.
Eric has also been afforded the life of an outdoor guide when he is able to fit it in between jobs, working as a Backcountry Snowmobile Guide and as a Snowboarding Mentor/Instructor for SOS Outreach.
In 2008 he spent six months in Guatemala volunteering at an orphanage teaching English, and he spent three months in 2011 paddling the entire Missouri River from start to finish with his wife Grace.