Cecilia Aragon is an author, air-show pilot, and the first Latina full professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. Susan Purvis, owner of Crested Butte Outdoors International, has taught wilderness medicine to everyone from the Secret Service to Sherpa guides in Nepal. Purvis and her search-and-rescue dog, Tasha, whom she trained to save lives on the most avalanche-prone slopes in Colorado, launched dozens of rescue missions and received Congressional Recognition for their role in avalanche search and rescue.

Susan Purvis has been selected to receive the Toastmasters District 78 Communication and Leadership award. for 2022.  This will be presented in person and filmed for video presentation during the […]

"What's your Everest?" Susan Purvis asks her audience at Evergreen, Montana Rotary members.