A3 Team
Jayne Thompson Nolan
Executive Director
Jayne Thompson Nolan grew up in Pinedale, Wyoming near the base of the Wind River Mountains with both parents actively involved in the ski industry. From a young age, Jayne pursued her passion for skiing and environmental science, presenting a research paper at the 2006 ISSW in Telluride. After graduating from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Agricultural Science and minors in Environmental Inquiry and Leadership Development, Jayne moved back to the West to spend a season skiing at Alta. She then migrated to Denver, where she worked for the Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust, eventually becoming the Director of External Relations, until 2021. Today, Jayne and her ski photographer husband Max spend as much time as possible on ski slopes and singletrack.
Jen Reddy
Education Manager - PRO
Jen Reddy is an illustrator, avalanche educator, and member of Teton County Search and Rescue. In the late 1990s, Jen traded her 210’s and downhill suit for a pair of fat skis and a down jacket and never looked back. Her (mis)adventures on snow, rock, and dirt have shaped her teaching and art, which is filled with wit, humor, and grit. Jen is a board member of the Bridger Teton Avalanche Center Foundation, and is a founding member of the Teton Interagency Peer Support, which is a mental health initiative for first responders.
Laura Gaylord
Education Manager - Rec
Laura will tell you that much of who she is today has been shaped by meaningful moments in the mountains. She grew up among the lakes, streams, and trails in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York, and later cut her teeth in the Front Range and Elk Mountains of Colorado. She’s since made a home for herself on the west side of the Tetons.
Laura is a natural-born educator and community builder, driven by helping others find confidence and purpose in the mountains. This passion is reflected by her previous work at Coombs Outdoors, a Jackson, Wyoming based nonprofit that provides year-round, accessible outdoor programs to empower local youth. It also currently embodies her vocation at A3, as well as when she is guiding for Exum Mountain Guides or teaching with the American Avalanche Institute. Laura loves any day on skis (with a disposition towards the type 1 variety), and she has had more "best days ever" playing outside than she can count.
Meghan McElrone
Membership Services Coordinator
Meghan grew up in a large family in Pennsylvania, where she first got her ski legs chasing her siblings down the icy slopes of the Northeast. After graduating from Penn State, she worked at a nonprofit children's organization for a few years before feeling a tug to move out West. She spent the next 15+ years working at various national parks and ski resorts until planting roots in Martin City, just outside of Glacier National Park. These days, you'll find her spending most of her time outside searching for new peaks to summit and setting skin tracks for her husband in her magical Montana backyard.
Jess Cohen
Social media coordinator
Originally from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Jess Cohen grew up on skis and developed a passion for the sport early on. After transitioning from a background in mogul skiing to big mountain freeride while on the CU Freeski Team, she quickly made a name for herself, now ranked among the top 20 freeride skiers in the Americas. A recent graduate from CU Boulder with a degree in Integrative Physiology, Jess is dedicating this year to pushing her limits in the sport before returning to school to pursue a career in physical therapy. In addition to competing, Jess is passionate about social media and content creation, collaborating with top photographers and brands to encourage others to get outside, ski, and enjoy the mountains.
Alli Miles
Editor, The Avalanche Review
Alli Miles grew up in Pennsylvania, where she learned to ski at her local hill, Roundtop. After graduating from law school on the East Coast, she moved to Oregon and settled in Bend. She soon took up ski touring and began pursuing avalanche education. After attending a women-led ski mountaineering program in Canada's Selkirk Mountains, Alli became inspired to become a professional ski guide and avalanche educator. She is now an AMGA Certified Ski Guide, AIARE Course Leader, and public avalanche forecaster, working for Timberline Mountain Guides and the Central Oregon Avalanche Center. During the summer and fall, Alli works as a writer for various outdoor-related publications. When she’s not on skis, Alli loves mountain running with her two dogs, Riggins and Firnspiegel.
McKenzie Long
Designer & Compositor, The Avalanche Review
McKenzie Long is a graphic designer, writer, climber, and skier who lives in the Sierra Nevada. She is the author of the book This Contested Land: the storied past and uncertain future of America's national monuments as well as the co-author of two climbing guidebooks. She has been designing The Avalanche Review since 2014, and it is always her favorite project. Other accomplishments include winning cross-country Mountain Bike Nationals, climbing El Capitan, and serving on the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center's board of directors. McKenzie loves cream in her coffee, bright color palettes, and smooth sandstone cracks.
Alexandra Lev
Development coordinator
Alexandra brings a background in nonprofit development, politics, and copywriting to the team as well as a passion for the snow & avalanche community. Raised in the heart of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains and now rooted in Portland, Oregon, she splits her time between writing and running her own sustainable garden design business. Offline, you’ll usually find her off-trail - skiing, climbing, backpacking, or lounging by a river with her husband, daughter, and their Siberian Husky.
Ian Johnston, CPA CVA
Accounting
Ian Johnston is a Jackson-based CPA and mountain adventurer. He considers himself lucky to have grown up in the shadow of the Tetons, and claims (without verification) to be the only CPA who gets to ski 100 days a year. While not keeping the books for A3, he enjoys long tours in Grand Teton National Park, powder runs on Teton Pass, and assisting injured people in the backcountry as a volunteer with Teton County Search and Rescue.