AEE Leadership: Our Staff & Board of Directors
Meet the team!
AEE Staff
Sherry Bagley
Executive Director
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Contact: Sherry@aee.org
303-440-8844 x100
Sherry Bagley is the Executive Director of the Association for Experiential Education. In this role, she gets to assist in the elevation and expansion of experiential education by building an inclusive and accessible community; supporting research and programs; and presenting resources to public audiences. Her career path has taken some hard turns from driving tug boats in the Marshall Islands to catering weddings on the beach. She found her true calling when she began working in the experiential education field over 13 years ago. She can often be found out on or in the water swimming, fishing, boating, kayaking, snorkeling, and scalloping. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida in a 100-year-old house with her amazing husband, 2 great kids, 2 polite dogs, and 2 ridiculous cats.
Anna Miano
Membership & Marketing Manager
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Contact: anna@aee.org
303-440-8844 x 101
As the Membership & Marketing Manager at the Association for Experiential Education (AEE), Anna is dedicated to fostering a vibrant and engaged community. With over six years of experience in non-profit marketing, she brings a dynamic blend of strategic thinking and creativity to her work. Her expertise spans event planning and management, social media, email marketing, digital advertising, and partnerships. Prior to AEE, Anna honed her skills as an Event Manager at a full-service production agency and as an Admissions Coordinator for a private elementary school. Outside of her professional life, Anna enjoys hiking, kayaking, running, baking, and spending time with her husband and dog in her home city of Philadelphia.
Kim Sacksteder
Contact: Kim@aee.org
Growing up in rural western Ohio, Kim developed both a love of the outdoors and a passion for helping youth. She took these with her to Columbus, Ohio where she earned a Bachelor’s in Psychology and Master’s in Social Work at The Ohio State University. Throughout her education, Kim worked in the mental health field gaining experience supporting youth with mental health needs and trauma. In 1999, Kim was hired to build an adventure therapy program at Camp Mary Orton. Over the next 25 years, Kim gained experience in many aspects of experiential education and adventure therapy– direct practice with diverse population groups, program development and management of community-based adventure therapy programs, training and supervision for emerging professionals, faculty in university settings, and leadership within professional organizations. Early on, she became involved with AEE’s Therapeutic Adventure Professionals Group and was lucky to find her professional home. Kim has served AEE in volunteer leadership positions as TAPG Best Practices Committee Chair, TAPG Leadership Council Secretary and Chair, and AEE Accreditation Council Member & Chair. Having witnessed the significant role of Accreditation and Certification in the field, she is honored to collaborate with AEE’s volunteers to support these important programs at AEE!
Steve Pace, M.S.W.
Emeritus Director of Accreditations and Certifications
Pronouns: he/him/his
Contact: steve@aee.org
303-440-8844 x102
Steve was introduced to the power of experiential education when he was an undergraduate at Antioch College. He was transformed after participating in a 3-month field semester course and had the opportunity to lead a similar course before he graduated. Since that time Steve worked for eleven years at the Voyageur Outward Bound School as an instructor, course director, program director, staffing director, and risk manager. He then spent 25 years at Prescott College teaching in the Psychology and Human Development and Adventure Education Programs and later as the Dean of Resident Degrees. His areas of expertise include adventure education and college program administration, risk management of field activities, interpersonal and group communication, mediation and conflict resolution, and therapeutic use of adventure education.
Callie Auman
Volunteer Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Contact: callie@aee.org
Interested in serving on the AEE Board of Directors? Have Questions or a Grievance?
Email the Board at board@aee.org
