Meet our Team

Meet the team of Guides that help make Adventure Club SLO friendly, creative, and fun!

JOhn gange

Director / Founder / Lead Guide

With a deep love for Nature, John ("Johnee")  Gange has been guiding extraordinary individuals in SLO county for almost 35 years. He is dad to a sweet little girl, an autism specialist, film maker, and Aikido black belt. He is also a musician and surfs almost every day. Johnee loves connecting and co-creating with the ACSLO community on every adventure.

NAncy Harper

Guide/Program Coordinator

Nancy has worked with neurodiverse individuals ages 6-60 in the outdoors, the classroom, on the job, in the gym, and in the home for 18 years. She feels the best environment for mental, physical and social health is the outdoors; learning growing and connecting with new challenges and experiences every day. She loves to travel, dance, read, practice yoga and play any paddle game- preferably all outdoors!

COLIN MOYNIER

Guide

Colin has been guiding with ACSLO since 2014. He is a Cambria native and enjoys sharing his knowledge of the natural wonders of the central coast. He enjoys very long hikes, gardening, shooting hoops and spending time with his friends.

EllioTT KWONG

Guide

Elliott really loves the outdoors. In this last year as a guide he has been stoked exploring all the beautiful parts of this area with the AC community and helping everyone have a great time. He enjoys working on improv short videos with ACSLO members and is a gifted photographer too. He enjoys watching movies, fencing and being creative.

Emily Dawes

Guide

Emily is a backpacking guide and outdoor educator from Lake Tahoe, CA. She is so excited to be exploring the beautiful Central Coast with Adventure Club and looks forward to building lasting nature connections.