With our staff and instructors coming from backgrounds in wilderness medicine education, tactical medicine, urban emergency medical services and Search and Rescue operations, you’ll find the staff of CWS to be among the most highly trained remote medicine specialists in the field. Additionally, many of our staff and instructors are members and/or FAWM of the Wilderness Medical Society.

Experienced and passionate outdoor professionals and those new to the out-of-doors will find that our training courses help to prepare them both physically and mentally with the knowledge, skills and ability to provide patient care far beyond what they thought possible.

Meet Our Staff

Our Staff + Instructors

Aaron Peppel

Aaron Peppel

Senior Instructor
North Carolina

Clifton Castleman

Clif Castleman  Email

Director, Co-Founder
Virginia

Amy Castleman

Amy Castleman

Instructor
Virginia

Corey Vezina

Corey Vezina

Risk Management Consultant
Washington D.C.

Dianne Bullach

Dianne Bullach

Office Manager
Virginia

Jennifer Kay

Jennifer Kay  Email

Curriculum Director
Virginia

Jerry Kohns

Jerry Kohns

Instructor
Virginia

John Luck

John Luck

Expedition Medicine Programs
Virginia

Joseph Vulpis

Joseph Vulpis

Instructor / Affiliate
New Jersey

Kat Harnest

Kat Harnest

Instructor in Training
Florida

Katie Dixon

Katie Dixon

Senior Instructor
Maryland

Katy Hart

Katy Hart  Email

Volunteer Coordinator
Virginia

Lisa Kaplan

Lisa Kaplan

Customer Service
Ohio

Maddie Brown

Maddie Brown

Customer Service
Colorado

Megan Bowling

Megan Bowling

Senior Instructor
Washington D.C.

Michael Rose

Michael Rose

Disaster Preparedness Programs
Virginia

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Rachel Short

Rachel Short

Instructor in Training
Virginia

Ryan Housley

Ryan Housley

Asst. Gear Shop Manager
Virginia

Sean Lunn

Sean Lunn

Senior Instructor
Virginia

Sean McElligott

Sean McElligott

Instructor
Virginia

Stacey Lavallie

Stacey Lavallie

IT / Web
Canada

Stephen Marshall

Stephen Marshall

Instructor in Training
Florida

Steven Mosley

Steven Mosley

Instructor
New Jersey

Board of Directors

Craig Dubishar

Craig Dubishar, ESQ

Board of Directors
Virginia

Fred Rubin

Fred Rubin

Board of Directors
Virginia

John Blackwell

John Blackwell

Board of Directors
Virginia

Frances Pickerill

Frances Pickerill, RN

Asst. Medical Director
Virginia

William Incatasciato

Bill Incatasciato, M.D.

Executive Medical Director
Virginia

Jennifer Kay

Jennifer Kay, RN

Curriculum Director
Virginia

Staff + Instructors