Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) 2025 Conference

‘Chez’ Chesak is an award-winning adventure travel writer, 20+ year veteran of the outdoor industry, Executive Director of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and board member of the Society of American Travel Writers.
His works have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, BBC.com (soon), Good Housekeeping, Rachel Ray Every Day, Family Fun, Fatherly, Ohio magazine, (soon) Cincinnati magazine, Yahoo Travel, Family Vacation Critic, Elevation Outdoors, Everett Potter’s Travel Report, TheFamilyBackpack.com, CincinnatiRefined.com, Greenmatters.com, WorldFootprints.com, Mountain Gazette, TheA... Read more

Celebrating 30 years in the industry selling Chattanooga - looking forward to hosting OWAA in 2025!

Kate Morgan is a freelance journalist whose work on science and nature has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Vox, Popular Science, and numerous other publications. She has been included in several anthologies, including two editions of The Craft of Science Writing. Her work is focused on untold, overlooked, and surprising narratives, and often combines stringent science with moving human stories. Morgan was a recipient of the Nova Institute for Health Media Fellowship in the program's inaugural year. She lives in rural Pennsylvania, and tends one large garden... Read more

Heather Physioc leads the Discoverability capability at global ad agency VML, serving the online search needs of enterprise brands across verticals and around the globe, many in the tourism, travel, and outdoor industries. Herward-winning discoverability group has been recognized as the Best Large Integrated Search Agency, Integrated Search Agency of the Year and International Search Team of the Year. Heather is also an international search industry speaker and writer whose interdisciplinary work has earned her the title of Search Leader of the Year by the global Drum Awards.

Based in Kansas C... Read more

Jamie Seemiller is an Acquisitions Archivist at the Denver Public Library Special Collection and Archives. She holds a B.A. in Cinema from Southern Methodist University and has a background as a coordinating producer in educational television for 10 years. Her passion for history was ignited while working on a PBS show called “Great Museums,” which motivated her to further her education and pursue a career as an Archivist. In 2007, she completed her MLIS degree at the University of Denver and joined the Special Collections and Archives team, becoming a Certified Archivist in 2008. From 2008... Read more