Member Bios

Alright a little about myself, I most recently completed my undergraduate from Ohio University. I am originally from Lakewood, Ohio, a city in the Cleveland area. I have had many different jobs over the past ten years, ranging from volunteering at a mental hospital to working as a bartending, and even working with a repossession agent. I consider myself flexible in most situations, and am looking forward to this summer with the SCA.

William Bradley Baughman ("Brad") was born in Flint, and raised in Swartz Creek, Michigan. He graduated with a BS in Biology from Alma College in Alma, MI, in 2009. While at Alma, he learned how to do science by working on his own research project on zooplankton, learned how to sing by spending 4 years in the Choir, and learned about the world by travelling internationally. Since graduation he worked for the summer on the Ant & Grasshopper Organic Farm in northern MI, and passed the winter substitute-teaching at Swartz Creek, reading, and playing the piano. He enjoys plants, animals, card-playing, learning, making music, and travelling.

Laurie started with SCA as a corps member at the Mass Parks AmeriCorps program. There, she taught environmental education and did trail work around the state of Massachusetts. She also did trail work with SCA on the Pacific Crest Trail in Northern California. She went to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for her undergrad in Psychology. This will be Laurie's first summer with the Idaho AmeriCorps program. She is from the Los Angeles area.

Justin has been with SCA since his first internship during the summer of 2006 at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. He followed that first position as a member of SCA's Desert Restoration Corps in the Yuha Desert and has been leading SCA crews since. This is his third summer working in Idaho with SCA and his second with SCA's Idaho AmeriCorps program. Justin is from the great state of Wisconsin.

Hello, everyone! My name is Rachel King and I’m from Corvallis, Oregon and I am currently finishing up my sophomore year at Scripps College in Claremont, California. I just declared my major in Biology, but I particularly enjoy Ecology and almost anything that is related to the environment.

Earlier this year I participated in the SCA’s Alternative Spring Break at the Grand Canyon, which was a fun and rewarding experience that has made me really excited to be working for the SCA again this summer. I love spending time in the outdoors, particularly camping and hiking, as well as baking, singing, dancing, playing piano, and climbing trees. I sing in an A Cappella group at school and am beginning to learn how to play the guitar. I am a pretty easygoing person who likes to work hard and have fun, preferably at the same time if possible. I have been to every Western state except Nevada, so I’m really looking forward to spending my summer there and seeing some more of the wonderful places in the U.S.

I’m really excited to meet everyone I’ll be working with this summer, and to get started our project! I can’t wait for summer!