Alumni Council
The Traveling School Alumni Council supports our dedicated and dynamic global community.
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Meet the Current Council Members
Kaitlyn Hepburn
BA in International Relations
Base Camp: Perkasie, PA
Spring Semester, TTS25 Central America
Alumnae Council Member since 2018
Simrill Smith
BS in Environmental Engineering and minor in Global Development
Base Camp: Atlanta, GA
Fall Semester, TTS26 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022
Rachael Johnson
M.Arch, BA Global Studies, BS Economics
Base Camp: USA
Spring Semester, TTS9 South America
Fall Semester, TTS10 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022
Alex Schaeffer
BA in Political Science, Small business owner and entrepreneur
Base Camp: Boca Raton, FL
Fall Semester, TTS20 Southeast Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022
Former Council Members
Bobbi Anderson
Anti-oppressive Education, Psychology, and Social Change
Base Camp: Squamish, British Columbia
Spring Semester, TTS19 South America
Alumnae Council Member 2015 – 2017
Margo Brookfield
B.A. in International Studies
Base Camp: San Francisco, California
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Spring Semester, TTS17 Central America
Alumnae Council Officer 2015 – 2018
Mara Hoplamazian
Public Health and Anthropology
Base Camp: Chicago, Illinois
Fall Semester, TTS22 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2016
Allegra La Ferr
B.S. in Environmental Science-Marine Ecology
Base Camp: Bozeman, Montana & New Zealand
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Officer 2015 – 2018
Helen Wilson
International Affairs
Base Camp: Sewanee, TN & Washington, DC
Fall Semester, TTS19 South America
Alumnae Council Member since 2018
Natalie Trono
Economics and Social History
Base Camp: Burlington, Vermont
Fall Semester, TTS22 Southwestern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2018
Tara Kane Prendergast
B.A. in History
Base Camp: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall Semester, TTS6 New Zealand
Alumnae Council Officer 2015-2016
Charlotte Scharfenberg
Spanish
Base Camp: Virginia
Spring Semester, TTS23 South America
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2016
Halle Schirmer
Globalization Studies
Base Camp: New York, New York
Fall Semester,TTS18 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2017
Grace Stopher
BA in Studio Art, Art History
Base Camp: Eugene, Oregon
Spring Semester, TTS11 South America
Fall Semester, TTS12 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Officer since 2017
Ava Swanson
Education, Sociology, and Music
Base Camp: Squamish, British Columbia
Fall Semester, TTS24 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2016
Alice Symington
B.S. in Animal Science
Base Camp: Burlington, Vermont
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member 2017
Anna Thompson
Graduate Student in Geology
Base Camp: Ames, Iowa
Spring Semester, TTS17 Central America
Alumnae Council Officer since 2017
Alexa Wagner
International Relations and Ethnic Studies
Base Camp: Camden, Maine
Fall Semester, TTS14 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Officer since 2017
Abby Wilson
International Affairs
Base Camp: Washington, D.C.
Fall Semester, TTS20 Southern Africa
Spring Semester, TTS21 Central America
Alumnae Council Member 2015-2017
Ariela Martin
International and Public Affairs
Base Camp: New York, New York
Fall Semester Southern Africa TTS22
Alumnae Council Member since 2018
Cyprien Pearson
International Relations, Social Anthropology and Religious Studies
Base Camp: California & Cape Town, South Africa
Fall Semester, TTS16 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2018
Lily Proudman
BA International Relations, Communications at American University; MA Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University
Base Camp: Chicago, Illinois
Fall Semester, TTS16 Southern Africa
Alumnae Council Member since 2022