Cody Harris, Director-

Cody started kayaking in Durango, Colorado at the age of 11.  He is a past member of the U.S. Canoe and Kayak Olympic Development Team, and has spent the past two decades paddling or rowing the rivers of North and South America.  In the off season, Cody works as an EMT for the local ambulance,  as a ski-patroler, and teaches wilderness first aid for Aerie Backcountry Medicine.  Cody is the director and a lead instructor for the Whitewater Rescue Institute. Contact cody at: cody@whitewaterrescue.com

Mike Johnston, Lead Instructor-

Mike has been teaching Swiftwater Rescue throughout the Northwest for 14 years.  Mike is the owner of Montana River Guides in Alberton, Montana.  When not guiding guests through Tumbleweed rapid on the Alberton Gorge of the Clark Fork, Mike can be found shuttling one of his children to their various sporting events.  Mike is a lead instructor for the Whitewater Rescue Institute.  Contact Mike at: rivers@montana.com

Frank Preston, Lead Instructor-

Frank has been teaching and working in the outdoors for over a decade.  He has taught at summer camps, led wilderness trips, instructed for the National Outdoor Leadership School, and worked as the Assistant Director of the ski patrol for Montana Snowbowl.  He has a passion for teaching, and has always held risk management and sound decision making as the most important lessons he can teach.  Frank also volunteers for First Descents, a whitewater kayaking organization for young adult cancer survivors.  Frank is an accomlished boater, with a love of kayaking big water and swimming rapids.  He enjoys long river trips in any craft, from expedition canoeing, to raft trips and self support kayaking.  In addition to his outdoor pursuits, he loves jokes, and will stop everything in order to hear a new one. 

John Amtmann, Lead Instructor

An EMT from Butte, Montana, John has over two decades of whitewater kayaking and EMS experience. When not teaching river rescue, guiding whitewater trips for Montana River Guides, or sharing his everpresent riverside grill delicacies with friends, John is a professor for Montana Tech. His knowledge of the river and care for his students is matched only by his humility. And if you haven't met his daughters yet, you will one day. They are already kayaking circles around Cody!!!