Podcast Hosts
Marcel Rodriguez
Marcel is an “unpaid professional” Search & Rescue Team Member, Board Member and Rope Team Leader with Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue in Portland, Oregon, as well as a member of Bjögunarsveitin Suđurnes in Keflavik, Iceland (a member team of Icelandic Search and Rescue). Marcel has been working with a dedicated group of PNWSAR members to build resilience into all aspects of the team activities and processes.
Marcel currently holds qualifications as an EMT, NOLS WEMT, and Technical Rope Rescue-Technician Level Instructor for Rescue3. When not engaged in teaching and SAR activities, Marcel works in Mergers & Acquisitions for an international software company.
Laura McGladrey
Laura McGladrey has instructed for the NOLS Wilderness Medicine for the past 20 years and is a Nurse Practitioner with dual certification, practicing both emergency medicine and psychiatry across the lifespan. She currently works in the Emergency Department and the Stress Trauma Adversity Research and Treatment (START) Center trauma support for Emergency and Wilderness Responders. She has a background in international and relief work and continues to work teaching courses to teach wilderness medicine to providers and lectures nationally on Psychological First Aid and Stress Injuries. She is the Stress and Resilience advisor for Portland Mountain Rescue, Colorado Outward Bound and Eldora Ski Patrol.