Ken Jacquot, President of Blue Ridge Learning Centers
ken@brlc.org

Ken is the owner and operator of Blue Ridge Learning Centers (BRLC) overseeing the operations of both Challenge Towers and Blue Ridge Quest Programming.  He has been in the industry for over 20 years including having served on the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) Board of Directors, Chair of the Government Relations Committee and has served on the Universal/Accessible Committee.  Ken designs new and innovative challenge courses and program elements as well as program outlines and activities.

Prior to founding BRLC, Ken worked as a Ranger for the National Park Service.  During his years there, he researched and developed programs, provided security and emergency medicine, led groups and provided maintenance of the structures on Alcatraz Island as well as the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  While Ken was a Traveling Team Leader with Pecos River Learning Centers, he worked around the country providing program facilitation, course setups, course repairs and also trained staff.  Ken gained experience leading youth-at-risk expedition programs on the Appalachian Trail for the Morgan School.  With the school, he also taught experiential based climbing wall programs that engaged students in design, construction and management of their indoor climbing wall, and managed adventure-based programs including canoeing and rock climbing.

Ken has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Education from Ohio State University.  He is involved in various environmental conservation projects including being the President of the Todd Community Preservation Organization.  Ken lives by a mountain stream near Boone, NC, with his wife, Beth, son, Beckham, and daughter, Mairin.  He enjoys cycling and playing with his family.

Ann Perri , Equipment Mgr, Marketing Mgr, & Programs Coordinator
annp@brlc.org

Ann Perri , originally from Massachusetts, has worked in outdoor education for the past 6 years, working with such groups as Outward Bound, Naturalist At Large, and The Chadwick School. Prior to that she worked in the printing industry for Heidelberg USA in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ann has worked with Blue Ridge Learning Centers for over a year now in a variety of roles. She manages all aspects of the equipment sales sector including order delivery and management of our online gear store. She coordinates and staffs all the local programming we do here in the High Country (She even gets out on the course!). And she manages all marketing strageties for BRLC and Challenge Towers™. In addition Ann handles most of the customer service and office administration needs in our local Todd office.

Ann relocated to the High Country from Moab, Utah a year and a half ago. Though she misses all that warm sunshine the desert has to offer, she has been enjoying exploring the back country of North Carolina, and kayaking down the New River.