Ryan founded GOAT while working at an ad agency in Greenville, SC. He saw a need to connect local youth with their creator through life changing outdoor trips, and decided to do something about it.
Kirk has spent nearly a decade working overseas in Europe and knows the business world and IndyCar racing in and out. Kirk's talent is bringing his business knowledge to the table and challenging us on things we've sometimes never heard of.
Sean has been around GOAT since the beginning and truly knows the pulse and vision of our organization. One of the founding partners of CoWork, Sean spends his days slaying front-end development for websites and web applications. Sean is a nerd. The good kind.
Ali is probably GOAT's biggest advocate. If you're around her for more than 10 minutes you'll know about her passion (and talent) for cooking and all about GOAT. In fact, those are the two main sections of her personal website.
Inactive Board Members
Bill is a huge asset to our organization. He has forgotten more about business that we?ll ever help to know, and has a real knack for being the voice of reason when our ideas get a little on the crazy side.
Somebody said something mean about Anderson once, but then they realized they were talking about the wrong guy - so technically nobody has ever said anything bad about him. Anderson lives in Florida with his wife, Laura, but our kids miss him just as bad as we do.
Every 5th grader's dream is Ms. Sprau's homeroom class. Unfortunately for them, Abby is currently on hiatus from teaching as she returns to graduate school and working with the Peace Corps.
Yates helped found GOAT, but is currently on the other side of the world helping communities in Afghanistan get clean water. Because of his experience in the non-profit world (MedAir and Samaratin's Purse) he's still a valuable asset to our team.
The high mountains belong to
the wild goats.
Psalm 104:8