Speakers
The guides, athletes, and experts leading talks and panels at Halo at the Point. Click a headshot to read their bio.
Alex Carr, founder of Bethel Adventure Tours, has been an outdoorsman his entire life. For 13+ years, he’s guided Maine bicycle tours, leading day and multi-day trips. A licensed Maine Guide, his experience spans hiking, paddling, biking, skiing, snowshoeing, and nature excursions. Alex is a certified ski and mountain bike instructor for adults and kids. His joy: getting people of all abilities moving outdoors, making every outing a nature tour.
Katy Carr, co-owner of Bethel Adventure Tours, is a Maine native and outdoor athlete. She’s a registered Maine Guide, certified mountain bike instructor, Wilderness First Responder, cycle tour guide, and ski instructor. In warmer months she hikes, mountain bikes, paddle boards, and kayaks; come winter, she skis, snowshoes, ski tours, and fat bikes around Bethel. Her greatest joy is sharing Western Maine’s outdoors, with a focus on wellness and empowerment.
Anna Titcomb, RD, CDCES, is a registered dietitian, diabetes educator, and owner of Growing Wild Wellness, an outdoor sports nutrition practice in Ellsworth. She works one-on-one with hikers, skiers, cyclists, climbers, paddlers, and trail runners on nutrition both on and off the trail, and consults with guides and outfitters on trip food planning. She sees clients in person and by telehealth across New England, insurance accepted.
Lorenda “Ren” Layne has built her career protecting and improving the world around her — serving as Vice-Chair of the Norwell Select Board and the Zoo New England Board. Now devoting more time to philanthropy, she’s joined the Friends of the Children’s Trust Board and is helping launch Tammy’s Tomorrow, funding youth music and outdoor education. An avid skier, she volunteers with Inclusive Ski Touring, welcoming others outdoors.
Connor’s passion for splitboarding and human-powered snow sports led him to Inclusive Ski Touring (IST), a nonprofit breaking barriers in the backcountry. Based in the White Mountains, he works to make the skin track welcoming and accessible, building a community where newcomers feel empowered to earn their turns — whether learning safety basics or taking their first steps uphill. Off the track, he’s exploring alpine terrain or mountain biking singletrack.
Meranne has expertise in consumer psychology and brand communications. She has guided the strategic vision for brands across the outdoor industry, travel & tourism, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, healthcare & pharma, finance, and the nonprofit sector. Within the outdoor sector, she’s built campaign strategies for Merrell, Wolverine, Stio, RTIC, Obermeyer, and Saddleback Mountain, to name a few. Meranne is a Portland resident, a mom to Maple and Beckett, a loyal Saddlebacker, a Bayside Bowler, and a lover of all things outdoors.
Keith Carson spent nearly 20 years in broadcast meteorology, covering local weather at News Center Maine and national events at The Weather Channel. Now Director of Environmental and Science Communications at Maine Conservation Voters, he educates Mainers on climate change and clean energy. Keith holds a B.S. in Meteorology and an associate’s in Journalism. In his spare time, Keith likes piña coladas and getting caught in the rain, 80s night at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge, and debating EURO versus Canadian models.
An out-of-control hot dogger addicted to pointin’ ’em downhill. Fueled by Moxie.
Ashley Flowers is a Maine-based yoga teacher known for bringing yoga into unexpected places — from farms and fields to paddleboards and pools. Her classes are playful and approachable, but grounded in the belief that yoga can help us know ourselves better, connect more deeply with each other, and move through the world with greater awareness and care.
Stacey grew up in Vermont, skiing before age six and sailing as a teen. After college she moved to Maine for a career in the boating industry, took up ice hockey in the midcoast, and decades later discovered ice sailing. Sailing hand-held wings is now her biggest passion, and winter her favorite season. She and her partner travel across Maine and parts of Canada searching for wild ice to sail on skates or skis.
Jamie Walter is a Maine-based ski, action, and adventure photographer. He has been chasing deep snow and steep lines around the world with a camera in hand for over a decade; his work has been featured in every major ski publication in North America. Yet Jamie’s favorite mountains continue to be the ones found in his backyard of New England. An incredibly passionate east coaster, Jamie’s dedication shows in the images he has captured on Katahdin, Mount Washington, the Chic Chocs, and all the other nooks and crannies in between.
Bryan Zemba has built a career in freestyle mogul skiing, first as an athlete and now as a coach. A Killington Mountain School graduate, he won the 2011 Junior World Championship in Dual Moguls and earned a spot on the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, notching a top-10 at the 2012 World Cup Finals and multiple Nor-Am podiums. He’s coached the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team and U.S. Ski Team, and is now Moguls Coach at Gould Academy.
Troy Murphy grew up in Bethel, Maine, where his dad built a homemade rope tow in the backyard so he could practice jumps. A 2010 Gould Academy graduate and a late bloomer in the sport, he won the 2015 U.S. moguls title, finished sixth in the 2017 World Cup standings, and represented Team USA at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.