MURDER IN THE MOUNTAINS:
AN ETHICS CASE STUDY
ABOUT US
Kristi is fired up about the synthesis of leadership research its practical application to everyday life, and the life well-led. In addition to researching, teaching and leading, she's an avid yoga instructor and her love for Led Zeppelin knows no bounds.
She's lived multiple lives: a rock journalist at the young age of 16 interviewing musicians on tour buses, an undergrad living with aboriginal tribes in Australia, she started a non-profit with friends, co-founded a national lobbying organization representing students at the top research universities in the U.S., and led the nation's largest graduate organization. She is passionate about learning and has taught in higher education for over a decade.
Her forthcoming book, "Lead to Transform" will be released this year.
At age 41, Luis Benitez stands among the world’s foremost high altitude mountaineers and Leadership Development consultants. On May 21, 2007, Luis achieved his sixth summit of Mt. Everest. 2010 saw Benitez attempting the Cessen Route on K2.
Benitez has most recently led expeditions as the Director of USA Operations for Adventure Consultants Ltd., “AC,” a highly respected New Zealand-based expedition firm with a long Everest history. Benitez also climbed with the blind athlete Erik Weihenmayer to his historic 2001 Everest summit, chronicled in the feature film Farther Than the Eye Can See and also in Erik’s book, Touch the Top of the World. He has reached the top of Everest six times and the top of the famed “Seven Summits” a cumulative 32 times.
Read more about Luis here.