Alison Levine

Alison Levine is an adventurer, explorer and mountaineer. In January 2008 she made history as the first American to complete a 600-mile traverse from west Antarctica to the South Pole. In May 2010 she completed the Adventure Grand Slam - climbing the 7 Summits (highest peak on each continent) and afficher plus skiing to both Poles, an accomplishment fewer than 30 people in the world can claim. Levine spent three years as an adjunct professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point in the Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership. She serves on the advisory board of the CoachK/Duke University Center on Leadership & Ethics and is a strategic advisor for the Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point. In 2005, she founded the Climb High Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of jobless women in Africa by training them to be trekking guides and porters in their local mountains so they will have the skills to earn a sustainable living wage through climbing-related tourism. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins