Adam Cramer
Executive Director, Outdoor Alliance
The Basics
Company Name: Outdoor Alliance
Location: Washington, DC
Founded: 2006
Full-Time Employees: 6
Products: Harnessing the passion of people who love the outdoors to protect public lands and waters.
Social: Instagram // Facebook // Twitter
Claim to Fame: Launched our Protect Public Lands campaign to stop the public land heist in 2015 and changed how people think about public lands and waters.
The Culture
The best thing about working at outdoor alliance is:
Being part of a small, scrappy team that does more than just protect the outdoors. We also teach people who love the outdoors how to understand public land policy and advocate for the places they care about. Plus, we get to be the “fun ones” on Capitol Hill.
When we’re not working, we’re:
Paddling at Great Falls or the pacific northwest, mountain biking around Spokane, camping with our families, skiing in California, and hiking in the DC area.
What we’re reading:
The Color of Money; The Color of Law; The Home Place; Girl Woman Other; Me and White Supremacy
What we’re listening to:
Code Switch, Dirtbag Diaries, Pod Save the People
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
A Lot of Small Fish Trying to Look Bigger
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
Clean air, clean water, and access to the outdoors is a human right. In the conservation and outdoor world and beyond, we all have a role to play in working toward a more just world, in the outdoors and beyond.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
All people in America have safe, accessible places to get outside and feel welcome outdoors. Protecting public lands and waters is a priority of policymakers, and the outdoor community acknowledges its troubled history, including slavery, racial discrimination, and the displacement of Indigenous communities.