Len Necefer
Founder and CEO, NativesOutdoors
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Steering Committee Member
The Basics
Company Name: NativesOutdoors
Location: Colorado
Founded: 2017
Full-Time Employees: 9
Products: Outdoor Goods & Apparel
Social: Instagram
Claim to Fame: We made a movie about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge releasing this month.
The Culture
The best thing about working at nativesoutdoors is:
A collaborative and consensus based work culture that fosters innovation and resilience.
When we’re not working, we’re:
Climbing mountains, skiing down them, running, and telling the indigenous story of the outdoors.
What we’re reading:
Dispossessing the Wilderness by Mark David Spence, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Alpinist
What we’re listening to:
The sound of crusty snow beneath our feet.
If they made a movie about our workplace, it would be called:
Welcome To The Party
Inclusion in the outdoors matters because:
Our greatest hope to addressing the environmental challenges of our generation is ensuring each person has a stake in the outdoors and the environment.
Five years down the line, it’s our hope that:
There are more companies and CEO owned by BIPOC & LGBTQ+ individuals leading the charge. The culture of the outdoor industry will change because it will cost companies profits if they chose not to follow!