Directors of Pemi West
Instructor and Director Tim Billo
Tim Billo has been associated with Pemi and Pemi West for the past two decades. He attended Camp Pemigewassett in 1990 and 1991, and returned as a staff member for three years, both as a Trip Counselor and as Assistant Director of Pemi's nationally-known Nature Program. This will be his eighth year on the Pemi West staff, and his seventh as Director.
Tim attended Williams College and graduated in 1997 with a major in Biology, and a concentration in English. While at Williams, he was a member of the national champion cross country team. He was Captain in 1996 and a four-time All-American.
Tim has also taught in outdoor science programs in California and Washington, worked as a ski instructor in Colorado, a park ranger in Glacier Bay, Alaska, and as a bird biologist in Oregon. He is an active backpacker, naturalist, and mountaineer, and holds Wilderness First Responder certification. He is currently attending the University of Washington, working on his Ph.D. in Biology (ornithology).
First and foremost, these men and women love teaching young people about the things they, themselves, love to do. They are all experienced wilderness leaders, and each has particular expertise in one or more specific areas, such as natural history (local flora, fauna and geology), environmental issues, technical climbing and mountaineering, cultural anthropology (local human history), and leadership and group process. Many are Pemi alumni.
