Chris McAllister, Board Treasurer

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      Chris has spent the better part of her adult life tromping through the woods, hiking, biking, rock climbing, and ice climbing. Chris turned to outdoor adventure not just for physical strength, but as a way to restore balance, resilience, and fortitude in the face of an early adult diagnosis of lupus and more recently a diagnosis of chronic lymphoma in the lungs. The healing from outdoor adventure is a reminder that mental and physical healing doesn’t always happen with medications. 

Rooted in a lifelong love of the outdoors and influenced by years of outdoor adventure, along with her status as Search and Rescue Volunteer / K9 Handler, NYS Certified Outdoor Guide, and Wilderness First Responder, Chris has an appetite for learning new things, a passion for the outdoors, and she always takes things on with 110% intention and effort. 

As a way to prove to herself that her diseases were not in control, Chris spent years pushing herself to her outermost limits doing obstacle course races, racing cars, and climbing. In more recent years, she joined Massasauga Search and Rescue team, immediately becoming integrated with the organization and the team of educators and rescuers, and fueling her continued desire to give back to the community.  Working with the SAR team, alongside her dog Clutch, gives Chris a great source of accomplishment and joy.  

Chris looks forward to bringing her many years of experience to the forefront with WE Adventure NY. Chris and her husband, Mark, live in Webster with their two dogs Clutch and Grace, and they spend as much time as possible outdoors in the Finger Lakes and in the Adirondacks.