Leadership
After a lifetime of sharing adventures we still have as much fun (maybe more) as our participants. We hope you will join us!
Meet Our Team
Will and Mary Page – Executive Directors
Will and Mary Page Troxler serve as the Executive Directors of BME, as well as Camp Merri-Mac. Mary Page grew up in adventure programming, following her parents footsteps into professional camping. She met Will while they were at UNC – Chapel Hill. Subsequently Mary Page and Will received their MS in Management from Wake Forest University before working in healthcare for several years. Mary Page grew up kayaking, and Will loves to trail run. Together, they love mountain biking and backpacking through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Will and Mary Page remain dedicated to growth through friends and adventure.
Patrick Emery – Director
Patrick joins us with over twenty years of leading, instructing and innovating in the outdoor industry, beginning at Geneva College leading the Pisgah Program and serving as the Challenge Course Coordinator. He then served fifteen years with the Resource Specialist Team and finally as the Assistant Director of the CCO’s Experiential Design Programs. Most recently Patrick served as the site director for OneLife Institute’s Trade and Culinary gap year program.
Patrick holds an M.A. from Columbia International University and is certified as a WEA Outdoor Educator, WMA Wilderness First Responder, PCIA Single Pitch Instructor, ACA Canoeing L1 Instructor, Coastal Kayaking L2 Instructor and River Rescue L3 Instructor.
He and his wife April have three teenage children and together they are committed to designing custom programs, expeditions and adventures with purpose.
Adam Kepke
Adam spent every summer in college working at a camp in Northern Wisconsin specializing in adventure and wilderness tripping. He believes that adventures can be incredible catalysts experiences for growth and formation. Adam loves teaching and working with students and campers using a trail or river as his classroom. When not at Black Mountain Expeditions you can find Adam doing any number of outdoor adventures with his wonderful wife, Katherine.