Stephanie Love

As a youth development and outdoor education professional, Stephanie Love’s career reflects over a decade of education, training and management of high quality programming and out-of-school time opportunities for youth. By utilizing the latest research in youth development best practices, she has a demonstrated record of success helping youth set and reach goals through challenging, meaningful opportunities in a variety of educational settings.Steph is the co-founder and director of Positive Energy Outdoor (ed)Ventures, an outdoor education program in Duluth, Minnesota, which serves over 3,000 youth each year.  She also works as a consultant for the University of Minnesota's Youth Work Institute.   Steph received a Master of Science degree in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato, in July, 2002 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in English Literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1999.