Bruce Bonney
President

Bruce has played a leadership role in New York State in bringing change to the public school classroom. He has helped teachers and school systems take learning theory and turn it into real-life classroom and school-wide practices. Bruce was a Middle and High School Social Studies teacher for twenty-seven years at Morrisville-Eaton Central School in upstate New York and was an associate of Education By DesignTM, at the Antioch New England Graduate School before co-founding Leading EDGE. He has presented at conferences and schools throughout the country and the United Kingdom. He is co-author of the definitive wilderness leadership text The Backcountry Classroom: Lesson Plans for Teaching in the Wilderness and contributing author of Transforming Teaching & Learning.

Jack Drury
Vice President

Jack has been working with learners of all ages and walks of life ranging from youth at risk to corporate executives for twenty-four years. For seventeen years Jack was the founding Director of the Wilderness Recreation Leadership Program and an Associate Professor at North Country Community College in Saranac Lake, NY. He has been teaching Wilderness Education Association (WEA) courses since 1979 and has been an Education By Design Institute Coordinator affiliated with the Antioch New England Graduate School since 1992.

He is past-president of the WEA, co-author of the definitive wilderness leadership text The Backcountry Classroom: Lesson Plans for Teaching in the Wilderness and the Camper's Guide to Outdoor Pursuits: Finding Safe, Nature Friendly, Comfortable Passage Through Wild Places. He has been fortunate enough to lead and participate in ventures throughout North America, Central America, Europe and Siberia during all the seasons.

Associates

Leading EDGE is fortunate to have a staff of over twenty K-12 teachers, experiential educators, college faculty and facilitators who we contract with to provide the highest quality services available. Some of our associates are listed below.

Jim Ballantine

Teaches Middle School and High School Social Studies at Milford Central School in Milford, NY. He has been teaching for twenty-four years and has been associated with Leading EDGE since 1995.

Barb Capozzola

Teaches Social Studies at the Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES Alternative School, Upward Bound in Hartwick, NY. She has been teaching for eighteen years and has been associated with Leading EDGE since 1993.

Deb Curtis

Teaches Middles School and High School Math at Hamilton Central School in Hamilton, NY. She has taught for twenty-six years and has been associated with Leading EDGE since 1991.

Michael Flood

Teaches Middle School and High School Sciences at Skaneateles Central School in Skaneateles, NY. Michael has taught for twelve years and has been associated with Leading EDGE since 1997.

Peggy Golden

Teaches 3rd and 4th grade at Oneonta City School District in Oneonta, NY. She is a NYS Math Mentor, is National Board Certified, has taught for fourteen years and been associated with Leading EDGE since 1994.

Cyndi LaPierre

Teaches Kindergarten at Windham Ashland Jewett Central School in Windham, NY. She has taught for thirty years and has been associated with Leading EDGE since 1992.

Karen Rowe

Teaches 6th grade at the Riverside School for the Oneonta City School District in Oneonta, NY. She has taught for twenty-three years and has been associated with Leading EDGE since 1993.