Stephen Brown enjoys exploring wilderness areas of California, the West, and beyond. He has led Sierra Club backpack, service, and highlight trips in the Sierra Nevada, Utah desert, Montana, Yellowstone, and Four Corners Ancestral Puebloan cultural region. He is an enthusiastic promoter of Leave No Trace principles. A fan of day hikes, world music, Compassionate Communication, and a student Buddhist meditator, Stephen has traveled in Europe, Central and South America, Mexico, and Japan. He is retired from nonprofit work providing technology support to nonprofits and libraries.