Our Staff

Erik Henyon - CEO Founder

Owner of Organizational Wide Leadership Solutions and the Outdoor Wilderness Leadership School. Erik was once on track to become an environmental attorney. He then switched directions: first becoming an elementary school teacher, then an environmental consultant before founding OWLS in 1996. Erik has also worked since 1996 in the field of management training and consulting. He has designed and delivered hundreds of training programs for corporations, schools, and government agencies. Erik is a certified behavioral analyst and a professional coach.

Erik was a presenter at Perdue University's School of Engineering CEPDS 18 Conference in 2003 speaking on behavioral job match. Erik also presented at the National Convention of PSMA and SPMS in Phoenix Arizona in 2003. Erik received the 2006 business man of the year award for the state of Montana. In the summer of 2007 Erik completed the stringent requiremnts of the American Mountain Guide Association's accreditation and become a certified AMGA Top Rope Instructor

Mr. Henyon obtained a BS in Environmental Science from University of Wyoming and is a graduate of the Colorado Outward Bound School. In addition, he holds certification from the National Outdoor Leadership School, the Association for Experiential Education, and is a ropes course instructor as well as a professional mountain biker, kayaker, skier, and climber. Contact: 406-920-2808

Robin Weeks - National Sales

Robin’s work experience includes 15 years in the retail industry in the areas of store management and training, overseas product development and buying for multi-store operations. This laid the foundation for solid business knowledge and experience.

She has also worked in the non-profit sector and was a managing partner in a small experiential learning business in Charlotte, NC. She then took the position as Programs Director for Outward Bound Professional in North Carolina at the Outward Bound School where she incorporated her business knowledge, training experience and entrepreneurial skills and excelled in selling and developing team and leadership programs. She has worked with clients such as American Leadership Forum, Wachovia Bank, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Microsoft, Capital One, and other national companies and organizations.

Her passion is for helping organizations and their people develop into high performance teams, good leaders and managers. Robin has expertise in program design and can work closely with you to custom design a program to meet your specific needs. She is also a corporate facilitator, coach and certified Big Five Personality consultant.
Contact: 540-953-0058

Debbie Taylor - National Sales

Debbie has spent the last 12 years as CEO of her own international consulting firm working with several financial institutions and corporate clients on buy/sell contracts as well as commodity trades. She has over 25 years of sales and management experience with several awards for outstanding sales achievement.

She attended the University of Maryland and has completed graduate level work in criminal justice at UC Berkeley. Debbie is also a past member of the Virginia Association of Realtors and the National Associations of Realtors. In the early 1980’s she founded the Central VA Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. She has been listed in the Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs. Contact 434-326-4133

Franz Glaus - Worldwide Sales

Franz was certified at age 17 in the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance, became an entrepreneur at 18, selling his business after three years to attend Concordia University where he majored in Psychology. Fulfilling a longing he’d had since childhood, he embarked on a journey of self discovery in the wide open freedom of the American Mountain West, where he chose a wide range of life experiences. Franz worked in the publishing industry in which set company records in the U.S. marketplace. He also put his skills to work in conference organization, logistics and contracting of world-renowned speakers and authors.

In the early 2000’s, Franz was engaged with the Bozeman-based, national marketing and public relations firm, Kriegel Marketing Group, securing national television, radio and press coverage for a wide variety of clients. In the last five years, Franz has also become part of the vibrant Southwest Montana real estate market, logging a very productive career in resort project sales at Big Sky Ski Resort with over $30 million in property sales.

Happily married to Fiona since 1989 and the loving father of budding ballerina Moria, Franz injects passion and enthusiasm, tempered with real world experience, to the training of better leaders in the U.S. and around the world. He has experienced many styles of leadership over the years and has become an articulate advocate for the principles of participative leadership which can teach us to be more authentic so that leaders and their employees can build better relationships, enjoy more productive and rewarding careers, and together grow more customer-focused companies and organizations. Contact: (406) 539-2670

Gina Albano - CFO

Bachelors Degree in Accounting from California State University, Fullerton, 1982. Completed CPA training course. Gina has over 25 years of experience as an accountant/controller, the last sixteen with several different types of companies (general contractors, pharmacies, retail/wholesale, restaurant, consulting, insurance, computer, medical billing).

Experience includes all aspects of accounting from accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, internal/external auditing, financial analysis, cash flow and forecasting, budgeting, bank statement and account reconciliation's, year-end closing, preparation of financial statements, and individual and corporate tax return preparation.