About Us!

JAKE HAUPERT - Founder & Chief Escape Officer
A Pacific Northwest native, Jake Haupert owns and operates acclaimed eco-friendly adventure travel companies EverGreen Escapes & Explorers 3 Adventures based in Seattle, Washington. Jake graduated from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon with a Business degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management. He added a certification from the World Leisure Travel Academy shortly there after. An avid outdoorsman and a responsible and active traveler, he has turned his passion for the transformational power of travel into his life’s work. Even his closest friends cannot decipher when he is working or playing. Professional experience was gained at reputable travel companies such as Four Seasons Resorts, Marco Polo Expeditions, Galapagos Cruises, Cruise West and Down Under Answers. An unquenchable entrepreneurial spirit and genuine personality has resulted in two adventure travel companies that combine a deep appreciation of nature, wildlife and active pursuits with sustainable, intimate and exclusive culinary, wine and luxe lodging experiences. Explorers 3 Adventures sends clients to Alaska, Antarctica, Latin America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. EverGreen Escapes welcomes visiting tourists and locals alike on authentic and experiential northwest adventures, treks and tours.

DAN MOORE - Chief Outings Officer
My mission is to create an exciting and comfortable learning environment in which people feel inspired AND a sense of accomplishment. A tour with me is about the overall experience, not just the bits of information you’ll learn I grew up in Minneapolis MN and spent a large percentage of my childhood out exploring the wilderness and wild areas around home and afar. In 1996, after graduating from college in St. Paul MN (Macalester College), I left to spend most of a year in South America – trekking and researching tropical forests in Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. It is here that I discovered the importance of creating positive experiences for people in the outdoors - you can’t love what you don’t know, and people won’t protect what they don’t love. I came back to the US in 1997 to get a graduate degree in Environmental Education from the University of MN at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center and shortly after completing that I moved to Seattle. When I’m not leading tours and team building programs for Evergreen Escapes, I work behind the scenes designing programs and helping to run the business. In my spare time I play guitar in a Neil Young tribute band.

MARK KAMMERER - Escape Route Coordinator
After moving around the United States several times while growing up, I finally landed in Seattle. It didn’t take long for me to become completely infatuated with everything the Pacific Northwest has to offer an outdoor enthusiast. Some of my earliest memories are exploring the backwoods of Minnesota, but for me the wilderness of the Midwest doesn’t compare to the beauty and grandeur of the Northwest. It is the mountains, the Sound and everything in between that makes me feel fortunate to call Seattle home. I attended University of Denver where I graduated with a degree in Business Management; and while I loved Colorado and the Rockies, I always knew I’d come back. That opportunity came in the form of a job offer in Bellevue. After working in a different industry for some time, I decided to follow my heart and pursue opportunities in a professional environment that allows me to share my love of the outdoors with others. I’m very pleased to be working with Evergreen Escapes so I can share with the world why I’ll always call the Northwest home. When I’m not working I love to hike, backpack, climb, ski, run, swim, paddle and do just about anything that lets me get out there!

MARIA BORISOV - Base Camp Manager, Seattle
I was born in Ukraine, raised in St. Petersburg, Russia and I moved to the Seattle area in grade school. My family traveled often, road tripping through the United States, flying to Turkey, riding trains in Eastern Europe – developing the travel bug at an early age! I’ve spent time abroad throughout Europe, Asia and New Zealand, but I’ve always returned to the Pacific Northwest for its varied climate, beautiful scenery, and progressive culture. I enrolled at Western Washington University with the plan to major in business, but I soon discovered that sitting through accounting classes and working for a large corporation wasn’t for me. I switched to Western’s hospitality and recreation program where I studied Eco-Tourism and focused on the environmental & cultural effects of tourism. Western’s program showed me the incredible potential that outdoor recreation has as a way to not only have fun, but also to be a therapeutic treatment and a means for environmental awareness. I have a strong passion for the environment, eco-tourism and helping people to understand how the two can correlate if implanted correctly. After a brief stint in both the hotel & wine industries, I joined Evergreen Escapes because they share a similar passion to what I believe in. My dream is to one day open a recreational lodge where I can play outdoors, cook, and meet people from all over the world!