Keith Williams is the founding Director of Education and is the current Executive Director at NorthBay, an outdoor-education program based in northeastern Maryland. He has a BS in Environmental Biology and an MS in Ecological Teaching and Learning from Lesley University. Keith worked as an Environmental Biologist with the US Army for ten years before starting his education career, and has conducted environmental assessments throughout North America, Southwest Asia, and Central America. Keith has extensively snorkeled rivers in the eastern US, has developed a river-snorkeling based science curriculum, and has established river-snorkeling programs for nonprofits and the US Forest Service. He has led thousands of people on river-snorkeling adventures. Keith actively volunteers with his local fire department as a Paramedic and Swift Water Rescue Technician, and sticks his face in creeks every chance he gets.