About

The Brown Outing Club (BOC) is an entirely student-organized and operated university club that creates weekly opportunities for members of the Brown community to explore nature, take healthy risks, and experience a change of pace from campus life. We’re committed to creating respectful and equitable opportunities for students of all identities, backgrounds, and experience levels, which includes our efforts to reach out to underrepresented groups and ensure the outdoors is a space for everyone. By fostering a supportive and welcoming environment, BOC encourages participants to be themselves while building meaningful connections through shared outdoor experiences.

This focus is supported by a wide variety of trips, ranging from local walks and day hikes to biking, kayaking, indoor climbing, skiing, and everything in between. The BOC also offers multi-day Fall and Spring Break camping and backpacking adventures to the Adirondacks, Blue Ridge, and White Mountains, as well as subsidized ski trips and seasonal whitewater rafting outings.

We actively work to reduce social and environmental barriers that can prevent individuals from getting outdoors. Our ‘no-questions-asked’ financial aid policy affords all participants to participate on our trips regardless of their financial circumstances. Our Gear Room rents gear cheaply to the Brown Community and serves as a ready supply of functional gear to supply the BOC’s diverse selection of outdoor adventures.

At its core, the club is a service to the Brown community, fostering interpersonal connection, creating space for self-discovery, and instilling a deep respect for the natural world through ‘Leave No Trace’ ethics and environmental stewardship. If you’re interested in the community, challenge, and regeneration that the outdoors offer, join our mailing list that includes over 4,500 members of the Brown community—faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students included. If you’d like to support our mission of getting more students outside, click here to donate to the BOC!

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CORE LEADERSHIP

2025-2026 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Ifadayo Engel-Halfkenny & Nia Matthews Cox
Vice President: Zoe Park
Treasurers: William Stone & Alex Tully
Gear Room Managers: Ella Creane, Graciela Canil, & Sofia Hernandez
Diversity & Inclusion Chair: Bennett Lacerte

2024-2025 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Adnan Aldabbagh & Sofia Gilroy
Vice President: Nia Matthews Cox
Treasurers: Tasawar Rahman & William Stone
Gear Room Managers: Ifadayo Engel-Halfkenny & Cate Latimer
Diversity & Inclusion Chair: Titi Zhang

2023-2024 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Caroline Sassan & Ayan Rahman
Vice President: Lara Simshauser
Treasurers: Poom Yoosiri & Tasawar Rahman
Gear Room Managers: Adnan Aldabbagh & Laurie Tamayo
Diversity & Inclusion Chair: Anila Marks

2022-2023 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Hannah Bashkow & Ulysses Chevez
Vice President: Esteban Hernandez Lopez
Treasurers: Sophie Buchheit & Zachary Kaufman
Gear Room Managers: Cali Rivera & Daniel Graves
Diversity & Inclusion Chair: Alec Lacerte

2021-2022 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Olivia McClain, Cal Stellato, & Anna Swanson
Gear Room Managers: Ulysses Chevez & Daniel Wexler

2020-2021 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Eva Kitlen & Aidan Wang
Vice President: Cal Stellato

2018-19 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Charlotte Haslett & Lucas Smolcic Larson
Vice President: Max Kozlov
Gear Room Manager: Ethan Pierce

2017-18 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Austen Sharpe & Zoe Gates
Vice President: Lucas Smolcic Larson
Gear Room Manager: Ethan Pierce

2016-17 Executive Leadership
Presidents: Charlotte Haslett & Clayton Sanford
Vice President: Lena Milton
Gear Room Manager: Camila Lupi