MEET OUR GUEST
INSTRUCTORS

We at The Survival University strive to bring you as much information as possible in relation to survival, emergency preparedness, wilderness medicine, bushcraft and pretty much anything related to survival. We cant possibly know it all and will never claim to do so. But what we can do is bring you amazing instructors from all over the country if not the globe. Here are the bios for some of our guest instructors.

MARK DeJONG

Mark DeJong, Nationally-Registered Paramedic and founder of Off Grid Medic LLC, has over 22 years of experience in treating victims of trauma and sudden illness.

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese, is the Owner and Founder at Instinct Survivalist, Owner and Founder at ISWS LLC and a Nationally-Registered EMT, he formed an interest in medicine and training while helping his mother become a Registered Nurse.

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MATT BOGER

Matt Boger grew up in Southern Michigan where he was an avid outdoorsman, spending much of his time hunting, fishing and running around the wilderness. He joined the U.S. Army as an Infantryman in 1996 and continues to serve.

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KIRSTEN ZULYEVIC

Kirsten is a farmer, teach and perpetual life student, grew up in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and continues to call it home. She developed a close relationship with the plants around her from an early age. Growing up on a family homestead; gardening and plants were a very important part of her life and would be the foundation for herbalism as she grew older. Empowered by her experiences, she began exploring the simple remedies and preparations she had grown up with more in-depth.

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Jacks genega

Jacks Genega is an avid adventurer and full-time van-lifer teaching wilderness skills across the country. Her journey into outdoor living began when solo hiking across the UK and in Europe while studying with Woodland Ways (UK) leading to the completion of their Northern Forest Year program. She then trained in the US with various leaders in the field and now shares her love of all things bushcraft and survival in hopes to promote a sense of resilience through self-reliance through her own brand, Wildcard Wilderness.

 
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Matt Graham

Matt Graham is a seasoned survival instructor and TV personality known for his diverse skills showcased on Discovery and National Geographic. He's achieved remarkable feats, such as a 1,700-mile run along California's Pacific Crest Trail, and contributed significantly to popular TV shows like "Dual Survival" and "Live Free or Die.

 

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JIMMY DUNN

Jimmy Dunn has been in LEO with the National Parks Service since 1996 until her retired in 2021. He worked tracking operations along the Mexican border and as a former Team Leader for multi-agency tactical tracking units. As a field training officer, he has trained groups of law enforcement officers in tactical tracking in a wilderness environment.

Phillip Liebel

Phillip is the Owner and Instructor at Primitive Wilderness Survival School in Chico Texas. Here he teaches everything from 72 hour emergency survival to full on primitive living skills.

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BOB SEEBECK

“Cattail” Bob Seebeck is the author of Survival Plants of Colorado and Best-Tasting Edibles of the Rocky Mountain West. He has been an Earth Knack instructor since 1993. Cattail Bob has been conducting outdoor education classes in the Rockies since 1975, offering instruction in wild useful herbs, wilderness survival, and mountain cabin building. Cattail is a back country guide and former squad boss of the Larimer County, Colorado, search, rescue, and fire crew. Cattail Bob’s excellent wild plant field class was featured on The Today Show during an Earth Knack Family Gathering Program. He currently resides in a self-built solar cabin near Estes Park, Colorado.

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MIKE ESSAM

Mike Essam teaches mushroom cultivation classes, lectures to organizations about fungi, provides private forays and identification services and sometimes sells wild mushrooms.

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RYAN MAGUIRE

Ryan Maguire is the owner and operator of WYLD RYDE Outdoors, a wilderness program aimed at sharing ancient skills and wisdom with the modern world. Ryan is also a competitive endurance athlete, regularly taking on massive challenges throughout all varieties of remote, rugged wilderness.

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SEE OUR GOALS THIS YEAR


78%

OF 1000KM IN MOUNTAINS

8H

SLEPT EVERY DAY

15

NEW PLACES DISCOVERED

+5%

IMPROVING SKILLS

JONATHAN, OUR GUIDES TEAM LEADER

EVERY TIME I GO ON A JOURNEY WITH CLIENTS, I CHOOSE THE GOAL TO HAVE THE CLOSEST CONTACT WITH NATURE AND MAKE IT AN UNFORGETTABLE ADVENTURE