Your Personal Travel Experts

Dan Austin
Director

Born in California, Dan first ignited his passion for adventure travel in the 1970’s as partner of a rafting company in the Pacific Northwest. His lust for travel soon took him to Alaska, where he saw opportunity as the owner of a construction company developing projects from remote Alaskan villages to military bases in Hawaii and The Azores. In 1994, seeking a new challenge, Dan and a partnership group bought Backcountry Tours of Bozeman, Montana.  The purchase turned out to be the catalyst for things to come.  In 2000, Dan partnered with retired industrialist and financier Paul Lehman and Austin-Lehman Adventures was born. Along the path to owning and directing one of the world’s most recognized active travel brands, Dan founded the non-profit Wheels of Change organization dedicated to empowering rural Africans through mobility via donated bicycles.

Ron Van Dijk
European Operations Manager

Born in Holland Ron van Dijk has been leading and developing bike tours in Europe since 1974. Ron's love and passion for cycling is unmatched in the adventure travel industry. Currently Ron is Austin-Lehman's European Operations Director and you can still find him guiding the occasional trip. Ron is an encyclopedia on Europe and speaks 5 languages fluently. Ron got his MA in Economics from Claremont Graduate University, CA. But Ron wishes he would have studied History instead, because that is his real passion, which he now lives out through our trips in the 'Old World'.

Carol Austin, born and raised in Montana. Grew up exploring the Rocky Mountains and Canada. Even after all of these years, Yellowstone is her favorite place on earth! She didn’t actually branch out into traveling the world until she was much older. Through Austin-Lehman she’s had the chance to visit many wonderful places, but her bucket list is still very long, and of course it grows every year. Working along with her husband Dan, the summer of 2012 was her 14^th season with Austin-Lehman Adventures. When asked the favorite things about her job, it would have to be working with both guests and operators from around the world. From that one can learn something new every day.

Christy has been associated with the travel industry from the beginning of her working career.  Her background includes the airline industry, hotels, and  a local ski resort.  Christy has a BA degree in Accounting and Management and has been able to combine her love of the travel industry and accounting background at Austin Lehman Adventures!

Christy has worn many hats over the years.  Her current responsibilities include the accounting and financial stability of the company, human resources and the logistics of our adventures!  She is also the main caretaker of the many variety of birds and squirrels that frequent the ALA Farm!

Kasey Austin
Field Operations Liaison & Guide

Kasey, the Field Operations Liaison of Austin-Lehman Adventures, works with ground operators around the world as well as domestic guides on the home front when it comes to the details of planning a vacation. She grew up in the business learning about adventure travel from a kid's perspective. Now she puts what she's learned since she was six years old to use both in the office and out in the field.  Kasey has guided trips across the western United States and gets out to travel abroad whenever she gets the chance. She was recently recognized nationally as a "2012 Rising Star in the Tourism Industry" and is very proud of that achievement.

Born and raised on the East Coast, Blake has been living in Montana for over three years.   Long before becoming joining Austin-Lehman Advetures, her love of travel began when she was seven and travelled with her family to a working dude ranch outside of Helena, Montana.  Five years later, she got her first taste of international travel, visiting Peru and Ecuador with her grandmother.  She has now visited 28 countries, including New Zealand, Nepal, and Egypt, and cannot wait to see more.  Blake graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, in Lancaster, PA, with a BA in Art History. 

Bill Callahan
Travel Consultant - Specializing in Europe

Bill was born in Cleveland, Ohio; raised in New England and spent 25 years in the Adirondacks of New York. Bill arrived in Billings in 2006. He has traveled extensively in Europe and North America; has worked for two airlines as well as the Triple A Auto Club. His background includes Sports Broadcasting, a stint as a semi-pro defensive lineman, as well as 30 years in sales.  Bill has a B.S. degree from the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. He was a key researcher for Ron Davies" History of Commuter Airlines of The United States" (1995/Smithsonian Press.) Bill is an avid reader and 5K runner. He loves Classical music, jazz, and, of course, travel.  Bill has been married to his wife Carol for 35 years. They have two sons Bill and Duncan and one granddaughter, Jordan Elizabeth.

Amy grew up on the side of a mountain near Anchorage, AK where she developed a deep-seated passion for all things wild, rugged and beautiful. After many childhood excursions with her family, Amy began traveling on her own and working in adventure travel as a consultant and guide in the San Juan Islands, the Greater Yellowstone region and Costa Rica.

Amy has a B.S. in Biology from Montana State University – Billings and is working on an M.A. in science education with an emphasis in marine and alpine ecology. When not in the office, Amy will most likely be backpacking, fossil hunting or fly fishing. Amy enjoys sharing her love of the outdoors with adventurers of all ages as a sales consultant for Austin Lehman Adventures.

Rikki Moffet
Administrative and Sales Support