Stuart Slay is the Director of Slay Risk, a consulting and coaching practice that helps schools and outdoor programs see risk clearly and manage it together. Stuart spent a decade in Korea building and running an outdoor education program. He also served as the national risk management director at the Student Conservation Association, the USA's oldest and largest provider of conservation service programs. He holds a master’s degree in Adventure Education from Prescott College, where he developed a systems-based method for assessing how national culture influences program risk and safety. 

Based in Taipei, Stuart is a certified executive coach, an AEE

accreditation reviewer, chair of the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (2023-2025), and a founding member of the Wilderness Climate Lab, a professional learning group focused on climate change and outdoor programs.