Meet Our Team

  • Avery Bradt

    Avery Bradt

    Mustang Team Member

  • Claire Fern

    Claire Fern

    Bears Team Member

  • Helen Jackson

    Helen Jackson

    Eagles Team Member

  • Jen Samuels

    Jen Samuel

    Bears Team Member

  • Joe Green

    Joe Green

    Eagles Team Member

  • Kim Baker

    Kim Baker

    Eagles Team Leader

  • Lindsey Thompson

    Lindsey Thompson

    Mustang Team Member

  • Marie Kunert

    Marie Kunert

    Chipmunks Team Member

  • Mark Hodgson

    Mark Hodgson

    Bears Team Leader

  • Stephanie Finn

    Stephanie Finn

    Mustang Team Leader

  • Christian Wack

    Christian Wack

    Germany Country Director

  • Mike Peters

    Mike Peters

    UK Country Director

  • Pete Hanbury

    Pete Hanbury

    Customer Service Manager

  • Bastian Weinberger

    Bastian Weinberger

    Managing Director

  • Chris Arnold

    Chris Arnold

    CEO

Our Story

Smaller Earth is part of the Smaller Earth Group and a sister company to Camp Leaders, providing opportunities for young people to work at American summer camps since 1999. In 2006 Smaller Earth emerged from Camp Leaders with its own identity and an opportunity to improve existing work and travel programs available to young people.  

Smaller Earth offers handpicked, meaningful opportunities from around the globe, making some of the world's most stunning and remote locations accessible to all. We endeavour not only to provide an experience where you can positively impact the lives of others but also to provide you with the tools to reflect, evaluate and leverage what you have learned and experienced in a positive way.  In addition, we help you to make the most of your self development opportunities through our Smaller Earth Leadership Framework (SELF) which provides a variety of tools and resources to help make sense of the experience.

All of our experiences are ethical in nature with a percentage of the fees that you pay going directly back into the project that you work on. Our on-the-ground partners and projects are quality checked for your complete reassurance and peace of mind.

When you book a Smaller Earth trip, every last detail is covered so that you can relax, enjoy and make the most of your experience.