About

Leadership and development professional Nathaniel Duncan and his wife, Ann, have devoted themselves to others throughout their careers. Nathaniel Duncan twice served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa, spending 2002 to 2004 in Guinea before returning to Togo, West Africa, in 2008 for another two-year volunteer position as an environmental educator. Ann has also contributed to the community as a pastor of the United Methodist Church in Maggie Valley, North Carolina.

In addition to his volunteer efforts, Nathaniel Duncan has dedicated himself to the education and development of young people over the past two decades. He began his career as a middle school history and geography teacher in Massachusetts in 2000 and has gone on to teach at the high school level and serve as a head of school in two North Carolina academies. He leverages this background to inform his leadership role as the general manager of a Patagonia store in Palo Alto, California, where he leads the professional development of 30 employees while overseeing all daily operations.

Nathaniel Duncan earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Kutztown University before going on to receive master’s degrees in international relations from Boston University and educational leadership from the Queens University of Charlotte. A certified outdoor educator from the National Outdoor Leadership School, he holds membership in the Association for Experiential Education.