Forrest Ahrens

Forrest Ahrens is an experienced program director currently serving at the YMCA of the North since December 2022, after previously working as a trail guide at the same organization from May 2019 to August 2022, where leadership of wilderness canoe-camping trips in northern Minnesota and Canada was a key responsibility. Additional experience includes serving as the outing club president for the Wisconsin Hoofers from May 2021 to April 2022 and completing an internship at Brient Intellectual Property Law, LLC from November 2020 to April 2021. Forrest Ahrens holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on International Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earned in 2022, and a high school diploma from Minnehaha Academy obtained in 2018.