75th Anniversary of the Philmont Training Center

Founders

Waite and Genevieve Phillips

Of course, there would be no Philmont Training Center without the donation of their New Mexico ranch and the Villa Philmont – the centerpiece of the Philmont Training Center. A training facility was part of the original intent of the gift and over his lifetime Phillips offered many thoughts and even directions for training Scout leaders at the ranch, and after it was a realized vision, for the Training Center. He understood the value of family support and early on recommended spouse and family activities so they could enjoy Philmont along with their Scouter, just as Genevieve and the Phillips children did.

Elliott “Chope” and Virginia Phillips  

Waite and Virginia’s son Chope and his wife Virginia were frequent visitors to the Philmont Training Center campus and were Philmont benefactors. They funded a major restoration of the Villa Philmonte in the 1970s and were active advisors to the Ranch Committee and the Philmont staff. Chope is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award and both Chope and Virginia are recipients of the Silver Sage Award for their service to Philmont.

Arthur A. Schuck  

Schuck was the Boy Scouts of America’s director of field operations when the Phillips’ gifts were made. In this role he worked closely with Waite on all aspects of the Ranch operation, including the training center idea after the 1941 gift. As the 3^rd Chief Scout Executive (1948-1960) he drove the formal creation of the Training Center and provided the funding for new facilities and programs. He is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.

Volunteers and Staff

Dave Anderson     

After Dave’s retirement in the late 1990s, he decided to spend summers, and often longer into the fall, working as seasonal staff at Philmont. Dave worked in several roles, including personnel for the seasonal staff where he was known as “Payroll Dave,” but he also led and played with the original Wanna-Be band every summer and was known as “Cracker Barell Dave.”

Kay Anderson

As the Craft Center manager in the summer and fall for several years beginning in the late 1990s, Kay greatly increased the variety and quality of craft offerings, added craft equipment, kept the center open more often, and successfully convinced the Ranch leadership to expand the footprint of the facility.

Mark Anderson

Mark was Philmont’s longest serving director of program, having that role from 1999 to 2017. His responsibilities included the Training Center beginning in 2009 with a reorganization of the Ranch staff. He Arediscovered@ the Rayado Ridge site when the need arose and worked with the donor and the volunteer training team to create the new site for advanced leadership training. Mark is one of 13 BSA employees included in the Plaza of Professionals at Rayado Ridge for his work in the development of that training facility and is a recipient of the Silver Sage Award for his service to Philmont.

Rick Bragga

Rick, a past member of the Ranch Committee and a Philmont Training Center advocate, was the chair of the 75^th Anniversary task force. A chair or member of numerous National Council committees over his many years of service, he has served on the Training Center faculty 19 times and as a weekly conference chair six times. He has been a Philmont National Camp Accreditation Program chair and reviewer and was a seasonal staff member. He is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Silver Antelope, and is a Distinguished Eagle Scout.

Walter M. “Buster” Brown III

Buster was an advocate for Scouts with special needs who envisioned and promoted related conferences and family programs at the Training Center. He was a member of the Ranch Committee and the Philmont Training Center subcommittee for many years. As a tribute to his service and devotion to the Philmont Training Center his family helped make a new conference room possible and Philmont named the building in his honor. Buster is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.

Ray Bryan

Ray was the Philmont general manager from 1953 to 1970, giving leadership to the initial construction and then expansion of the Training Center’s tent cities, dining halls, classrooms, housing, and other facilities. He was a very active presence at the Volunteer Training Center and often appears in photos with participants and telling guests about Philmont in the Assembly Hall or the living room of the Villa Philmonte.

Chuck Buenger

Chuck was the Philmont general manager from 1987 to 1993. Under his leadership the full-time ADirector of the Philmont Training Center@ position was established which no longer reported to the director of program, and a new emphasis on the Training Center as a tool to support councils was established. Like Ray Bryan and Bill Spice, Chuck was often a presence at the Training Center during his tenure.

Clyde Clark 

Clyde was the Training Center manager from 1975 to 1984. Under his leadership conference attendance at the Philmont Training Center grew from just under 3,000 to over 5,000 participants ‑ despite a post-Boypower decline in Boy Scouts of America adult and youth membership. Prior to his tenure at Philmont he was the Boy Scouts of America’s director of relationships and supported conferences in that role for many years. As manager he had a tremendous impact on the Training Center program and the success of the entire operation.

Jack Callaway

Jack was a long-time member of the Ranch Committee and the Training Center subcommittee for many years. He was a course director for Walking Wood Badge and an advocate for that program and all training at the Philmont Training Center. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope award.

Martha Ree Collins

Martha Ree is the daughter of Gayle Stanton. They were a mother-daughter team who operated day care centers in Florida who for over a decade, before and during Gayle’s tenure on the committee. She equipped the new Small Fry Center, trained staff each summer, provided new materials, and set operational procedures which were followed for many years. She helped make the Small Fry Center a state-of-the-art facility for the Philmont Training Center ‘s youngest participants.

Donna Cunningham

Donna was one of the lead founders of the Venturing program and member of the committee. She has been on the faculty of multiple conferences at the Philmont Training Center since the 1980s. She conceived, promoted, and led Venturing conferences. She also led Exploring, conservation, COPE, and Leave No Trace conferences, and was a host for the outdoor adventure programs. She was the course director of the first pilot Powderhorn course held at Philmont in 1999 and was a member of the pilot Wood Badge course staff. Donna is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Larry Cunningham

One of the founders of the Venturing program, Larry conceived, promoted, and led Venturing conferences, and before that the Exploring conferences, at the Philmont Training Center. He has been on the faculty of multiple conferences at the Philmont Training Center since the 1980s was a host of the outdoor adventure program. He was on the staff of the first pilot Powderhorn course held at Philmont in 1999. Larry is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Charles Dahlquist 

As a world-wide leader of his church, the chair of the National Venturing Committee, and as the Boy Scouts of America’s National Commissioner, the Philmont Training Center has always been important to Charles. He has constantly promoted the Training Center in every role and whenever he is in attendance he makes a point of greeting arriving participants at the Welcome Wagon on arrival day. After his church ended its partnership with the Boy Scouts of America he continued to offer conferences at the Philmont Training Center for church members who were still in Scouting. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Robert Dealaman

A dedicated Philmont Training Center advocate, Bob coordinated Boy Scouting conferences and the volunteer Training Center quartermasters for many years. He was a member of task forces who developed the Philmont Leadership Challenge and 21st Century Wood Badge courses. He was a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Don Fifield  

Don was the director of professional training for the Boy Scouts of America in the 1960s. He brought the National Executive Institute and other professional training to the Training Center in 1968. This led to the construction of additional classrooms and housing and exposed many professionals to the Philmont Training Center and Philmont for the first time.

Joey Fernandez

A recipient of the Philmont Staff Association’s Silver Sage Award for his service to Philmont, Joey started his Philmont career as the Philmont Training Center dining hall manager in 1995. Since 2002 he has been the leader and manager of the entire Philmont food service operation, but the Training Center has remained important to him. Joey not only provides meals in the summer, he serves conferences, retreats, meetings, and other activities in the non-summer months. Some years he has served more meals in the Philmont Training Center dining halls from September to May than he does from June to August.

Jim Fish

Jim led the Senores/Silverados spouses’ program in the 1990s and early 2000s. His leadership made the spouses program more than just an activity to keep them busy. He consciously planned and led a variety of spouses’ adventures designed to make the Philmont Training Center special for spouses, to give them an experience that made them want to come back to the Philmont Training Center, and for them to be supportive of their Scouter spouse. Jim was also a “dad” to members of the Training Center staff.

Jack Furst

Jack, a long-time National Executive Board member and National Council officer, was the benefactor who made the Rayado Ridge Leadership Camp possible. He was a Wood Badge course director at Philmont and supporter of the Philmont Training Center in his council and throughout the Boy Scouts of America. He is a Distinguished Eagle Scout, a Silver Antelope, and a Silver Buffalo.

Janet Griffin

Janet has been a conference participant, family program participant, faculty member, creator and author of multiple conferences, a volunteer seasonal staff member, the leader of the “Philharmonics” for five years, a year-around Villa tour guide, and a Philmont Training Center advocate. Janet has twice been a member of the Philmont accreditation team. She has been a member of several national committees responsible for conferences and is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.

Mark Griffin

Mark was the Director of the Philmont Training Center from 1995 to 2000 and wrote the Philmont Training Center history The Other Side of the Road for the Philmont Staff Association. As chair of a 1993-1994 attendance task force and then as director, he was instrumental in the reversal of a declining attendance, leading to the largest attendance to date in 2000. He added new facilities and opened the Training Center to year‑around use, including the fall conferences. In addition to being the director, since his first visit in 1971 he has attended the Philmont Training Center as a youth family member, a spouse, a parent, a conference participant, a faculty member, a weekly conference chair, and as the overall conference coordinator. Mark has twice been a member of the Philmont camp accreditation team. He is a Distinguished Eagle Scout, a recipient of the Silver Antelope, and is one of 13 BSA employees included in the Plaza of Professionals at Rayado Ridge.

Valera Henson

Valera was a seasonal staff for many years in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Under her leadership a wing of the Polo Barns and the Barns’ central courtyard was remodeled to create a well-equipped a small fry center and program for the youngest children of participants. She also led the effort to relocate the pony ring from the Training Center campus to the Polo Barns so the ponies could be enjoyed more often by the small fry program participants. During her tenure Valera played key roles in programs for conference attendees’ wives and in evening programs for families.

Lawry Hunsaker

Lawry served as the council president of one the largest Philmont Training Center attendance councils for many years. But also, as a member of National Council committees and task forces that supported Training Center activities he served on the conference faculty many times, developed conferences, and advocated for Philmont Training Center throughout the Movement and within his church. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Russ Hunsaker

As a council president in Massachusetts, and in any role he has served, Russ has been a vigorous advocate for the Philmont Training Center. Russ gave overall and hands-on leadership to conferences as a member of the volunteer training committee and as chair of the National Relationships and the National Venturing committees. He now leads the Philmont National Camp Accreditation Team. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Dennis Kampa

A long time Philmont Training Center advocate and faculty member, Dennis is the first, and only to date, recipient of the Philmont Staff Association’s Silver Sage Award for exceptional service to the Philmont Training Center. As his Silver Sage announcement said, Dennis is “a mainstay of Philmont Training Center programming for close to three decades, Dennis has served as a faculty member, advisor, helper, and all‑around >do whatever needs to be done’ supporter for the Philmont Training Center with above and beyond dedication and skill. This recent retiree has also played a lead role in the Philmont Ambassadors program, and somehow finds time to help on the summer staff as a docent at the National Scouting Museum.” He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope award.

Nancy Klein

For over two decades, and with a couple of different titles, Nancy served as the main guardian and protector of the Villa Philmonte. She gave countless tours in the summer and all-year round. She answered countless questions from Scouts, tourists, and researchers. She led, or did herself, landscaping projects. When the Villa classroom was closed, it was her idea to create the Phillips museum in that space and she did the research, led the building of displays, and acquired the items to display. She has co-authored books on the Villa and the Phillips family and assisted others who wrote Philmont books. In 2000-2001 she assisted in the development of 21^st Century Wood Badge and the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience with history and Philmont elements. Nancy is one of 13 BSA employees included in the Plaza of Professionals at Rayado Ridge for her work with these training courses.

Tom Krouskop

Tom served as a staff member, Scoutmaster, and coordinator of the National Junior Leader Instructor Camp courses at Rayado and Rocky Mountain Scout Camp in the 1990s and 2000s. Under his leadership the courses often had between 70 and 80 participants per week. He personally donated equipment to the lodge and kitchen at Rocky Mountain Scout Camp. Tom was part of the team who created the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience. Tom also served as a seasonal staff member at Philmont. A campsite at Rayado Ridge is named in his honor for the work he did in developing the training held there. Dr. Krouskop is a Distinguished Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Silver Antelope.

William L. Lawrence       

When it became obvious after the 1950 conferences that Philmont and the regions would not be able to handle the facilities, the program, and the conferences alone they requested and received help from Lawrence, the national director of volunteer training. Lawrence and his team managed and led the first full summers of conferences in 1951 and 1952. He set the pattern of conference weeks covering a specific area of Scouting.

Bob Longoria

Bob has served as a member of conference faculties, as the camp director at Rocky Mountain Scout Camp and Rayado Ridge for several years. He has led and supported activities held at the Training Center all year. He worked with Walking Wood Badge from 1988-1994 and was the course director in 1994 for the last Walking Wood Badge at Philmont. He served on the faculty for the National Junior Leader Instructor Camp for several years and was the coordinator for the final year of the National Junior Leader Instructor Camp and for the first two years of the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience in 2006 and 2007. Bob has worked with the Fly Fishing Invitational for over 25 years and with the Veteran’s Fly Fishing program for several years. A campsite at Rayado Ridge is named in his honor for the work he did in developing the training held there. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope Award.

Lula Mae Love

When you ask any Scouter who was at the Philmont Volunteer Training Center during its first thirty or so years who they remember, they mention without exception, Lula Mae Love. Lula Mae and her husband Otto enjoyed working during the summers at the Training Center from 1954 until 1983. Her duties over those many years included greeting and registering attendees and managing the office. In 1976 she initiated the first scheduled tours of the restored Villa Philmonte.

Dr. Harry G. McGavran

Dr. McGavran was a national volunteer who was the Adean@ of the Diamond Hitch finance training course for 11 years in the very early days of the Training Center. He was a Philmont and Santa Fe Trail historian who shared stories on many evenings during the courses. An artist, he and his wife Bea painted a map of the Santa Fe Trail that hung on the wall of the Assembly Hall for many years. He was a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo Awards.

Dr. Dan Miller, MD

“Doctor Dan” was the volunteer Philmont Training Center medical officer for 16 summers. Additionally he served on a conference faculty six times.

LuAnn Mills

LuAnn served on the Philmont Training Center seasonal staff in the late 1990s and early 2000s. During that time, Lou Ann was the manager of the Small Fry Center. She made Small Fry, when attendance was huge, special for children, to give them an experience that made them want to come back to the Philmont, and for them to be supportive of their Scouter.

Ron Mills

Ron served on the Philmont Training Center seasonal staff in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Ron was the Training Center program director for the largest family attendance summers to date. He established a high standard of educational family programs and motivational evening programs. Many credit his leadership of the program staff and the quality program they provided for the attendance increase in the late 1990s. Ron has also served as a Training Center group leader and as a member of the Training Center faculty.

Ellie Morrison

As the chair or member of several National committees or task forces over her distinguished tenure and as the 11^th National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, Ellie has been a valuable advocate and supporter of the Training Center. She has been a faculty member and has worked with Cub Scouting, membership, relationships, and of course commissioner conferences. Ellie was a member of the 21^st Century Wood Badge pilot course staff and a campsite at Rayado Ridge is named in her honor for the work she did in developing the training held there. She is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

Ed Pease

Ed served as a member of the Ranch Committee and was the chair of the Training Center subcommittee. He was a member, and chair, of the National Order of the Arrow Committee and served on the faculty of several Order of the Arrow conferences. He is an ardent advocate for the Training Center who worked to support the Training Center, the faculty, and the staff in many ways as a leader of the Philmont Staff Association. Ed pushed for the publication of The Other Side of the Road by the Staff Association. He is a Distinguished Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Silver Sage awards.

Earle Peterson

Earl was the associate director of Boy Scouting for many years who managed the Boy Scouting conferences and training courses at the Philmont Training Center in the 1980s and 1990s.

Dick Potter  

Dick was a member of the National Staff of the Boy Scouts of America and served as the summer director of the Volunteer Training Center in the formative years of 1954‑1962. He built many, if not most, of the traditions and the culture that have continued to this day. He also influenced the major expansions to the Training Center.

Mary Ann Price

Mary Ann has served on the faculty of numerous conferences at the Training Center over the last 25 years, and as both volunteer and seasonal staff quartermaster, both in the summer and in the fall. Mary Ann was a member of the 21st Century Wood Badge development team, and she was on the staff of the Philmont pilot course. She was also on the staff of the Philmont Leadership Challenge pilot course. She has also been a member of the Philmont accreditation team. She has been a Philmont Ambassador for her council since the Philmont Training Center Ambassador program started in 2011. Mary Ann did some of the research for The Other Side of the Road. For all their service to advanced leadership training at Philmont, one of the staff tent cities at Rayado Ridge is named in her and Randy’s honor. Mary Ann is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.

Randy Price

Randy was on the staff of the National Junior Leader Instructor Camp for six years and a national advocate for the course before, during, and after. Randy has served on the faculty of numerous conferences at the Training Center over the last 25 years, and as both volunteer and seasonal staff quartermasters, both in the summer and in the fall. He was on the staff of the Philmont pilot 21^st Century Wood Badge course. He was also on the staff of the Philmont Leadership Challenge pilot course. He has also been a member of the Philmont accreditation team. Randy has been a Philmont Ambassador for his council since the Philmont Training Center Ambassador program started in  2011. For all their service to advanced leadership training at Philmont, one of the staff tent cities at Rayado Ridge is named in her and Randy’s honor. Randy is a recipient of the Silver Antelope award.

Julie Phillips Puckett

Julie is the daughter of Chope and Virginia Phillips. She is also an active and supportive member of the Ranch Committee. Her family connection has been, and is, incredibly important to both her and the Philmont Training Center. Julia is not only concerned about the “Phillips property” she is very involved in the workings of the Scout activities and the Training Center.

Rachel Ricklefs

Rachel worked at Philmont for her entire adult life until her retirement in 2009 as the full-time Training Center registrar. In that role, Rachel worked with five directors of the training center. For most of that tenure she, often alone, managed the gathering of invitation lists from councils and the mailing of 10s of thousands of invitations to Scouters around the Boy Scouts of America. She processed returned registrations and assigned housing for families. In the summer she welcomed arrivals and managed both the office staff and the services staff in the tent cities.

Mark Sagers

Mark served for 12 years as volunteer quartermaster at the Training Center and for three years was a Philmont chaplain. For 15 years he worked with youth leader training courses conducted at the Philmont Training Center.

Waldo “Tex” Shaver

Tex was the director of the Boy Scouts of America’s Finance Service from 1949 to 1962. His Diamond Hitch finance training was one of the first National courses at Philmont, even before the official start of the Volunteer Training Center. He conducted the course at Philmont for 14 years, exposing the Ranch and the Training Center to a generation of top local council volunteers and professionals. Tex used Philmont themes in his fundraising story booklet Twilight Hour to “keep alive the spirit, warmth, and friendship of Philmont.”

Marlin Sieg 

Seig served as the associate director of Cub Scouting and managed the Cub Scouting conferences at the Philmont Training Center from 1951 to 1976. He was a pioneer who first welcomed women to attend the Cub Scouting conferences in 1952 at a time when women were not allowed to register in most Scouting positions.

Bob Sirhal

Bob is another of those Scouters who has led or been a member of many national committees who held conferences at the Philmont Training Center, and he has been a faculty member for multiple conferences. He was the chair of the Training Center Conference Committee and led the process of selecting weekly conference chairs and setting the conference schedule. In 2011 Bob initiated the original Philmont Training Center Ambassador program. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.

Scott Sorrels

Scott is the 12^th National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. Under his leadership the commissioner conferences have been the most consistent and largest attendance Training Center conference of the 2020s. Even before his time as National Commissioner he was a valued supporter and advocate for the Philmont Training Center who has served as a faculty member many times. Scott is a Distinguished Eagle Scout and the recipient of the Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards. He has also received the Bronze Wolf Award from the World Organization of the Scouting Movement.

Bill Spice    

As Philmont’s general manager from 1993 to 2000, Bill made the first major facility improvements to the Training Center since the late 1960s. Working with the Ranch Committee the Small Fry Center, the Pony Ring, the Brown Building and its Phillips classrooms, a new large duplex, the Villa Museum, the Urraca Trail and the Nature Trail, the Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience course, the restoration of the Hunting Lodge for Training Center program use, and duplex, dining hall, and classroom heating for year-around use all occurred during his tenure. He also restructured the Philmont Training Center leadership and its responsibilities and worked to build a Aone Philmont staff@ culture. Prior to his service as general manager, Bill had been a conference faculty member and advocate for the Philmont Training Center as a Scout executive and area director. He is a recipient of the Silver Sage Award.

Gayle Stanton

Gayle was a long-time member of the Ranch Committee and the Philmont Training Center subcommittee. She and her daughter Martha Ree Collins were a mother-daughter team who operated day care centers in Florida who for over a decade, before and during Gayle’s tenure on the committee, equipped the new Small Fry Center, trained staff each summer, provided new materials, and set operational procedures which were followed for many years. They made the Small Fry Center a state-of-the-art facility for the Philmont Training Center’s youngest participants.

Chuck Walneck

Chuck has been a member of the Ranch Committee since the mid-1980s. Chuck has served as the chair of the Training Center subcommittee twice and was the chair of the facilities committee during the major construction projects at the Philmont Training Center in the 1990s. Chuck authored the First Class Emphasis Program while he was the chairman of the National Advancement Committee adding to the Training Center conference attendance. For over three decades he has planned and led multiple program and regional conference weeks at the Training Center. Chuck donated patented payphones for use at Philmont in the 1980’s. He restored the 1906 Ford Model N, an original vehicle found on Philmont property. He is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.

Judy Walneck

For many years Judy served as a volunteer staff member with the spouses’ programs, a regional advocate for the Philmont Training Center and the participation of Scouter spouses, and an active participant in Philmont and Ranch Committee activities. For over two decades, Judi has provided upgrades to the Training Center duplexes. Over the past three decades Judi has co-sponsored the employee appreciation dinners, held concurrent with the twice a year Ranch Committee meeting.

Andrea Watson

Among her many Philmont Training Center connections, Andrea is the only person who has attended the Training Center as a youth family member, a parent, a conference participant, a conference director, a seasonal staff member, and as the Philmont Training Center director (2011-2015). She was the first, and only to date, female Philmont Training Center director, and as of January 2025, the first female general manager of Philmont. During her tenure as director she reversed a serious attendance decline and improved facilities. In between Philmont roles, she gave leadership to the development and implementation of the Family Adventure program and the High Adventure Base accreditation program as a member of the National Service Center staff. She is one of 13 Boy Scouts of America employees included in the Plaza of Professionals at Rayado Ridge.

Roy Williams        

Roy has been an advocate for the Philmont Training Center in every role in which he has served. As the director of the Boy Scout Division he made their conferences at the Training Center a priority. As director of the Western Region he insisted that his councils return invitation lists and promote the Philmont Training Center. As the Boy Scouts of America’s 10th Chief Scout Executive he often visited Philmont and supported Philmont efforts.

Sue Weierman

Sue was an ardent leader of, and advocate for, Cub Scouting conferences at the Philmont Training Center. She served on the faculty of both conferences and National Camping Schools. As a vice-chair of the National Cub Scouting Committee, Sue led the development and content of conferences. When selected as a course director for a Cub Scout Trainer Wood Badge course, she chose Philmont as the location and the course was held on the Training Center campus – with Gilwell on the front lawn of the Villa. One of many significant things she did, that impacted the Boy Scouts of America as a whole and Training Center attendance at a time when Cub Scouting conferences were the largest, was to personally meet with the top leaders of her church and successfully convince them to keep using Cub Scouting as their youth activity program. Sue is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.

Dan Zaccara

Dan is a many-time faculty member, conference chair, and was the chair of the National Volunteer Training Committee. He led the Rayado Ridge Leadership Camp project and secured the funding for the facility. He was the course director of the 21^st Century Wood Badge pilot course at Philmont. Under his leadership the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience and the Philmont Leadership Challenge were created. There are few greater advocates for all that occurs at the Philmont Training Center. The training lodge at Rayado Ridge is named the Zaccara Leadership Lodge in his honor. Dan is a recipient of the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo awards.