KORE Announces Hires For Three New Positions
The Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise Initiative (KORE) has hired three people to fill new positions created to work with the executive director as well as the network of outdoor recreation production manufacturers and designers in the region.
The funding for the new roles comes from the Province of British Columbia’s Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP), which was created to support projects that promote economic diversification, resilience, clean growth opportunities, and infrastructure development throughout rural B.C.
KORE Resource Coordinator – Riley Wilcox
Riley Wilcox joins the KORE team as Resource Coordinator. She brings 20 years of non-profit management experience to round out the KORE operations crew. Working collaboratively with the organization’s Business Advisor and Events Coordinator, Riley will be connecting the KORE membership to business resources, workshops, webinars, funding opportunities and more. When not working, Riley is a patrol lead and instructor with Canadian Ski Patrol. She is also an advocate for children needing specialized medical treatments outside their Kootenay communities and she has a deep passion for launching and growing grassroots organizations. “The Kootenay region is gaining so much momentum and it is awesome to witness,” she says. “I am excited to help position KORE at the forefront of growth in the outdoor rec-tech sector.”
KORE Business Advisor – Christian Rawles
Members of KORE will now have access to regular business advising. Christian Rawles has 20 years of experience in the outdoor industry, including 15 years as the owner of Ambler Mountain Works, and as the organization’s new Business Advisor, he brings a wealth of knowledge in entrepreneurship, small business growth, and strategic decision-making. He will work directly with KORE members, offering guidance on scaling their businesses, solving challenges, and identifying growth opportunities.
KORE Events Coordinator – Jayme Moye
Jayme Moye is the host of the KORE Outdoors Speaker Series and she is joining the organization in an expanded role in 2025 as Events Coordinator for the West Kootenay. Along with producing the Speaker Series, she’ll also head up KORE’s presence at local events, such as Whitewater Ski Resort’s Kootenay Coldsmoke Powderfest, as well as organize various roundtables and in-person Speaker Series presentations across the region. Jayme has 15 years of experience in the outdoors industry as an adventure journalist, writing for top-tier publications including Outside, National Geographic, and Canadian Geographic. She is the founder of the Nelson Adventure Speaker Series, a non-profit that brings world-class mountain sports and culture storytellers to the West Kootenay city.
“Powder Matt” Mosteller (pictured above) is the Board Chair of KORE and he sees the three new positions as a significant move towards KORE helping to create sustainable rural economic development in the Kootenay region and beyond. “We are proud to be the leading rural economic incubator for the outdoor recreation industry in Canada,” he says. “That happens because of the efforts of our team who are extremely talented professionals and who also happen to be deeply passionate about enjoying the world-class outdoor recreation that is offered in the Kootenays of British Columbia.”
About KORE
KORE is an economic development and diversification initiative managed by the Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Society located in Kimberley, BC. KORE has organized an industry cluster of all the outdoor recreation gear manufacturers and designers in the Kootenay region and to date has identified 40+ craft gear makers and designers who have organically started up production manufacturing and design within the Kootenays. KORE’s goal is to scale and attract growth within the industry cluster.
About REDIP
The Province of British Columbia’s Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development, and Innovation (JEDI) created the Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP) in 2022 with a goal to invest up to $33 million a year for three years to support projects that promote economic diversification, resilience, clean growth opportunities, and infrastructure development throughout rural B.C.
