ALUMNI STORIES MAELLE KEVIN RACHEL CHRIS RICKER HOBAN HALE COLFER OLYMPIC TELEVISION SINGER & ACTOR & GOLD MEDALIST PRODUCER SONGWRITTER AUTHOR Maelle Ricker became the Kevin Hoban is a producer at Destination Imagination Actor Chris Colfer, who plays first Canadian woman to win Brian Catalina Entertainment alumna, Rachael Hale, is a Kurt Hummel on the hit TV gold at home in the 2010 and has worked on a variety singer and songwriter from series “Glee,” got his start Winter Olympics. She learned of popular television series Prescott, Arkansas. She was doing DI in Clovis, California. competition, teamwork and including the National a featured contestant on In addition to winning the goal setting at a young age Geographic Channel’s Season 12 of American Idol, 2011 Golden Globe for as a DI team member from “Ultimate Survival Alaska.“ and was a Top 20 female Best Supporting Actor in a British Columbia. “After producing three finalist competing in the “live” Television Series, Colfer won seasons of ‘Ultimate shows. Billboard ranked her the People’s Choice Award for Survival Alaska,’ I’m forever performance of “Nothing but Favorite Comedic TV Actor grateful that I went through the Water” as one of the Top in 2012 and 2014. He is also Destination Imagination,” 12 Performances of the entire a “New York Times” best- said Hoban. He was a DI season. Hale has opened for selling author and publisher participant for several years Tracy Byrd, Joe Nichols of “Struck by Lightning” and and continues to volunteer as and Chris Cagle, and “The Land of Stories.” an Appraiser. appeared on an episode of ABC’s “Nashville.” Do you love DI and are an alum of the program? Are you looking for ways to give back to DI locally, nationally and internationally? Then the Alumni Ambassador Program is for you! Learn more at destinationimagination.org/aap. DESTINATIONIMAGINATION.ORG 1.888.321.1503 [email protected].