Roadmap

Roadtrip cofounders Nate Gebhard, Brian McAllister, and Mike Marriner are college pals who started Roadtrip Nation when they set out on a cross-country trip in a beat-up green RV with the idea of approaching established professionals they admired and interviewing them about how they got where they were in their worklives. Ten-plus years later, Roadtrip Nation has 55 employees and thousands of ambassadors. It is a production company, an educational content development company, a workways think tank, and a partner to major foundations and companies invested in shaping the world's workforce. Since it launched in 2001, Roadtrip Nation has been showcased in: Clinton Global Initiative, NBC Education Nation, TED-X, Google Talks, SXSW, United Nations Social Innovation Summit, and the Harvard Social Enterprise Forum. The authors' first Roadtrip Nation journey was covered by the Today Show, CBS Early Show, Esquire, Newsweek, NPR, Outside mag, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. The PBS show is seen on 300 stations in 80m homes and will celebrate its 11th season in Fall 2014. Roadtrip Nation has become a movement of people who are defining their own roads in life by resisting the noise of conformity and gaining the confidence to do what inspires them. Explore the Interview Archive, add your story to the Share Your Road Archive, and learn more at http://roadtripnation.com/