World T.E.A.M. Sports

Kevin Cherilla is a physical education teacher at Phoenix Country Day School, a prominent businessman, an international mountain guide, philanthropist, and motivational speaker. In October 2010, he participated in the successful World T.E.A.M. Sports Soldiers to the Summit expedition.

In 2004, Kevin started KC Summits, an adventure organization that engages all individuals in challenging themselves while reaching their goals around the world. Many of his clients have individual disabilities such as blindness, paralysis, and muscular dystrophy. His teammates have ranged in age from 11 to 80 years old and have had a phenomenal success rate of over 90%.

Kevin has led expeditions on six continents and over 20 countries. His teams have been featured on the front cover of TIME, Outside, Climbing, and Weekly Reader magazines, and on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Jay Leno, and many world news programs including CNN. He served as base camp manager for the National Federation of the Blind‘s 2001 Everest Expedition in which Erik Weihenmayer became the first and only blind person to summit Mt. Everest. Six years later, on June 5, 2007, Kevin fulfilled one of his life long dreams and personally reached the summit of Mt. Everest.

In 2009, Kevin co-founded K2 Adventures, a non-profit organization that benefits less fortunate or disabled children throughout the world. He currently sits on the board of directors for Phoenix’s Foundation for Blind Children, and has organized and participated in multiple community service days in Third World countries.

Kevin is a prominent speaker and has addressed hundreds of international corporations, foundations, universities, and schools. His presentations include breath-taking expedition photos and award winning video footage of overcoming challenges, building motivation, and reaching individual and team goals.

Kevin earned his bachelors degree in exercise physiology from John Carroll University in 1991. He has been a teacher at Phoenix Country Day School for the past eight years and is in his 20th year of teaching. Kevin is a proud father of two and husband to Jennifer since 1990.