In 1995, Ethan Knight was one of several hundred students packed into a high school assembly at Catlin Gabel where he first learned about gap years.  He researched his options with a Gap Year Consultant, and eventually traveled for 7 months to India, Nepal, and Tibet.  After his "time on" he returned to Willamette University where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in English and Philosophy and minors in Environmental Science and Spanish.  Ethan supported more than 2,000 students on their own gap year experiences, managed and subsequently founded a gap year organization and founded the Gap Year Association.  Ethan has traveled to more than 50 countries, co-authored the Fair Trade Learning Standards and the Gap Year Standards, launched two nonprofits, one college, and three for-profit organizations. He has been a guest speaker on three continents, a TEDx presenter, and is a fan of all puns.