Jordan Taylor is an ACA L4 Whitewater Kayaking Instructor Trainer and L5 Advanced Whitewater Kayaking Instructor. He is an ACA L4 Instructor in both Swiftwater Rescue and Whitewater Canoeing. He is a Wilderness First Responder and a Leave No Trace Master Educator.

Jordan has been instructing whitewater paddlesports since 1993. His favorite recent river run was a self-support canoe trip on the Yampa river in CO. He is currently lead faculty in the NOLS River Program and a River Specialist for the North Carolina Outward Bound School. He was formerly Head Instructor for Canoe and Kayak at the Madawaska Kanu Centre in Ontario Canada and has also instructed for Voyageur Outward Bound in Manitoba, Canada.