Overnight Camp consultant

  The off season or non-summer is the time to start making plans for the changes you want to make to the camp facility and program for next summer. Let's take a day and walk your camp property. Let's peel back the layers and find what is keeping your camp from reaching its full potential. You'll get a report with my observations and suggestions that you can use for years in your planning. Gaining one camper as a result of my visit will pay for the cost.

After 37 years of operating camps of all types and cultures, my expertise includes strategic planning, long-range planning, and facility planning as well as operational improvements. 

I have consulted for CEOs, Executive Directors, and owners of private camps throughout the U.S. and internationally, in France, Kosovo, Japan, Korea, and Ukraine. 

As CEO of Frost Valley YMCA for the past 20 years, I led the largest summer camp in the world, a four-season operation. 

Frost Valley serves 4,000 children in July and August (3,000 resident campers and 1,000 day campers) with 100 permanent, year-round employees and 350 seasonal staff.

My vision and business plan for an all-girl equestrian camp surpassed the donor’s proforma expectations within two years. 

In 2003, I re-invented our nascent farm camp, bringing it up to American Camp Association accreditation standards. It has been operating at capacity for a decade.

I understand camping finances, programs, and facilities. 

I recognize the fact that each camp has a unique culture. 

I have raised tens of millions of dollars for capital improvements and camperships. 

I have served as an expert witness representing camps in court cases and provided government authorities and agencies with testimony and relevant data.

I understand the risks and the responsibilities that camp professionals face every day. 

I am a systems thinker while focused on the big picture. 

I thrive on challenge.