Meet the 2019 Summer Staff Team...
…the AWESOME Men and Women who will make this summer a blast!
Kacie Baumler
Counselor
From: Fargo, North Dakota
Current University: University of North Dakota – Occupational Therapy
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking and Hammocking
Favorite scripture passage: Psalm 23: 1-4
Inspirational Quote: “We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa
Nick Lapointe
Counselor
From: Chaumont, New York
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Fishing
Favorite scripture passage: The Wedding at Cana, John 2:1-11
Inspirational Quote: “It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle.” – St. John Paul the Great
Lucia Medina
Support Staff
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Current University: University of New Mexico – Elementary Education
Favorite outdoor activity: Biking
Favorite scripture passage: Proverbs 3:5-8 “Trust I the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.”
Inspirational Quote: “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” Dr. Seuss
Joseph Golter
Counselor
From: Longmont, CO
Current University: Colorado School of Mines
Favorite outdoor activity: Fly fishing/Camping
Favorite scripture passage: Romans 12: 1-2
Inspirational Quote: “You are who you choose to be. You choose.” -Hogarth Hughes (The Iron Giant)
Della Doyle
Support Staff
From: Originally – Ashland, Oregon; Now – York Haven, Pennsylvania
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Cross Country Running
Favorite scripture passage: “”Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles: they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not grow faint.” – Isaiah 40:30
Inspirational Quote: “I am not afraid… I was born to do this” – St. Joan of Arc
Patrick Cutler
Support Staff
From: Medford, OR
Current Job: Work at Your Health Co
Favorite outdoor activity: Ultimate Frisbee
Favorite scripture passage: Those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. – Isaiah 40:31
Inspirational Quote: It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Journey Lee
Counselor
From: St. Francis, KS
Current University: Benedictine College
Favorite outdoor activity: Going on walks that lead to unexpected places…and also fishing!
Favorite scripture passage: “Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up.” – Hosea 6:1
Inspirational Quote: “Since God does so much for me, what could I not do for Him?” – St. Emily de Vialar
Becca Halberg
Health Office Assistant
From: Grand Junction, CO
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville – Nursing
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: 2 Chronicles 20:12
Inspirational Quote: “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” C.S. Lewis
Rebecca Haven
Counselor
From: Strasburg, CO
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: The Book of Esther
Inspirational Quote: “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” – Ps. 37:4
Genevieve Bianco
Counselor
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville – Mathematics
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking and seeing waterfalls
Favorite Scripture Passage: “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” – Romans 5:3-5
Inspirational Quote: “…there’s some good in the world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” – Sam from Lord of the Rings
Erin Wallet
Counselor
From: Cincinnati, OH
Current University: University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking and Exploring – I’m very interested in what’s out there’s for me to find and discover!
Favorite scripture passage: Romans 5:8
Inspirational Quote: “The power of imagination makes us infinite.” – John Muir
Emma Reisenauer
Counselor
From: Estes Park, CO
Current Job: Special Needs ParaEducator, graduated 2018
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Swimming!
Favorite Scripture Passage: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Phillipians 4:13
Inspirational Quote: “Open your eyes, look to the skies, we are the children of the promise.” ~ Switchfoot
Patrick Senour
Counselor
From: Monument, CO
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: Romans 7:18
Inspirational Quote: “Will-power. Energy. Example. What has to be done is done… without wavering… without worrying about what others think.” – St. Josemaria Escriva
Cooper Dow
Counselor
From: Littleton, CO
Current University: Colorado State University
Favorite outdoor activity: It’s a tough one…probably backpacking, although there are so many great activities!
Favorite scripture passage: “Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends…” – 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
Inspirational Quote: “Free but not solo” – Sawyer Dow
Katherine Geiger
Media/Photography Specialist
From: Cincinnati, Ohio
Current University: University of Cincinnati
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: Psalm 34
Inspirational Quote: “The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” – Pope Benedict XVI
Dustin Poss
Counselor
From: Akron, CO
Current University: CU Boulder – Civil Engineering
Favorite outdoor activity: Fishing and white water rafting
Favorite scripture passage: David and Goliath
Inspirational Quote: “The higher we go, the better we shall hear the voice of Christ” – Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Haley Hinger
Lifeguard
From: Columbus, OH
Current University: Ohio State University
Favorite outdoor activity: Rock climbing and water-skiing
Favorite scripture passage: 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 ” We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed”
Inspirational Quote: “One does not walk into the forest and accuse the trees of being off-center, nor do they visit the shore and call the waves imperfect. So why do we look at ourselves this way?” – Tao Te Ching
Claudia Moudatsos
Arts and Crafts
From: New Jersey
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking, Kayaking
Favorite scripture passage: “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing? “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6: 31-34)
Inspirational Quote: Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell in unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. ‘Accentuate the positive.’ Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life. – Gordon B. Hinckley
Mackenzie Hunter
Counselor
From: Lake in the Hills, Illinois
Current University: University of St. Thomas (in St. Paul, MN)
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: “What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” Matthew 10:27
Inspirational quote: “A ship is always safe at shore, but that is not what it is built for.”
Sierra Palardy
Counselor
Name: Sierra Palardy
From: Lee, Massachusetts
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking & Picking Wildflowers
Favorite Scriptural Passage: I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. – John 10:10
Inspirational Quote: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” – St. Teresa of Calcutta
Sarah Ludwikoski
Climbing Assistant
From: Portland, Oregon
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Backpacking
Favorite scripture passage: “I will allure her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.” Hosea 2:14
Inspirational Quote: “Divine encounter has its most vulnerable beginnings in the most humble of places.” -Scott Erickson
Maria Castello
Counselor
From: San Antonio, Texas
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Running
Favorite scripture passage: “Blessed the man who finds refuge in you, in their hearts are pilgrim roads.” -Psalm 84:5
Inspirational Quote: “Wisdom begins in wonder.” -Socrates
Dylan Fuchs
Counselor
From: Fremont, NE
Current University: Northwest Missouri State University
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves”
Inspirational Quote: “Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete.” – Waite Phillips
Alex Garcia
Counselor
From: Chico, California
Favorite outdoor activity: Fishing or Rock Climbing
Favorite scripture passage: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, I will give you rest.” Mathew 11: 28
Inspirational quote: “Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” -St. Francis of Assisi
Mitchel Olsen
Support Staff
From: Colorado
Current Job: YMCA of the Rockies
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Hiking 14-ers
Favorite Scripture Passage: Psalms 23: 1-4
Inspirational Quote: “Those who say they can and those who say they can’t, are both usually right.”
Elizabeth Kozak
Counselor
From: Manhattan, Illinois
Current University: Ave Maria University
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead
Inspirational Quote: “It’s not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts” -Mother Teresa
Alice Aufderheide
Counselor
From: Livermore, CA
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Favorite outdoor activity: Backpacking
Favorite scripture passage: Psalm 139
Inspirational Quote: “Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.” – Padre Pio
Mari Dietz
Program Staff
From: Westminster, CO
Current University/Job: Ave Maria University
Favorite outdoor activity: Hiking
Favorite scripture passage: John 16:23-24
Inspirational Quote: “Let yourselves be taken by the light of Christ and spread light wherever you are.” – St. JPII
Emma McLaughlin
Store Manager
From: Williamsburg, VA
Current University/Job: Ave Maria University
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Mountain biking
Favorite Scripture Passage: “See! I will not forget you…I have carved you on the palm of my hand. I have called you by your name. You are mine. You are precious to me. I love you.” -Isaiah
Favorite Inspirational quote: “Be brave enough to dream.” -Someone at some point probably. If not, then me.
David Romero
Counselor
From: Allentown, PA
Current University: Franciscan University of Steubenville – Theology
Favorite Outdoor Activity: Soccer
Favorite Scripture Passage: Psalm 139:13 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Inspirational Quote: “Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.” -St. Therese of Lisieux
Silas Barlett
Name: Silas E. Barlett
From: Kansas City, Missouri.
Current University: Saint Gregory the Great Seminary Seward, NE.
Favorite outdoor activity: long nature walks and telling stories around a camp fire.
Favorite scripture passage: Jeremiah 1:5.
Inspirational quote: non nobis domine sed nomine tua da gloriam.
