Director - Garrett Colgan-Snyder:

       Originally from Arden, Delaware, Garrett and raised in Newton, Massachusetts. He grew up camping in Vermont and New Hampshire with his parents and brother. At camp as a boy Garrett came to love the overnight experience and appreciate the community and relationships born from that environment. His continued commitment to the outdoors has brought him countless new experiences and friendships from which he draws to communicate, teach, and connect with children.  He has achieved a "Camp-centric" lifestyle. His new self-help book so titled is due out in the fall...not really.

Head Counselor & Camper Advocate - Jessica Solley:

       A member of the Hawkeye community from the beginning Jess came to us after a bucolic childhood in northern New Jersey.  Wantage, NJ...have you heard of it?  Ever been there?  We didn't think so.  After escaping the soft embrace of small town America Jess found herself in Boston by way of rural Vermont.  A graduate of Suffolk University she is studying for her Master's in Education.  We are hoping that means that not only will we have the benefit of her heart and mind throughout the rest of her own career as a student but beyond into her years as a teacher.

Special Activities Coordinator (Session A)- Lesley Kettles:

       An individual to be sure, Lesley is a full time Business Studies teacher in Stirling, Scotland.  Only a short drive (by American standards) from her home town of Inverness, Lesley, while not rustling Highland Cows, enjoys the distinction of being the most dramatically inclined business studies educator in the region.  While not organizing plays and shows Lesley burns the midnight oil concocting the most challenging and outrageous special activities ever devised!  Okay, maybe that is a bit overdramatic...

Special Activities Coordinator (Session B)- Jennifer "Jeffa" Breeden:

       A teacher in Tewkesbury England Jeffa has made her mark in the classroom and at camp.  During her first summer as a counselor for a camp in Connecticut Jeffa came to love to camp experience and during her first year at Hawkeye (2008) her CiT "tinkers" came to love her.  We are continuing to develop our full appreciation of her abilities in her role as Special Activities Coordinator for Session B in 2009.

Nurse - DeAnn Kelsey:

       As a school nurse at a charter school in Boston DeAnn has seen it all.  From tummy aches to athlete's foot she's got a cure.  DeAnn is in her third year at camp and cannot wait for the wake up bell on the first morning...and neither can her kids.  A fixture at camp over the last few summers her family has come to see the camp community as "a second family" (quoting her daughter).

Office Manager: Andrea Solley:

       A small business owner from "way North" New Jersey, Andrea has the woods and camp in her blood.  From tent camping in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York to urging her kids to take advantage of the woods and other natural resources around their house on the weekends she has been a strong advocate of a natural ethic.  Say hi to her on the phone when you call and see what her "advice of the day" is...if you dare.