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Jem started as a camper at Laurel, went on to be a counselor, Campus Leader and now serves as Director along with his wife Debbie. Jem is a graduate of Union College where he was a varsity soccer player and captain of the Alpine Ski Team. After spending a year teaching and coaching in Japan and then a stint in sports marketing, he returned to his true passion: children and camping. Jem is actively involved with the American Camp Association as a Lead Standards Visitor, is a former member of the Tri-State Camping Conference Steering Committee and a former committee member for SCOPE, an organization that sends disadvantaged children to camp. A native of Westport, Connecticut, Jem, along with Debbie and daughters Anabel and Madeline, resides in Weston, Connecticut.
Debbie became a Director of Laurel in 2007 as has spent every summer since 1998 (the year she and Jem met) in Maine. She works closely with the Head Counselors, staff and campers, focusing on camper and staff relations. Debbie hails from Baltimore, Maryland, where she attended the Park School and was a member of the varsity lacrosse and field hockey teams. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Debbie is a Certified Social Worker and a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiller School of Social Work. She is training at the Ackerman Institute in New York City to become a family therapist.
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Keith is a Director of Camp Laurel, along with Jem and Debbie. He grew up in a family with a long tradition in hospitality and resort management and spent all his camper years at a fine Maine camp. Keith previously served as Vice President of the American Camp Association, New York Section, as an ACA standards visitor and as Program Chairman of the nations largest professional camping conference. Keith lives in Bergen County, New Jersey.
The Laurel staff is chosen from students, graduates and faculty from prominent schools throughout the United States. We seek people with personality, character, stability and warmth. Most importantly, we look for staff members with a sincere desire to work and live with children. Our camper-to-counselor ratio is better than 3:1. |
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