Counselors and Staff

Seventy volunteer counselors from Stanford University will staff the camp and will undergo extensive training prior to camp. The medical staff will include at least one nurse and one child psychologist, social worker, or therapist. A doctor will be available on-call.

Interested in becoming a Camp Kesem counselor? Apply here:

Camp Kesem New Counselor App 2013

All currently enrolled Stanford students are eligible. Email counselor@campkesemstanford.org with any questions!

2012-2013 Camp Kesem Administrative Team

Camp Director

Heather “Autumn” Paul – autumn@campkesemstanford.org

Senior Coordinators

Leah “Sparkle” Demetri - sparkle@campkesemstanford.org

Julie “Squish” Koenig – squish@campkesemstanford.org

Student Coordinators

Samuel “Sharky” Finlayson (Programming Coordinator) – programming@campkesemstanford.org

Emily “Boggle” Mann (Counselor Co-Coordinator) – counselor@campkesemstanford.org

Ben “Trick” McKenzie (Counselor Co-Coordinator)- counselor@campkesemstanford.org

Carolyn “Calico” Rennels (Community Relations and Marketing Coordinator) - community@campkesemstanford.org

Annie “Quaffle” Smartt (Family Relations Coordinator) – families@campkesemstanford.org

Thuy “TweeZee” Nguyen (Foundations Fundraising Coordinator) – foundations@campkesemstanford.org

Owen “Goose” Falk (Outdoor Leadership Program Coordinator) – olp@campkesemstanford.org

Zack “Zeebo” Bonzell (Private Donations Coordinator) – privatedonors@campkesemstanford.org

Camp Kesem Advisory Committee

Dr. Mike Amylon, Stanford Hospital/Camp Okizu
Judy Applesmith, Camp Parent, social worker
Jack Cackler, Private Donor Fundraising 07-08, Endowment Coord, 08-09
Matt Hart, Foundations 08-09, Co-Chair 10-11
Shari Ilsen, Counselor Coord 05-06, Senior Coord 06-07, Non-profit
Courtney Khademi, Family Relations 09-10
Ray Klein, Owner of the CoHo, Ray’s, and the Treehouse
Lee Kravetz , Previous Hillel Development Associate/Marketing Director
Phyllis Mayberg, Stanford University
Peggy Mendolson, Hillel board member
Amy Padilla, Family Relations 05-06, Senior Coord 07-08
Elissa Test, Family Relations 04-05, in MD/MPH program at GWU
Lyndsay Vogel, Family Relations 08-09, Co-Chair 09-10
Dr. Stan Wanat, Stanford Medical School (psychiatry) and World Bank
Peter Wright, OLP coordinator, Stanford Outdoors