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Bethany Frazier |
Youth Events Program Director |
bethany.frazier@kanuga.org |
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Bethany Frazier
Youth Events Program Director
Bethany Frazier loves helping young people and youth leaders build community in a safe, fun environment. She is responsible for organizing Youth Week, Winterlight and off-season rentals of Camp Kanuga and the Bob Campbell Youth Campus. Before joining the Kanuga staff in 2009, she served as the director of recreation at Bonclarken, a Presbyterian camp and conference center in nearby Flat Rock, N.C., where she hired, trained and supervised summer program staff as well as directed waterfront and high adventure programs. Bethany graduated from Erskine College with a degree in special education. She is active in the community as a Red Cross first-aid, CPR and lifeguarding instructor.
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Christine Murawski |
Mountain Trail Outdoor School Program Director |
christine.murawski@kanuga.org |
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Christine Murawski
Mountain Trail Outdoor School Program Director
Christine Murawski joined Kanuga's Mountain Trail Outdoor School as an instructor in 2008 and was quickly recognized for her skill with rock climbing, teambuilding, high ropes and other high adventure activities. She served as Kanuga’s adventure programs manager and directing Kanuga Trailblazers for three years before stepping into the role of MTOS program director in 2012. Her eye for risk management has afforded Kanuga an impressive safety record as she continues to oversee the care, maintenance, and inspection of our climbing and ropes facilities and the training of the associated staff. She is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has an extensive background in outdoor education and adventure activities.
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David Schnitzer |
Camp Kanuga Director |
david.schnitzer@kanuga.org |
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David Schnitzer
Camp Kanuga Director
David Schnitzer loves camp! He has 11 years of full-time professional camping and youth ministry experience but has worked at camp every summer since he was 15. Before coming to Kanuga in 2012, he was the program director for Camp Glisson in Dahlonega, Ga., where he created two leadership development programs for teenagers, grew the staff by more than 100 percent and organized training programs for more than 130 staff members. A graduate of the University of Georgia and the National Outdoor Leadership School, he is in the process of completing a master’s degree in Christian leadership from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. An avid outdoorsman, he is the author of Great American Outdoors, Nature at its Best. Click here to learn more about David.
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Katherine Parnell |
Camp Bob Program Director |
katherine.parnell@kanuga.org |
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Katherine Parnell
Camp Bob Program Director
Katherine "KP" Parnell first came to Camp Bob, Kanuga's outreach summer camp, as a counselor in 2009 and has been growing and developing with the program ever since. With a bachelors degree in theatre education and a minor in English from nearby Brevard College, KP brings her spirit and energy to Camp Bob's youth, volunteers, sponsors and staff yearround. After just one week of experiencing Camp Bob, she knew that her life had changed and she felt a powerful connection with those who come through the program. “Camp Bob is a very energetic and supportive atmosphere, it allows everyone to be themselves and gives them the opportunity to try new experiences and grow not only physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually.” Parnell is also a graduate of Brevard College's Institute for Women in Leadership.
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LeeAnne Martin |
Vice President of Youth Programs |
leeanne.martin@kanuga.org |
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LeeAnne Martin
Vice President of Youth Programs
LeeAnne Martin joined the Kanuga staff in 2001 as an instructor at the Mountain Trail Outdoor School. Since then, she has directed the outdoor school, Kanuga Trailblazers and various aspects of all of Kanuga's camping and outdoor education programs. An award-winning educator, she has served on the Southeast council for the Association for Experiential Education and continually works to strengthen Kanuga's youth programs.
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Monica Phillips |
MTOS Assistant Program Director |
monica.phillips@kanuga.org |
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Monica Phillips
MTOS Assistant Program Director
Monica Phillips joined the full-time staff as the assistant program director for Kanuga's Mountain Trail Outdoor School after a successful summer as Camp Kanuga’s assistant director and registrar. With a degree in communications and public relations from Appalachian State University, she brings a love of teaching, nature and working with children. She has worked with children since the age of 14, first as a dance instructor and YMCA camp counselor and more recently as an orphanage volunteer in Takeo, Cambodia, and as a teacher in South Korea.
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