Meet Our Team

Jodi believes camp directing is the best job in the world and feels so good that she gets to do it with the best team in the world!

Jodi grew up at Camp Arowhon, in Algonquin Park, Canada, where she spent 10 magical summers. While she lived for camp, she didn’t know it could be a career choice. While working on an article about the impact of overnight camp as a magazine editor in her 20s, Jodi realized she wanted to be “doing” camp rather than just writing about it, so she returned to camp professionally in 2001 as a director. In her 12 years as a camp director and then nine years as the head of overnight camping for JCC Association, Jodi came to see camp as the most critical growth experience a young person can have. Having worked on-site with over 100 camps over the last decade as a camp consultant (including lots of visits to Kingswood!), she loves bringing that diversity of perspectives to Kingswood as the camp owner and director!

Originally from Buffalo, NY, Jodi has her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Journalism and Jewish Studies, and her Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan, where she also completed the Drachler Program in Jewish Communal Service and Judaic Studies. She has served on the faculty of various training programs for camps, and coaches and trains camp professionals. Jodi recently moved to the Boston area after living in Jerusalem for the last 10 years.

You can reach Jodi by emailing her at [email protected].

Joelle grew up in Montreal and came to Camp Kingswood for the first time as a camper in the 90s. She spent eight amazing summers as a camper and staff, and then went on to work in camping professionally. After getting her feet wet as the School Age Services Director at the JCC in Northern Virginia, overseeing their day camp and after-school program, she moved to Chicago to be the Assistant and then Associate Director of Camp Chi, the overnight camp of the JCCs of Chicago, where she worked for six years. After her time at Camp Chi, Joelle began her work with Keshet, a Chicago-based non-profit helping to give children with disabilities Jewish camp experiences. Joelle graduated from McGill University with her undergraduate degree in sociology and Jewish Studies, and she has a Master of Social Work from Columbia University and a Master of Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. She’s thrilled to be back on Woods Pond where it all began!

You can reach Joelle by emailing her at [email protected].

Robby grew up in Orlando, FL, where his lifelong love of Jewish camp began at the JCC. Since then, he’s held leadership roles at camps across the country, including directing large-scale JCC day camps in Richmond and Austin, and even launching a brand-new camp in Sarasota. Robby has also served as a consultant for the Jewish Day Camp Network and currently sits on multiple advisory boards, including the JCC Maccabi Games and the University of Florida’s Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences. Recently, Robby served as the Executive Director of The Roth Family JCC of Greater Orlando and as the CEO of JAFCO, a well-known nonprofit in South Florida that supports children and teens impacted by abuse, neglect, trauma, and developmental disabilities. Robby holds a master’s degree from the University of Florida in adolescent development and a bachelor’s in human resources.

At Kingswood, many of you already know Robby from 2023 and 2024 when he was on our summer admin team, supervising our Olim and Tsofim unit heads (2023) and as our summer program director (2024).

In his new year-round role as Director of Program, Robby will be at the heart of all the camp fun, shaping everything from our electives and all-camp programs to intercamp competitions, trips, and more! If it happens at Kingswood, Robby will have a hand in making it awesome! Robby lives in Fort Lauderdale and looks forward to continuing to summer in Maine.

You can reach Robby by emailing him at [email protected].

Hunter Gold brings more than 25 years of executive leadership experience in finance, Jewish communal life, and strategic operations across both nonprofit and corporate sectors. As our Finance Director, Hunter strengthens our financial foundations and supports long-term sustainability for Camp Kingswood.

Hunter’s career has included key roles at Capital Camps & Retreat Center, Harbor Hills Day Camp, Sutton Place Synagogue, and UCF Hillel, plus a dash of corporate magic from Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. Hunter’s expertise spans finance, staffing, immersive experiences, and operational strategy. Known for simplifying complex challenges, he combines sharp business acumen with a deep commitment to Jewish values, community building, and stakeholder engagement, making him that rare finance professional who can make spreadsheets sound almost as fun as Color War.

Hunter is thrilled to join Camp Kingswood’s team to support our growth and success for generations of campers to come.

Nicole joined the Camp Kingswood family in June 2024, but you would never know she was new to Kingswood if you had been at camp that summer! As Assistant Director, she jumped right in, overseeing the CIT program, the kitchen, and canteen.

A long-time camp-lover, Nicole’s love for the outdoors started in Northern Minnesota, camping, hiking, and cliff-jumping with her family. Before joining us in Maine, Nicole spent 15 summers as a camper, counselor, and supervisor at Camp Chi, the overnight camp of the Chicago JCC, located in the Wisconsin Dells.

She holds her undergraduate degree in communications from the University of Missouri. As the need for teachers grew during COVID, Nicole was selected to teach through Teach For America (TFA), and received her masters in education through Relay Graduate School while teaching in Indianapolis. Following her two years with TFA, Nicole backpacked through Southeast Asia, where she met people from around the world, hiked mountains, and sampled amazing local food. Upon returning, she worked in Chicago for Keshet as a job coach, assisting adults with disabilities.

Hailing from Minnesota, she learned to waterski as soon as she could walk, so if you’re searching for her, you might find her down by the docks!

Julian, a born and raised Boston native, started his camp journey in 2011 when he arrived at Camp Bauercrest for Boys as a 12-year-old hockey enthusiast. What started as a love for sports quickly turned into a deep passion for camp life, leading him to become a counselor, unit head, and eventually, the full-time program director, where he spent three years refining and structuring the camp experience. After transitioning to a year-round role in 2021, Julian developed a foundation in camp management before taking on this new adventure at Kingswood. With a dedication to fostering community and growth, Julian is excited to bring his experience and enthusiasm to us!

Realizing traditional schooling wasn’t for him, Julian’s educational path took a unique turn. After three semesters at High Point University, he decided to take a gap semester to work at an afterschool program in Needham, MA, and continue remotely to earn his degree in Children’s Learning and Development from UMASS Amherst.

Family is a major part of Julian’s life, and he’s thrilled to share his first summer at Kingswood in 2025 with three cousins at camp as campers!

Ethan has been caring for Camp Kingswood as part of the Facility Crew since 2007, taking over as the facilities manager in 2020. Originally from Cape Cod, Ethan grew up just a few miles from camp and graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a degree in business management. Ethan loves that his job enables him to do work he loves in the great outdoors of Maine, and he’s just as happy building a new porch in July as he is shoveling snow off the roofs in January (and hopefully not May!). As he says, “How can you not love camp life on Woods Pond?” We agree!

Erin Bradley joins Camp Kingswood’s maintenance team with a lifelong love of camp life. Raised in West Virginia, she spent every summer at the camp where her mom was the cook, sparking a passion that’s never faded. Homeschooled with her three siblings, Erin grew up breaking and breeding Morgan horses and riding them everywhere.

In Maine, Erin and her sister built the horse program at Camp Lawroweld in Weld from the ground up, designing everything from horse care routines to summer rodeos and camp activities for kids. They quickly became program directors, running everything from horse care and child safety to maintenance, construction, and even rodeos each summer. Later, Erin pursued a career as a Surgical Technologist, enjoying the fast-paced environment of the operating room. She then spent several years in Montana raising her three children while training rescue horses, before returning to Maine to run her own equine facility in Naples and create costumes for local plays. She also used those skills to costume Camp Kingswood’s Beauty and the Beast musical in Session II 2025.

Now part of Kingswood’s year-round team, Erin has brought her two rescue mares, Lagetha and Sweet Agony, to camp, where she’s training them as future therapy horses.

Take the time to get to know Erin next summer…you might learn that she designed a Miss Montana winning gown, survived being trapped in a cave at 15, and once saved a friend from a 50-foot cliff fall!