Lewis Clark, Dayton, Ohio – Lewis was a Deerhorn camper from 1996 – 2003 and has been on our staff as an assistant counselor or counselor ever since.  Spend five minutes with Lewis, and you will find yourself laughing.  He has the knack to make anyone smile and has always been a camper favorite.  Lewis attends Denison University and was co director of our waterfront in 2007.

Brian McFadden, Modesto, California – Brian joined our staff in the mid 80’s while he played division I tennis at Vanderbilt University.  Even after college and grad school at Michigan, Brian always found a way to visit or work for a short term at Deerhorn.  He became the international director of marketing for Gallo for almost 10 years and still always made a Deerhorn connection.  He has, in fact, been referred to as the “glue” that binds all the recent generations of Deerhorn together with friendship.  The past two summers, Brian has returned for a good chunk of the summer to again instruct tennis.   

Brennan Wenck, South Lake Tahoe, California – Brennan became a very popular counselor in his first summer at Deerhorn in 1997.  He spent three summers instructing mountain biking and outdoor education at camp before joining the Peace Corps and spending the next two years in Bolivia.  We were delighted to have him return each of the past fo ur summers.  Brennan was one of the leaders of our Voyager program last summer.

Rocky Gust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan – Rocky was a camper in the late 60’s and early 70’s.  He joined the Deerhorn staff f or the first time in 1979 while he attended Michigan State.  After changing careers to become a teacher in the 90’s, Rocky came back to Deerhorn to b e a counselor and water skiing instructor during the years that he and Julie sent their three sons to camp.  They eventually purchased property adjoining Deerhorn and Rocky is now a walk-to-work skiing counselor.

Hootie Giangreco, Winnetka, Illinois – Hootie is one of the most popular counselors in Deerhorn history.  He was an outstanding camper and has been an all star counselor winning the coveted Stinky Robinson Knife award as a camper in 2001 and Deeley Lyons memorial award for the top staff member in 2006.  He has been the director of special and evening events for the past two seasons.  Hootie will be graduating from Colby College in 2008.

Dick Kinney, Denver, Colorado – Coach Kinney has had nothing short of a legendary career at Camp Deerhorn.  2007 was his 26th year on staff.  In his early years, Dick was the baseball instructor and, eventually, our head counselor.  He in structed virtually every activity at camp but has been the head of our water skiing department for many years now.  He has taught hundreds of boys to ski but, more importantly, has been a mentor, role model, and great friend to all of us.  Dick is the director of the science department and a three sport coach at Graland Academy in Denver.

Pierson Pflieger, Two Rivers, Wisconsin - Pierson joined the Deerhorn staff in 2007 and was an immediate favorite of campers and staff members.  He split time between the canoeing and riding departments and will be returning to camp in 2008 as a full time rider.  Pierson is a natural teacher with incredible patience.  He at tends Concordia University where he is pursuing a degree in secondary education.

Eric Timm, St. Louis, Missouri – Eric graduated from Butler University in 2007.  He has been a very popular and hard working counselor each of the past three seasons.  Eric has been versatile, instructing many of our activities and has been a huge help assisting in many pre camp and post camp projects.  Campers are naturally drawn to him because of his kindness and ability to relate well to them.  He now works full time in Atlanta but we hope we can hire him back if he chooses to go to graduate school.