Our Staff

Our summer camp employs approximately 130 staff members.

Our staff is certified in First Aid, CPR, USOC Safe Sport, and is selected based on their relevant work experience, qualifications, maturity level, reliability, enthusiasm and overall ability to provide a positive and supportive environment for our campers. Applicants pass pre-employment drug screening and agree to random testing throughout the season. Background checks and motor vehicle record checks are also performed on staff. We are very proud of the fact that over 80% of our staff return each year. All High Cascade youth camper grounds are alcohol, drug, and tobacco free.

CAMP DIRECTOR

  • Gregg Janecky

Coaches

The High Cascade coaching staff have one goal during the summer: to make sure our campers have the best time possible. From 9:00 – 1:00 your coach will be your group’s private tour guide, shred professor, life coach and all around support system while on the hill. Off hill you’ll meet up for skate sessions, trampoline time, video analysis and assorted fun.

  • Al Grogan (Head Coach)

  • Antonio Astillero

  • Aydan Banning

  • Beck Otteson

  • Jack Coyne

  • Jake Albright

  • Kelle Spehar

  • Lorena Kelly

  • Marco Huarcaya-pro

  • Meghan Bennerman

  • Ryan Sihler

  • Shannon Flynn

  • Shira Mandelzis

  • Stewart Tulane

  • Tajhvan Littlejohn

  • Tate Cronk

  • Will Stephens

  • Will LaPeruta

Counselors

The High Cascade Counselors are an impressive bunch. Hand picked from literally hundreds of resumes, the counselor crew makes sure your time at camp is second to none. From waking you up in the morning, keeping you honest with the sunscreen, driving your shuttles, running activities, making sure you remember to eat, and flipping the lights out switch at the end of the night: counselors have “fun-safe living” down to an art form.

  • Aera Neumann (Head Counselor)

  • Amaya Potts

  • Ben Cerjan

  • Chuck Lewis

  • Christian Linford

  • Cody Hyman

  • CUrran Lawrence

  • Elle Duchow

  • Emory Orlando

  • Evy Elder

  • Finn Alig

  • Ian Brown

  • Bella Warren

  • Jalen Maltos

  • Joe Trimner

  • Josh Hagen

  • Kai Dresden

  • Kara Black

  • Luke Boutin

  • Michael Sanfillippo

  • Nico Nolfi

  • Nick Engelman

  • Noah Genzink

  • Olaia Connelly

  • Owen Stephens

  • Quinn Romein

  • Ryan Jones

  • Sophie Kaufman

  • Zoe Hansen

Adult Camp

Although our Adult Camp coaches change year to year, hand picked from our roster of coaches, guest pros and industry leaders – the guiding light of this program has remained the same for years. Currently holding the record for the most consecutive summers working at camp – Ms. Wright has adjusting the classic camp experience to the adult specifications down to a science.

  • Dylan Hopkins (Adult Camp Manager)

Demo / Camp Store

With a demo center full of next years boards, boots and bindings – our demo team needs to be a well-oiled machine of screw turning camper customer service. Spending their winters on the slopes of the world’s greatest mountains and the floors of the world’s finest shops, this crew is a knowledge pool deeper than Lake Wikipedia.

  • Ethan Trout

  • Luke Lund

  • Henry Macomber

  • Trevor Stockhausen

Facilities

Fact: when over two hundred snowboarders are in one place for more than 10 minutes – things start breaking. Although our staff of 100+ are among the most respectful humans on earth and our 1000+ campers per summer are superbly well behaved, things still go wrong. When a toilet just can’t deal, or the Dodgeball fence takes a pounding – this is the crew who comes to the rescue.

  • Michael Archer

Video Department

If something happens at camp, chances are these guys can prove it. From video shoots, to web-edits to the Session Videos, this team of AV nerd / artsy pants filmers can be found with one eye in the view finder and one hand on a mouse all summer long

  • Jake Howell

  • Colin Woodward

Photo Department

Brush your hair, smile and say “cheese”. From arrival day ID photos, to camper shoots to all around memory capturing, the photo department is the closest camp gets to having a paparazzi.

  • Matt Robke

Health Department

Priority number one in our health department is injury and sickness prevention. That said, it turns out that even in a perfect world people still get bumps, bruises, sniffles and scrapes. When these inconvenient truths come to pass, our top notch team in the HCSC Health Department is there to spring into action.

  • Cat Long RN (Camp Health Officer)

  • Brendan Sullivan

  • Taylor Ramirez

Year-Round Staff

These folks work year round in the office planning, prepping and coordinating our summer efforts. When June 7th rolls around and our giant staff is reunited, they are constantly amazed at the caliber of people HCSC attracts and are honored to have the opportunity to work with the fine people listed above.

  • KEVIN ENGLISH (Co-Owner/Executive Director)

  • BOBBY MEEKS (VP of Marketing & Sales)

  • JAKE HOWELL (Marketing Coordinator)

  • TIM BENASICH (Creative Director)

  • GREGG JANECKY (Camp Director)