Camp & Retreat Ministries Staff

We are spread out from the rugged Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho to the rugged Pacific Coast but we are united as your Camp & Retreat Ministry Staff!

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    Executive Director

    Lisa Jean began work in this Conference in 1998, as the Director of Suttle Lake. She made the move to the Executive Director’s position in April, 1999.

    Prior to this she served as Conference Director of Camp and Retreat Ministries in the Wyoming Conference, and a site Director in the Central Pennsylvania and New York Conferences. She is an ordained pastor who has served churches in New Britain and New Haven, CT, Newark Valley and Chenango Bridge, NY, and has even developed new congregations as part of the camp’s ministries in communities in Weikert, PA and Sisters, OR.

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    Camp Registrar

    Geneva has camping in her blood. She was raised in the camping program starting with her attendance at Sawtooth family camp when she was 5 months old. Her father was involved on the site committees of all of the Oregon-Idaho camps and often took Geneva along. During summers out of college, she worked as a cook at Sawtooth and Magruder.

    As Camp Registrar for the Oregon-Idaho Conference, she enjoys helping campers get to camp. She is also a church musician and the mother of 3 children who all love to attend camp.

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    Camping Office Assistant

    Susan joined the camping office staff after retiring from teaching 10th grade at the International High School in Eugene. She works part-time in the camping office, updating this web site and maintaining the donor databases for camping and the capital campaign. Susan was a camp counselor at Suttle Lake in 1965 and always felt she’d get back to working with camping someday!

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    Alton L. Collins Retreat Center Director

    Todd is a well known supporter of Camp & Retreat Ministries, having chaired the Camp and Retreat Ministry Team, the capital campaign study committee, the Council of Advocates, the Western Jurisdiction Camp Network, and the Suttle Lake Site Team.  As Director of Alton L Collins, he and his family are excited to expand and broaden the reach of the programing at Alton L Collins and share the beauty and the spirit of the site.

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    Camp Latgawa Directors

    Eva and Greg have led the way at Camp Latgawa with great hospitality, innovative cooperative programing, a spotless site for events,  and the best food you’ll ever eat. 

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    Camp Magruder Director

    Steve came to Camp Magruder with more than thirty years of camp staff experience, including seventeen years of service as a camp director.  Steve leads the way at Camp Magruder as the culture of camping changes to include families and adults, as well as the youngsters.  If you haven’t been to Magruder for a while, call him and stop in!

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    Camp Sawtooth Director

    Dave has been managing Camp Sawtooth since 1972. Since Sawtooth Camp is only open in the summer season, with the exception of a great winter Snowmobile Camp, Dave spends most of the year at his home in Caldwell, Idaho where he is a retired Middle School Assistant Principal and Athletic Director.

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    Suttle Lake Camp Director

    Jane and her husband, Daniel, enjoy serving at Suttle Lake Camp, and exploring the beauty of the surrounding wilderness. They first moved to Suttle Lake in 2000 after serving at Camp Indianola (a United Methodist Camp on the Puget Sound). Jane comes to camping with a background in education and experience in youth ministry. Daniel first started in camping ministry as summer kitchen staff at Silver Creek YMCA Camp. They are the proud parents of two sons, Conner and Kellen.

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    Wallowa Lake Camp Directors

    David and Peggy come to Wallowa Lake Camp from Bend, Oregon, but have enjoyed a strong connection to Wallowa Lake Camp for many years.

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    Program Director, Alton L. Collins Retreat Center

    Program director for Alton L Collins Retreat Center

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    Program Director - Camp Magruder

    Amy is Camp Magruder’s program guru, assuring that campers experience smooth, fun, and uplifting programs and events during their stay at Camp Magruder.