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Scott Brody / Owner & Director
Scott has spent most of his summers growing up at Camps Kenwood & Evergreen. Before having the chance to live his dream and become the Owner and Director in 1996, Scott held a variety of positions at camp, including Bunk Counselor, Unit Leader, Head Counselor & Assistant Director.
Scott graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1987, and then received his JD from Boston College Law School. Scott currently serves as the Vice President of the American Camping Association. He was the Program Chair of the Tri-State Camp Conference, the largest educational conference for camp professionals in the world, and currently serves as the Professional Development Chair and as a Board Member for the American Camp Association - New York Section. In 2006, Scott received both the National Service Award and the Tri-State Award from the American Camp Association for his service to the Camp industry.
Making music with campers and staff at our annual Hollowpallooza concert is one of the many highlights of Scott’s summer at camp, and playing guitar at night in the bunk and visiting with staff around the campfire are his favorite ways to cap off the day at camp!
Scott is the father of AJ, the second youngest member of our Camp Community!
Phyllis Dank / co-Director
Phyllis has spent 55 summers at Camp Evergreen. In 1951, Phyllis followed her older brother Bob and joined the Kenwood-Evergreen family as a camper. She brought her husband Mickey to Camp when they married, and through the years Mickey worked as a bunk counselor, our legal counsel, and eventually as our Transportation Director until his untimely passing in 2002. Phyllis graduated with a degree in education from Boston University, and went on to teach in the Dover-Sherborn, Massachusetts schools for many years. Phyllis was the Evergreen Head counselor and Assistant Director throughout the seventies, eighties and nineties. When Scott became the owner of Camp in 1996, he asked Phyllis to join him as one of the Camps’ Directors.
Camp Evergreen is such a huge part of Phyllis’ life that her car license plate reads "GREEN&GOLD”—our Evergreen Camp colors. For Phyllis, camp is about smiles, laughter, songs, traditions, and most importantly, the love that we all feel for one another in the Kenwood & Evergreen community.
Phyllis raised her two kids Bryan and Randi at Kenwood & Evergreen, and looks forward to her grandchildren Tyler, Harper, Maya and Van growing up at K&E.
Jason Sebell / Assistant Director
Deena Sebell / Head Counselor
Jason and Deena have spent the last twenty years at Camps Kenwood & Evergreen, and are both the product of Kenwood-Evergreen marriages. Before becoming Head Counselor Jason and Deena were Junior Counselors, Bunk Counselors, and Unit Leaders.
Deena received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Binghamton University in New York and her master’s degree and certificate of advanced graduate study in school psychology from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. When she’s not working at Camp she is the school psychologist and special education chairperson at the Paton Elementary School in Shrewsbury, MA. Jason graduated from Colgate University with degrees in Sociology and Anthropology. Jason has been a featured speaker at regional and national camping educational conferences for the past seven years, and is a standards visitor for the American Camp Association.
Jason’s favorite thing to do at Camp is to play guitar and tell stories to cabins at bed time. Jello Wrestling, Tri-State Softball Tournaments and Green & Gold/Maroon & Gray are three of Deena’s favorite Camp events each summer, though, she really enjoys the time she spends chatting in the bunks when it’s bedtime!
Jason and Deena met at Camp as children and got engaged in front of the entire Camp community at Hollowpallooza ’02. The third generation to attend K & E just arrived… Deena and Jason welcomed their first child Jack in December 2006. They also have a beagle named Winston.
Jaime Pickles / Program Director
Dane Pickles / Head Counselor
Dane and Jaime met as staff members at Camp. Jaime grew up as a camper in Evergreen and then worked as a Junior Counselor, Counselor, Unit Leader and is now Program Director. Dane started as a bunk counselor in Kenwood and moved up to Senior Unit Leader, Program Director and is now Head Counselor of Kenwood.
Jaime gained both her undergraduate degree and her M.A. at Emerson College in Boston. She is a Speech Pathologist currently working in the Holliston Public School system in MA. Dane trained to be a teacher during a Sports Science Diploma and a B.A. in Physical Education in his native Leeds, England, but now works for Camp full-time. He is involved with creating our staff leadership training week, staff orientation week, summer schedule of activities and hiring all our staff. Dane also runs our off-season program (pre and post-Camp) working with school groups, sports teams, corporate retreats and educational programs
Dane’s favorite Camp activities are Rope Burning, Soccer, Volleyball and Big Weekend. The Evergreen Opening Ceremonial Campfire, Hollowpallooza and Carnival are Jaime’s favorite Camp events.
Dane and Jaime currently live in Holliston, MA and were recently married in December of 2006. This will be both Dane’s and Jaime’s 12th year on staff, and Jaime’s 19th year at Camp in total.
Catherine Hegarty / Business Manager
Catherine’s first summer at camp was back in the summer of 1997. She began working for camp as an administrative assistant for Evergreen the following summer. This part time summer position developed into a part time off season position working directly with Scott in the winter office. Close to 10 years later Catherine is now working full time as the Business Manager for Camps Kenwood & Evergreen.
Catherine graduated from Bridgewater State College in 1995 with a BS in Social Work. She never expected to love finances as much as she does now and is considering going back to school to earn a degree in accounting. Catherine’s two children, Rachel and DJ are now full time campers at camp and are counting the days for camp to begin.
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