At the heart of a great camp program are the dedicated and passionate year-round staff. Our talented team works year-round to ensure all facets of our program are superior and that our campers and families have a first class registration, camp and after-camp experience.

Sam Roberts – Camp Director

Sam is a dynamic and charismatic camp professional who brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience including over eleven years of service in a variety of senior leadership positions within the Union for Reform Judaism’s camping system. He holds BA in Developmental Psychology from the University of California, Davis and a Masters in Business Administration, from American Jewish University (University of Judaism). Sam and his wife Kim, the Director of Education at Temple Beth Ami in Rockville MD, are the proud parents of their son Adin and are expecting their second child in February. Sam loves spending time with his family, traveling and making s’mores around the campfire.

You can contact Sam via e-mail at sam@capitalcamps.org.

Adam Broms – Assistant Camp Director

Adam joins us as after two years at Hillel’s international headquarters. While there, Adam recruited and trained young professionals to work at the various Hillel locations across the country. He has extensive experience in the world of summer camp having spent seasons as a camper and on staff at Camp Ramah (Wisconsin) and several years as a camper at Herzl Camp. Adam graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelors of Business Administration, focusing on Human Resource Management and Organizational Development. He is an avid runner and loves to cook exciting and unique dishes!

You can contact Adam via e-mail at adam@capitalcamps.org.

Erin Reische – Camp Administrator

A Baltimore native, Erin grew up actively involved in Temple Oheb Shalom as well as with the North American Federation of Temple Youth. Previously, Erin has held a wide-range of managerial roles for Nordstrom, specifically in the areas of customer service, training, and inventory management. Erin graduated from Towson University with a Bachelors of Science in English, and a minor in Painting. She loves to read, spend time with her family and friends, and hang out with her cat, Toro.

You can contact Erin via e-mail at erin@capitalcamps.org.

Agency Executive Management

David Phillips – Agency President & CEO

A native of the United Kingdom, David has been involved in Jewish camping for over twenty five years. His tenure at Capital Camps began in 2001 and he has helped grow our agency into a national model of excellence. David lives at camp during the summer and helps support the Camp Team.

Hunter Gold – Executive Vice President

Hunter joined Capital Camps in 2003. Prior to joining the team, Hunter worked at Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando, FL and Universal Studios Florida. Hunter oversees all aspects of the behind the scenes experience for the campers, from the food service to the cleanliness of the facility. Hunter is married to Fara and has two daughters, Marin and Riley.

Camp is brought to life by a summer staff made up of young Jewish men and women from the US and other parts of the world (Israel, Britain, Australia, etc.). These individuals must meet our strict criteria and pass a rigorous interview process. In addition they must participate and pass a pre-camp training module and then join us at camp for a week long orientation program. While all of these ‘things’ are important, what truly matters is that our staff has a genuine love of children and of the camp environment.

Our staff is different from many camps in that they must be minimally high school graduates before they can begin employment. We have found that younger staffs simply do not have the necessary emotional or physical stamina to provide a group of children a great experience over a period of multiple weeks. In order to ensure their success over the summer we provide ongoing feedback, formal and informal supervision, mid-season evaluations and staff forums. Many staff were campers who have grown up with us and ensure that our values and traditions permeate the current season.

Working alongside our counselors and specialists are a team of senior staff, typically older and with prior years of camp experience, who supervise and support the front line individuals. Quality supervision is essential, as in the end the happier the staff team is, the happier the campers will be! We believe our staff is the best there is, and based on parent/child testimony and our camper retention rates we know this has to be true.

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Every summer we hire dynamic, talented individuals to join our camp team. Our camp staff lives on site for 8 weeks at our camp facility in Waynesboro, PA. A job at camp is a great resume builder, can be fun, challenging, exhausting, exhilarating and life changing. Regardless of your age or career background you will make friends and discover things about yourself that might surprise you!

Camp counselors and specialists must have graduated high school and pass a rigorous interview process which will include reference checks and pre-camp training. A genuine love of children and the camp environment are essential, as are a strong work ethic, sense of humor and strong ethical/moral core.

Supervisors (senior specialists, village leaders, etc.) must have significant experience in their particular area of expertise and must have experience working with children in that field.

We look forward to welcoming you to the greatest job you will ever have – working at an amazing Jewish overnight camp.