Staff
| Seven full-time employees | |
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Judy Gann, Executive director:Judy has been leading New Hope camps for twelve years. She has a B.A. in sociology from the University of Missouri and has expanded the camp from one session for children 8-12 years old hosting 20 children to six sessions for children 8-17 years old hosting 132 children last summer. She has attended the national American Camp Association gathering and training for the past four years. She has done extensive reading regarding working with at-risk youth and has attended numerous seminars regarding at-risk youth. |
| Photo coming soon | Lindsay Fry-Geier, Program director: Lindsay has a B.S. in International Business and is a certified secondary school teacher. She is currently working on her master's degree in Social Work Administration and Community Practice at the University of Oklahoma. She has experience as a high school teacher and a community organizer, and has worked with at-risk youth in the US and abroad. |
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John Gabriel, Program Coordinators: John has twelve years of experience as a summer camp counselor at New Hope |
| Photo coming soon | Tshaka Rivers, AmeriCorps Member - New Client Relations Coordinator: Tshaka has a B.S in Education from Langston University and plans to pursue his graduate degree in rehabilitation counseling. Tshaka is a former employee of Tulsa Public Schools and is also the former YMCA of Greater Tulsa (Westside) day camp environmental specialist. |
| Photo coming soon | Karla Ford, AmeriCorps Member – Special Event Coordinator: Karla attended the University of Central Arkansas where she received a B.A. in Finance and a minor in Theater. She will be returning to school this spring to obtain her masters in psychology. Karla has experience in business as well working with at-risk youth. She is currently serving as Treasurer for the board of directors for the Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League. |
| Photo coming soon | Kemper Tell, AmeriCorps Member – Public Relations Coordinator: Kemper graduated from Hendrix College in Arkansas with a degree in Politics. She is a native Tulsan, and in addition to her work with New Hope, she is involved with community projects throughout north Tulsa. |
| Photo coming soon | Phillip Bowman, AmeriCorps Member – Volunteer Coordinator: Bio coming soon. |
| Four part-time employees | |
| photo coming soon | Abigail Campbell, Organizational Management: Abigail is in her last semester at Oral Roberts University where she is studying International Community Development, and she plans to pursue a Masters in Social Work. Abigail has experience as a summer camp counselor for New Hope. She has also worked in administrative support and served as a leader for her university’s Social Justice Society. |
| photo coming soon | Jennifer Davis, Group Facilitator: Jennifer holds a B.A. in psychology from Texas Tech University, and a M.A. in counseling from Doane College. She has experience as a fundraiser for non-profit agencies as well as working with children, teens, and their families in multiple capacities, most recently as a therapist at a treatment group home for teens. |
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Carmenita Montgomery, Group Facilitator:Carmenita has an undergraduate degree and experience in early childhood education, Head Start, and running a day care facility. |
| photo coming soon | Max Lawson, Group Facilitator: Max has an undergraduate degree and experience as a summer camp counselor. |
| To support our high-qualified staff, New Hope relies on many volunteers. In the summer of 2011 over 100 volunteers gave New Hope over 2000 hours of service! Truly, our organization could not continue its programs without our faithful volunteers! | |
