CampGroup - Traditions of Excellence

Overview

CampGroup Senior Staff

Operating Advisory Board

The Company's President and CEO, Daniel Zenkel, directs the overall operations of the company, including all acquisition, finance, operational and legal issues; and manages corporate/camp relations. Mr. Zenkel reports to a ten-member Board of Managers.

CampGroup's structure is separated between camp and company functions. The camp directors and staff oversee the operation of their camps. Marketing, camper and staff recruiting, programming, day-to-day supervision of camp, interactions with campers, families and staff are all managed by the director at the camp level. In addition to attending to their camp-related responsibilities, the camp directors and assistant directors also initiate and assist in many of the company-wide projects. Both the camp directors and company-level management are involved in strategic planning, identification and assessment of acquisition candidates, and planning for management succession.

The camp directors, together with the CEO and CFO, comprise CampGroup's senior leadership.

All CampGroup and camp-level staff share a passion and commitment to improving camps of all kinds and thereby perpetuating the camp experience for future generations. CampGroup staff focus on strengthening camps through the application of fundamental business precepts to camp, while remaining mindful of the ultimate goal of creating rewarding and enriching experiences for children. Camp level professionals focus on creating safe, fun and enriching experiences for their campers and staff.

Set forth below are biographies of CampGroup staff and camp directors. In addition to the professionals listed below, the Company employs a dedicated group of approximately 65 full-time professionals. These include a full-time staffing director, accounting professionals, a director of Lakeside Retreats, employees of H&H Purchasing Services, and Associate and Assistant Directors, office administrators and facilities management personnel for each camp.

Daniel Zenkel, President & CEO
Jeffrey Bershad, CFO
Marie Frenkel, Vice President for Accounting
Adam Siegel, Controller
Mark Benerofe, Director of Business Development

Biographies of the Company's senior staff are provided below.

Daniel Zenkel has served as President of CampGroup since its formation in April 1998. Before then, Dan practiced law and was also active in real estate development and management. Dan sits on the Board of the New York Section of the American Camp Association and is president-elect of S.C.O.P.E., a leading camp charity that provides camp scholarships to underprivileged children. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the America's Camp Foundation. He is a past Chairman of the Resident Camp Programming Committee for the Tri-State Camp Conference, the largest camp conference in the world, and a member of the American Camp Association Audit and Finanace Comittee. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review. He attended Camp Takajo in Naples, Maine and worked as a camp counselor for 3 summers.

Jeffrey Bershad serves as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining CampGroup in November 2004, Jeff served as CFO for several emerging growth companies. He has a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University. He attended Jefferson Lakes Day Camp.

Marie Frenkel joined the Company as Director of Finance in June 1998. She was appointed VP-Accounting in May 1999. Ms. Frenkel is responsible for all treasury, accounting and financial reporting activities. For sixteen years prior to joining CampGroup, she was Controller of Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, a publisher of women's consumer magazines with annual sales in excess of $300 million. Prior to joining Gruner + Jahr, she worked at the accounting firm of David Berdon & Co. Ms. Frenkel graduated cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany in 1976 with a B.S. degree in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Adam Siegel oversees the Company's audit and all of its financial reporting and its business reporting and analysis. Mr. Siegel joined CampGroup in November 2003. Prior to that, he was a consultant with Realization Services where he assisted clients in all aspects of strategic, financial and operational analysis. Previously, Adam served as Controller for Directrix, Inc., and Accounting Manager for Spice Entertainment Companies, Inc. Adam earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the State University of New York.

Mark Benerofe serves as the Company's Director of Business Development. He is also a principal in Benerofe Properties, a real estate investment firm. Prior to joining Benerofe Properties in 2004, Mark taught high school and coached basketball for ten years in the New York City public school system. Mark holds a Masters in Anthropology from Hunter College, a Masters in Education Administration from Baruch College and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University. He is a member of the Board of the Urban Dove, which provides a variety of programs that build confidence and leadership skills in inner city youth. He developed his love of camping at Camp Chateaugay and Camp Echo Lake.

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The camp directors, together with the CEO and the CFO comprise the company's Senior Camp Management, which meets to review strategic and operational issues and to develop ways to improve the operation of the company.

List of camp directors who serve on the CampGroup Operating Advisory Board follows.

Ginger Clare
Jill Cohen
Josh Cohen
Corey Dockswell
Justin Dockswell
Carolyn Dorfman
Jed Dorfman

Jeff Freedman
Dayna Hardin
Arthur Kessler
Natalie Kessler
Chris Roy
Lynn Roy

Debbie Sasson
Eric Sasson
Dr. Bart Sobel
Jay Toporoff
Mark Toporoff
Arleen Weiner
Shelley Weiner

Brief biographies of each camp director are provided below:

Josh and Jill Cohen became Directors of Camp Cobbossee in 2007. Before coming to Camp Cobbossee, Josh was Associate Director and Jill was Director of Operations at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac in Lenox, Massachusetts. Josh and Jill have spent nearly every summer of their lives at camp – starting as young campers, then counselors, and progressing through the ranks to fulltime camp directors. Between them they have held just about every key position at camp. They are active in the American Camp Association (ACA), and SCOPE, and they have spoken at many camping conferences.

Corey Dockswell and Justin Dockswell joined Wicosuta as Associate Directors in 2006 and became the camp's directors in 2007. Corey received her B.A. degree in Sociology from Emory University and a Master's in Social Work from New York University. She spent several years working as an assistant director and Girls Head Counselor at a co-ed resident camp and as an administrator of a day camp. Prior to that, she spent three years as the Director of Special Programs for the American Camp Association's New York Section office. Justin received both his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and his Master of Education from University at Buffalo. He previously worked as the Assistant Director and Boys Head Counselor at two co-ed residential camps.

Jed Dorfman joined his parents, Bill and Jancy, as a Director of Camp Walt Whitman in September 2005. He and his wife Carolyn became the sole directors of the camp in 2007, when Bill and Jancy retired. Jed has worked at Walt Whitman for 10 years, serving as the Assistant Director for the past five. He earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management where he received the Dean's Award for Leadership. Jed is a graduate of Emory University. Jed is a former middle school and high school teacher, and is one of the founders of and a director of America's Camp.

Carolyn Dorfman joined Jed as Director of Camp Walt Whitman in September 2006. Prior to becoming a director, Carolyn worked as the Executive Director of the National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children's Foundation in New York City. Carolyn spent seven years in Knoxville, Tennessee first graduating with a Masters Degree in Sports Management and then working as Assistant Athletic Director for the Women's Athletic Department. Carolyn played four years of collegiate basketball at Dalhousie University where she graduated with a degree in Recreational Management.

Jeff Freedman is Director of Camp Winaukee, where he was a camper, staff member and Assistant Director. Mr. Freedman, known affectionately as "Freedo", has responsibility for directing the Island Camp, as well as for staff and camper recruitment. Before joining the Winaukee team, "Freedo" was a lawyer on the staff of the NCAA. A NCAA All-American collegiate athlete, Mr. Freedman is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Macalester College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude in 1987. He attended the London School of Economics and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver College of Law in 1992.

Dayna Hardin has been the Director of Lake of the Woods/Greenwoods Camps since 1997 when she purchased the camps. She became director of The Glen and The Grove when those camps opened in 2005. She served as Program Chair for the 2008 American Camp Association Director National Conference. She also serves as president of the Midwest Association of Independant Camps and is a founder of S.C.O.P.E. Midwest and a member of the S.C.O.P.E. Board of Directors. Previously, Dayna was the Vice President for Programming and Production of the Educational Television Network, which developed interactive programming for schools. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1990, and a Masters of Education from Loyola University in 1994.

Arthur and Natalie Kessler are the directors of Camp Ramaquois. Arthur and Natalie purchased Camp Ramaquois in 1974. They have developed Ramaquois to be one of the most prestigious day camps in the country. Ramaquois has often been the host site for the American Camp Association Fall Day Camp Conference. Mr. Kessler has been the vice-president of the American Camp Association and held a position on the Executive Board. He is one of the founders of the Rockland Day Camp Association. Arthur and Natalie have been honored as "Legends of Camping" by the New York section of the American Camp Association.

Chris Roy, together with his wife Lynn, became a director of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac in October 2004. Prior to joining Mah-Kee-Nac, he spent 15 years at Camp Walt Whitman, rising from counselor to Associate Director. He is a graduate of Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He chairs the General Sessions Committee of the Tri-State Camp Conference and is an ACA Standards Visitor. Chris is the founding partner of CampStaff.com, the largest summer camp staffing website. He directed the start-up of Whitman College Bound SAT Camps and served as Executive Director of Camping for Wellspring Camps, a division of Aspen Education.

Lynn Roy, together with her husband Chris, became director of Camp Mah-Kee-Nac in October 2004. Lynn worked in marketing and sales prior to joining Walt Whitman as Staffing Director. She also served as Assistant Director of Whitman College Bound and as co-director of Camp Wellspring. She is a graduate of Villanova University.

Eric Sasson and Debbie Sasson direct Camp Akeela, a new camp for children which will open in June 2008. Eric has over 25 years of camp experience, at some of the Northeast's finest camps, including Camp Walt Whitman, Camp Wingate*Kirkland and Camp Mah-Kee-Nac. He has been a full time camp professional for 10 years and is an active member of the American Camp Association. Eric earned a BA in Math from Haverford College and a Masters in Education from Harvard University.

Debbie Sasson has been spending her summers at camp for more than 20 years. She has a BA in Psychology and a Masters in School Counseling from University of Rochester. After serving as a middle school counselor in Belmont, MA, she returned to school for Clinical Psychology and will be earning her Doctorate in Spring 2008. Her work in the field has primarily focused on individual counseling for children, adolescents and families.

Dr. Bart Sobel is the Director of Camp Winaukee, along with Jeff Freedman. Bart and his brother, John, purchased the camp in 1979 from their father Jesse "Doc" Sobel. Bart graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1968 and earned a Doctorate in Education from Boston University in 1971. He was a Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1972 to 1978.

Jay Toporoff has been the Director of Camp Danbee since March 1991. Previously, Jay was an educator with many years of experience working with children and young adults. He has developed Danbee into one of the finest girls camps in the country. He received a B.A. from Bentley College in 1978 and earned a Masters in Education and a Certificate in Advanced Graduate studies in Counseling and Psychological Services from Springfield College in 1991. In 1993, he completed his doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University in the field of Educational Leadership.

Mark Toporoff, who directs Danbee along with his brother Jay, also joined Danbee in 1991. Mark was a middle school teacher, soccer coach, and camp professional before joining Danbee full-time in 1999. He received his bachelors degree in Environmental Science in 1983 from Suny-Syracuse and received his Masters in School Administration in 1990. Mark serves as Director of Operations and takes care of all the administrative and programming details including hiring staff, coordinating special events and trips, and organizing instruction. Mark is Treasurer and a Board Member of the Massachusetts Camping Association.

Shelley Weiner joined CampGroup as a founder in 1998. Together with his wife, Arleen, Shelley has been the Director of Camp Winadu since he and Arleen purchased the camp in 1974. Mr. Weiner is a recognized innovator in the resident summer camp industry. Among other things, he was the first camp owner to build a roller hockey rink, to install glass backboards and to implement an ice hockey program led by college coaches. In addition, he eliminated the on-deck circle from baseball games. Five years later, the national Little League organization adopted the same rule. Shelley graduated from New York University in 1961.

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