Administrative Staff
The staff at a camp is so important and here at Camp Redwood we are lucky not only to have such a wonderful family to own and direct us as we have with Irma, Buddy and Jon but we also have a core group of people that we could not run our program without.
Rory Mushlin- Program Director
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Rory comes to Camp Redwood with a wide variety of past skills and trade. Growing up in New York City, Rory began his teaching by coaching hockey at Chelsea Piers and really began to have his first camp experience there at the Chelsea Piers Summer Sports Camp. After graduating high school in 2003 Rory moved to New Hampshire to continue his studies in Sports and Recreational Management at Franklin Pierce University. While in New Hampshire he spent his time by working for the community service department, assisting in the coordination of Pierce Pals and Boynton Buddies, both youth mentoring programs that assisted in the local school districts. Along with continuing as a hockey coach Rory also spent time working for a not for profit behavior modification program for boys 10-16.
Following his time in New Hampshire Rory moved to Michigan where again hockey seemed to follow. Along with that Rory worked at a year round camp that hosted a Outdoor Education Center throughout the school year as well as regular summer programming. During that time Rory spent time working for the Outdoor Ed. Center throughout the winter months and came back east to spend his summers working for Summer Camps in the New York Area. In 2008 he moved back to New York full time taking a job at the Ice Time Sports Complex in Newburgh as a Manager and Hockey Director.
In 2011 Rory came to Camp Redwood with a tremendous amount of ideas and enthusiasm and has now been appointed as our Program Director. Looking forward Rory has the tools and determination to help us grow and help take our program to uncharted territory.
John T. Kopaskie (Tom) – Head Counselor- Boys
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John Thomas Kopaskie II – known to the campers and staff as “Tom” – has worked at summer camps since 1998 when he started at Camp Tri-Mount as a CIT. For the past 13 years, Tom has been working with children to improve their social and mental development within the confines of a summer program where the children are able to interact with other campers and develop bonds of friendship that last several years.
Camp is an important part of his life, and he continues to develop new programs and activities for the campers to continue to challenge them to excel as they grow and mature. Tom has been a part of the Camp Redwood family since 2010 and plans to remain at his new home for the next several decades.
Katie Scherhaufer – Head Counselor- Girls
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Katie is a long time resident of the Hudson Valley region. Having grown up here and gone to school locally, she has a great appreciation for the area and all that it has to offer. Upon completion of her high school education, she chose to expand her horizons by attending college in Upstate New York. In 2009, Katie completed her degree in Childhood Education and achieved her New York State Teaching Certification. Her passion is and has been working with children. Katie enjoys that she is given the opportunity to be a positive role model and is able to help children to achieve their goals.
Katie has been with the Camp Redwood team since the summer 2010 season and is very excited for her 3rd summer to begin! Katie is looking forward to seeing the returning campers and to meeting the new campers and their families over the 2012 summer!
