Steve Heiny, Executive Director
Steve, an Indiana native, began his YMCA camping career in 1992. He worked 9 years at YMCA Camp Woodstock in Connecticut. He worked with YMCAs in Massachusetts and South Carolina. Steve has also worked at YMCAs in Russia, Australia, Czech Republic, and Brazil. Steve has a degree from Purdue University in Elementary Education. He lives at camp with his wife and three children.
 
  Melinda Williamson, Business Services Director
Melinda began her YMCA career with Flat Rock River Summer Camp in 2005. Melinda earned her B.S. from St. Mary of the Woods College in Indiana. She and her husband, Tracy, have raised three children. With the third child prepared for college, she decided it was time to return to the workforce. What better way to return than by going to camp everyday!
 
  Novella McGuire, Food Service Director
Novella has been a cook for over 20 years. She loves children. She has four of her own - one girl and three boys. All of her children would agree that there is no better cooking than their mother's.
  Summer Camp Staff: Every summer, a staff of about 45 people are hired to operate our Summer Resident and Day camping programs. Positions include: Senior Counselor, Program Area Directors of areas such as Aquatics, Nurse/Medic, Ranch, Challenger, Main Camp Boys and Main Camp Girls, and Counselor-In-Training. Summer camp staff live and work at camp. They come from near and far, including some internationals. For more information about joining our staff team, please visit the Job Opportunities page.  
  School year staff: Program Instructors are part of the team of about 9 people who produce a program offered to school and youth groups whose mission is to promote understanding of and care for people and nature, through experiential education. Class topics include natural science, group development, values, challenge education, history, arts and crafts, environmental studies, recreation, and outdoor skills. The program links with the school curriculum, focusing on aspects best done out of the classroom, and outdoors. The Instructor team is lead by two coordinators: one for Outdoor Environmental Education (school programs), and another for Group Camping (weekend programs). More information can be found on our Job Opportunities page.