Camp Talahi Retreat and Nature Center

We’re lucky to have lots of awesome returning staffers – and we’re introducing a brand new program director! Take a look and see if your favorite friends on staff will be back this summer!

Julia LeBrell
Program Director
1st year on staff
Julia holds a degree in environmental studies from Beloit College and can’t wait to share her knowledge of ecology at camp!

Tatiana Hortig
Camp Nurse
3rd year on staff
Tanja is studying Nursing at the University of Michigan. She can’t wait to share the camp experience with the next generation of campers!

 
Bobby Braun
Program Associate
4th year on staff
Bobby just finished his student teaching at Wayne State, he’ll be a chemistry teacher soon but first gets to spend a summer at camp!

 
Kris Poling
Program Associate
4th year on staff
Talahi inspired Kris to get a degree in Parks, Recreation and Tourism from MSU. Really… He’s excited to rediscover the place that always made him the happiest.

 
Hannah Willenborg
Head Cook
3rd year on staff
Hannah can’t wait to cook tasty meals and spend the summer with great friends and awesome campers! She’s attends Macomb College for Early Childhood Studies.

 
Caroline Papin
Kitchen Rockstar
3rd year on staff
Caroline just can’t stay away from camp – she keeps visiting all the way from Indiana Univerity of Pennsylvania!

 
Chris Slattery
Maintenance Man
4th year on staff
Chris just graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in writing. We’ll try to talk him into writing a newsletter for y’all this summer.