Category: Staff Profile
Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
We have so many new faces this fall, we wanted to introduce them to you by each region! First up, we have staff from the Southeast region’s Chimney Point and the Springs. Learn how they got their camp names, some fun facts about them, and what they are most excited about for their new role! […]
Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
Jeff “Rawhide” Olchesky currently serves as the Vice President of Operations in East Texas, where he lives with his wife and five children. He has held many positions at Pine Cove and seen a lot of change and growth in his near 20 summers at camp, but still recalls the deep heart work that took […]
Tags: full time staff, Staff Profiles
Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
Caleb “Wheelin’ N Dealin’” Carter is not stranger to Pine Cove since he started his staff journey as a summer staffer in 2007. He faithfully served as director for our Ranch and Springs youth camps, and now serves as the camp director at our Chimney Point family camp in South Carolina. (Bonus: this SC native […]
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Inside the Cove | Staff Profile
I got to work for Chris Boddy for five years at the Woods. My spiritual life, heart for service, and leadership style are forever changed and enriched by serving under his leadership. Chris has such a way about him to challenge those around him, while also continually breaking down walls through his sense of humor […]
by Jesse Garner
Valerie “Ouch Potato” Morby is just straight up fun. You probably don’t know it, but you’ve been reading her writing for years on our Pine Cove social media channels, websites, and emails. She’s a celebrator, has the best party decorations, surprises her team with doughnuts, and has been around Pine Cove since 2008 in marketing, […]
Tags: full time staff, Staff Profiles
by Anna Birch
Pat “Michaelangelo” Preston is currently serving as Southeast Senior Director of Ministries and Camp Director of Chimney Point, but he has held quite a few other titles in his time at Pine Cove! As a father of five and former youth camp director, Pat has lots of experience ministering to kids and college students, and […]
by Anna Birch
Kristen “Good Sherpa” Ray may not have worked at camp during her college days, but she has made quite the impact while she has been on Pine Cove’s full-time staff the past few years! From working with retreats, leading a Pine Cove City team, and now pouring into the women in the Forge, Pine Cove’s […]
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Connor Gulledge just completed his first year on full-time staff at Pine Cove and gratefully recalls when the Lord made it clear to him that camp is where he would land for his first full-time job. Our conversation turned from serious to silly really quickly, and his most embarrassing camp moment will make your jaw […]
Andrew “Get Smart” Boshell has been the Towers camp director since 2012, after short stints at the Bluffs and Woods family camps. Before that, he went to college at the University of Alabama and spent two summers on summer staff at the Towers. Even if you don’t know Andrew, you have likely heard the famous […]
If you’ve spent any time around Pine Cove, it’s likely you’ve met—or heard about—Taylor “Fish Face” Jervis! After serving at the Ranch and Bluffs, he’s now the director of the Pine Cove Shores, a co-host of the Pine Cove podcast, a frequent staff orientation emcee, and so much more. So if you haven’t met him […]