Meet Your Camp Staff
Are you going to camp this year? Meet the director and crew that will be leading you through the week!
Camp Cherry Lake
Neva Baltzell - Resident Director
Neva is a 1996 graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor's in Criminology and Criminal Justice. She received her Master's from FSU in 1997 in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Neva was the Program Coordinator at Camp Cherry Lake from 2004 through March 2007. Neva is also the State Camping Program Coordinator.
Camp Cloverleaf
Steve Cooper - Resident Director
Steve has worked for Florida 4-H Camping for 23 years. He began as the Cherry Lake Camp Director from 1985-88. He has been the Director at Camp Cloverleaf since 1988. Steve also has worked and trained in Challenge Adventure and 4-H Shooting Sports Programs. He served on the State 4-H Camping Advisory Board from 2005-07. He was a State of FL Certified Law Enforcement Officer from 1995-00. Steve also holds a State of FL Certified Security Officer License. He has also been substitute teaching in Highlands County since 1996.
Camp Ocala
Shawn Baltzell - Resident Director
Shawn received his Bachelor's degree in Recreation and Leisure from Florida State University in 1996. He has been a certified Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor since 1988. Shawn has been a Resident Camp Director for the University of Florida since 1997.
Camp Timpoochee
Jennifer Williams - Resident Director
Jennifer was born in New York and moved to Hernando Co, Florida in 1989 when she was nine years old. She learned about county 4-H through friends at school, and immediately joined a 4-H horse club. Her 4-H agent at the time, Bill Hill, cultivated Jennifer’s interest in shooting sports and public speaking, eventually leading to her participation in Congress and Legislature. Having enjoyed Ocala 4-H Center as a camper and counselor, she joined the staff at Camp Cherry Lake in 1998, eventually serving as Florida 4-H’s youngest Program Director in 1999 (at 18, barely). Lifeguard and archery instructor certifications followed, then college, grad school, a grown-up job, and now marriage! I am a firm believer in the 4-H program, a product of its tenets, and an enthusiastic alumnus. It is my honor to serve the 4-H camping program as a resident director. Camp Timpoochee is a beautiful facility, and will hopefully continue as a wellspring of memorable 4-H traditions. Jennifer has degrees in degrees in Recreation and Leisure Service Administration. She is American Red Cross certified in Lifeguard instruction, waterfront and waterpark lifeguarding, cardiopulmonary resuscitation for the professional rescuer, first aid, preventing disease transmission, oxygen administration, and automated external defibrillator use. She also has certification as a Wilderness First Responder and for National Recreation and Parks Association as an Aquatic Facility Operator, in addition to National Archery Association certification as a Level I instructor.
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