The NSDC Staff
Second to None in Attracting,Training and Retaining Outstanding Summer Camp Staff
At North Shore Day Camp we take great pride in a professional staff development program that includes an extensive recruitment and interview process, background checks, and an ongoing, extensive training program unsurpassed in the camping industry. Our multiple in-season staff evaluations, backed up by performance based bonuses, have no equal in the summer camp profession.
Small Groups With Exceptional Supervision
North Shore is known for its ideal group size and exceptional staff. With excellent staff to camper ratios, we ensure the best possible care and supervision so that we can keep YOU informed.
Division Leaders and counselors review each camper’s day, EVERY day. Phone calls are made home regularly by Division Leaders to keep you up to date regarding everything from your child’s swim progress to new friendships to what they ate for lunch. We believe that communication is essential in facilitating the most secure environment for our campers and we look forward to partnering with our camp families every summer.
At NSDC, a child’s emotional safety is as important as his or her physical safety. Every member of our staff undergoes an extensive training program to ensure that your child is being properly supervised while having the best summer possible
The Highest Standard of Professionalism
To promote the highest standard of professionalism, unlike any in its class, North Shore Day Camp adheres to a strict NO TIPPING POLICY for its staff.
Our Leadership Team is a highly trained and dedicated group of educators and camping professionals with exceptional experiences working with children. All prospective staff undergo a thorough interview process and background check.
Year-round staff training programs employ the services of top psychologists and child development experts for both our Leadership Team and general counselor staff.
Our unique evaluation process requires our Leadership Team to work closely with their counselors as they are responsible for delivering performance-based bonuses. These bonuses are given to counselors in lieu of tipping, which is strictly prohibited at North Shore Day Camp. Our staff salaries, among the highest in the industry, ensure a wide pool of quality applicants and keep our quality staff returning year after year.
2022 LEADERSHIP TEAM
STEPPING STONES
Jacqueline (Jackie) Herron
Division Leader, Nursery
Jacqueline is excited for her 2nd year as a Division Leader at NSDC. She is currently teaching Pre-K at North Shore Day School and enjoys the excitement of working with children. Jacqueline has graduated from LIU Post with a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and a Master’s degree in Special Education and Literacy grades 1-6. Jacqueline was also an educator in LIU Post’s Gifted Youth Saturday Program for 7 years and taught curriculum-based learning that focused on the individual growth of each student to develop self-confidence and encouraging creativity skills for Kindergarten and First Graders during the school year and during LIUU Gifted Youth summer camp. Jacqueline has over 10 years of experience working with children in multiple settings and can’t wait to see her campers enjoying another great summer filled with friendships, smiles and excitement.
Felisa Myer
Division Leader, Pre-K
This will be Felisa’s 13th summer at NSDC. She spent her first three summers as a group leader, playing and laughing with her campers, before becoming a Division Leader for our Kindergarten girls. “I am very excited about my leadership role at NSDC and spending another wonderful summer making sure my campers have a summer filled with lots of fun and friendships!” During the school year, Felisa is a reading teacher at the Lakeville Elementary School in Great Neck.
Aubrey Siegel
Division Leader, Kindergarten Girls
Aubrey is entering her 11th summer at NSDC! This summer will be her third year as a Division Leader where she returns as a Division Leader for our Kindergarten campers. North Shore Day Camp felt like home to Aubrey from her first day, and she counts down the days to camp every year!
Aubrey is currently working for the NYC DOE as a 2nd grade ENL (English as a New Language) self-contained teacher. She has been working as teacher for 17 years. Aubrey is also a proud mother to her 5 year old son Liev who will be attending NSDC for his third summer! Aubrey’s love for camp and children is something she wants Liev to love just as much as she does! “It is such a great experience to learn about our STARFISH Values Program and to meet new people and have a blast!”
Caroline McCarthy
Division Leader, Kindergarten Boys
This will be Caroline’s 3rd summer with us, and her second summer with the Kindergarten boys! She attended Hofstra University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood & Elementary Education and her master’s degree in Literacy. She has a wide experience in teaching children ages 3-6. She currently teaches 3K through the New York City Department of Education, but also has 6 years of experience in teaching Pre-K and Kindergarten. In her spare time, she enjoys kickboxing and the great outdoors. Caroline can’t wait to make great memories once again this summer at NSDC!
GIRLS – Upper Camp
Jamie Sall
Division Leader, 1st Grade Girls
Jamie has been part of the North Shore Day Camp family for 17 years and has loved every minute of it! Jamie started her North Shore Day Camp journey as a camper and eventually became a CIT and a General Counselor. For many summers, she worked at NSDC as a Group Leader for our littlest campers in Stepping Stones. Jamie is thrilled to be returning for her second summer as the Division Leader for our 1st grade girls. Jamie has a passion for camp and is looking forward to sharing that with all of her new campers! During the school year, Jamie is a teacher at a private school in New York City for children with learning differences. Jamie truly loves everything about NSDC and is excited to see all that summer 2021 has to offer!
Lauren Wander
Division Leader, 2nd Grade Girls
Lauren is entering her 10th summer at NSDC and her second year as a Division Leader for our 2nd grade girls. For six summers summers Lauren as a Group Leader for our 1st Grade Girls and then as an Assistant Division Leader for Grades 3-6. Lauren is currently working as a 3rd Grade, Special Education Teacher with the NYC DOE.
With a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood & Childhood Education from LIU C.W. Post and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Queen’s College, she has 10 years of experience working with children both inside and out of the classroom. Lauren also works as a Program Leader for a Creative Arts-Respite Program for children with Autism at Life’s WORC. Lauren loves the fun, excitement, and positive values that North Shore and the STARFISH Values pogram have to offer. She can’t wait for her campers to experience this summer after summer!
Sara Oro
Division Leader, 3rd-4th Grade Girls
COMING SOON!
BOYS – Upper Camp
Shaq Reyes
Division Leader, 1st Grade Boys
Shaqunna better known as “Shaq”, has been apart of the North Shore Day Camp family for over 15 years where she has worked as a Group Leader for the 1st grade boys division. Shaq, has over 17 years of experience working with students with special needs as a educator for the New York City Department of Education, where she embraces her love for learning, her love for children, and her desire to create a safe learning environment for all students.
In addition to her merits in education, Shaq is highly trained in positive behavior interventions, peer mediation and conflict resolution. Shaq is elated to begin her new role as Division Leader for the 1st grade boys, where her personal mission is to “fill her campers’ bucket of confidence and self-esteem so high that no one can poke holes in it”. Shaq’s favorite quote is, ” Believe in yourself and you can do unbelievable things”. Shaq is looking forward to another amazing summer at NSDC, where she builds walls of confidence one brick at a time!
Judi Vandow
Division Leader, 2nd Grade Boys
Judi joined the North Shore family in 1999. With over twenty years of camp experience, she brings a wealth of day and resident camp knowledge to our leadership team. Judi’s spirit, energy and compassion is demonstrated through her daily contact with our campers, families and our staff as she helps to provide an atmosphere of fun and friendship. During the winter months Judi assists in developing programs, as well as recruiting and hiring staff. She is an active member of the American Camp Association.
Adam Lenneberg
Division Leader, 3rd-4th Grade Boys
Adam is looking forward to another great summer at North Shore Day Camp. He returns to NSDC for a 15th summer with the last five years as a Division Leader for our 3rd-4th grade boys. Adam spent his first 9 summers as the Assistant Director of Transportation. During the year, Adam is a Math Teacher at John Bowne High School in Flushing. Adam has a contagiously positive personality and he hopes to use his vast day camp experience to help all the campers in his division have the greatest summer of their lives.
CREW
Allyson Lenneberg
Division Leader, 5th-7th Grade Boys & Girls
Allyson is so excited to begin her 4th summer as the Division Leader for the oldest children in camp! Allyson has been an 8th Grade English Teacher with the New York City Department of Education for 19 years and loves working with teenagers. Both her children have been a part of the NSDC family for the past 12 years and LOVED every summer!
SUPPORT STAFF
Ruth Nathanson
Office Manager
Miss Ruthie has been our year-round office manager since 1993. She says that her priority is to make sure that all families feel comfortable enrolling their children at camp. Yet we all know that she is and does much, much more than that. She is the epitome of the loving, nurturing environment that is the essence of North Shore Day Camp.
SWIM STAFF
Vanessa Schroeder
Aquatics Director
Vanessa has been teaching swimming as a certified Water Safety Instructor for the past 25 years. Vanessa enters her third summer as our Waterfront Director, after spending four summers as our Assistant Director. During the school year, she is a teacher in the Merrick Public School district. “I am so happy to one again be leading the swim program, and I am really looking forward to working with our little fish in the pool this summer. I know that our campers will leave with an increased comfort level in the water and enhanced swim skills. See you at the pool!”
Jillian Terrana
Assistant Aquatics Director
Jillian is excited to return for her third summer as the Assistant Swim Director this summer. She has been working as a lifeguard and swim instructor since 2000 and has taught all different ages and swim levels in the pool. She loves to teach at NSDC because she gets to watch the kids grow, become stronger, and gain more confidence in the pool throughout the summer.
Jillian has her Bachelors degree in Psychology and Masters degree in School Counseling both from Long Island University. Outside of camp she spends the year raising her 3 kids Mason, Logan and Lily. They are all excited for another great summer with their TLC Family.
