MEET THE 2022 ALTA MONS SUMMER STAFF

Camp Counselors

NATE BIRCHFIELD

Age: 18
Summers at Alta Mons: 11
Hometown: Christiansburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
​Silver Turtles with ketchup.

BENNETT SNYDER

​Age: 19
Summers at Alta Mons: 8
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
All the memories that I've made here as a camper and with my campers.

RACHEL BAFFOE-BONNIE

​Age: 18
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
I love going on creek hikes with my staff friends and campers.

HUNTER POFF

​Age: 21
Summers at Alta Mons: 3
Hometown: Boones Mill, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
The community. Camp is a place where you come as strangers and leave as friends.

JAMES SNYDER

​Age: 18
Summers at Alta Mons: 9
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
The amazing people who come here.

JACKSON HATCHER

​Age: 18
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Christiansburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
The friendships and connections made throughout the summer(s).

RACHEL GRACE CHAOS

​Age: 20
Summers at Alta Mons: 2
Hometown: Salem, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
The wonderful people and cute deer that fill the land!
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GRIFFIN KRENS

​Age: 19
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Purcellville, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? The Mountains.

EMILY MARTIN

​Age: 17
Summers at Alta Mons: 5
Hometown: Blacksburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
My hands hurting after the dessert song every night.

ANNA PAYNE 

​Age: 18
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Christiansburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? 
I appreciate the loving and accepting community here at Alta Mons.

JULIANA DIAZ

​Age: 20
Summers at Alta Mons: 8
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
The loving and welcoming community...and the bug juice.

MARGARET DONAN

​​Age: 22
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Covington, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
The loving and supporting community!
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LUCY BURCHETT

​Age: 16
Summers at Alta Mons: 6
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
I love how welcoming everyone is. Even if this is your first summer, we all become one big family!

ALISON ISAACS

​Age: 20
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Chesapeake, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons?
​I love how welcoming the community is and how kind the staff is. 

Summer Coordinators

DANIEL MOORE
WORSHIP COORDINATOR

​Age: 24
Summers at Alta Mons: 4
Hometown: Blacksburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? I love the community that is built at camp and I love singing "songy-songs" with this community.

JOSEPHINE PERKINS
​NATURE COORDINATOR

​Age: 20
Summers at Alta Mons: 7
Hometown: Chestertown, MD
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? Camp is an incredible place where people from all walks of life find love and community and a sense of belonging. In this epic setting of creek-filled valleys and awe-inspiring mountains, you find peace and connection with God's creation.

RYAN VAUGHAN
MEDIA COORDINATOR

​Age: 19
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Lewisburg, WV
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? I love to watch everyone's face the first time they hear the dessert song. 
​Kunga is a close second (undefeated).

ERIN BIRCHFIELD
PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Age: 19
Summers at Alta Mons: 12
Hometown: Christiansburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? I love the friendships I've built and the fantastic community that welcomes me back every summer.

JOE MCGRORY
​ROPES COORDINATOR

​Age: 18
Summers at Alta Mons: 13
Hometown: Blacksburg, VA
What is your real life super power? Being able to climb any rafter.
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PAIGE DINNENY
COOKOUT COORDINATOR

​Age: 25
Summers at Alta Mons: 1
Hometown: Randolph, NJ
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? Challenge by choice.



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NOLAN ENGLUND
POOL COORDINATOR

​Age: 22
Summers at Alta Mons: 2
Hometown: Fredricksburg, VA
What do you love about Camp Alta Mons? I love sitting in the Back 400 at night and looking up at the thousands of stars in the sky.