Our Leadership Team

Joining us from Texas, Andy joined the Camp Taconic family in 1990. He started as a tennis counselor, and then went on to teach drama and become the Playhouse Director. Andy has also been a Group Head, Boys’ Head Counselor, and is now an Associate Director. He has five children, all of whom have attended or are still attending Taconic. During the year, Andy teaches theater, debate, and yearbook.. He and his wife Jonni live in Brenham, Texas.

Cari started her career at Taconic as a waterfront counselor and boat driver the summer after graduating from high school. She went on to become a kindergarten teacher, and continued spending her summers at camp. Cari met her husband Jeff, a former Taconic camper, while they were working as counselors together. Cari has been a Group Head, Head Counselor, and is now an Associate Director and helps out on girls’ line and with our Leader in Training (LIT) program. Cari, Jeff and their two daughters, Parker and Zoe, live in Cresskill, NJ with their dog, Ozzie.

Nora is from Freeport Maine, and has been part of the Taconic family since 1980, when she was hired as bunk counselor for 6- and 7-year-olds and started the costume making activity. Over the years, she served as bunk counselor, Group Head, Drama Director, Special Events Head, Head of Theatre Arts, Sing Leader, and Girls’ Head Counselor. When she's not at camp, Nora teaches singing and theatre and coaches volleyball at a private school in Maine. Many of Nora’s former campers have children who are now campers at Taconic.

Barbara has been Taconic’s Arts & Tech director since 2005. Barbara’s passion can be seen every day at Taconic as she helps campers and counselors explore their creative sides in each of the 15 studios that our program has to offer. Barbara and her husband, Gary, Taconic’s Assistant Athletic Director, raised 2 Taconic alumni - Laura and David. During the off-season, Barbara lives in New Jersey, but can be found on the tennis courts or watching basketball. Barbara was previously the Art teacher at Solomon Schechter Bergen County for over 25 years.

Keith has lived in Berkshire County for most of his life having grown up in Hinsdale and currently living in Lenox with his daughter, Rachelle, and teaching English at a local middle school. Spending a lot of time playing in the woods, it was natural that when he attended college at UMass, he started rock climbing. Then in 2007, he began working as the Challenge Course Director at Taconic. As an educator and a leader, Keith loves to see growth in the smiles, the expressions of understanding, and enthusiasm that pushes people with whom he works with. The Challenge Course program at Taconic encourages participants to expand their understanding of themselves and gain satisfaction from the progress they have made.

Randy is from St. John's Newfoundland, Canada, and has been involved in the world of Circus for over 20 years. He worked for Cirque Du Soleil for the past 10 years on multiple projects and shows and has traveled around the world bringing smiles and excitement to people of all ages. Randy has been the Circus Director at Taconic since 2014 and for him, each summer has surpassed the last. He loves to work with campers and see them grow and gain confidence in themselves as they accomplish skills at Circus.

Laura has been the Playhouse Director since 2015 and is extremely passionate about theater. During the year, Laura is a high school theater teacher in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys reading, bingeing Netflix shows, and all things Disney. Her two favorite musicals are Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “School of Rock” and “Next to Normal”. She lives with her husband Joe and their two children, Zoe and Alexander.

Loren, better known as LK, one of the Owners of Camp Taconic, has also been the Waterfront Director for the last 7 years. Prior to becoming Taconic’s Waterfront Director, LK attended a Waterfront Leadership Training Program, became a Certified Lifeguard, a Certified Pool Operator and a Certified Lifeguard Manager. LK’s focus at the Taconic waterfront is safety first, followed by teaching campers new skills and making sure they are having fun. During his tenure at the waterfront, LK has overseen many improvements; the addition of a new pool, new ski and sailing boats and enhanced in-service lifeguard training. When LK is not at the waterfront, you can find him refereeing a soccer or basketball game.

Eric has been Taconic’s Athletic Director for the past 15 years. Eric and his wife, Ninoska, Taconic’s bookkeeper, raised their three daughters, Ivana, Hannah and Jamie, at Camp.For the past 25 years, Eric has been a physical education teacher and coach on Long Island. He loves anything outdoors and all sports, especially his beloved Mets.

Eric (AKA: Tex) has been at Taconic for over 20 years and heads up our top-rated waterskiing program. Tex also runs his own waterski safety company that works with other camps across the nation teaching them how to have a successful program. During the year, Tex lives in beautiful Southern California with his Ironman athlete wife, Tiffany, and their son Nick. We are also fortunate to have Tiffany join us at Camp as a physician’s assistant for half the summer as a member of our Health Center team. Tex and his family enjoy snow skiing, being outdoors and playing sports.

JoJo is one of the newest additions to the Senior Staff team and will be stepping into the role of co-Athletic Director in Summer 2021! In 2019, Jojo ran our lacrosse program and our girls’ tournaments. Jojo grew up outside of Sussex, England before moving to Westchester, NY where she later met her husband, JT, Taconic’s Tennis Director. They later moved to Florida and have two sons, Jack and James. Jojo loves all sports, but her favorites are soccer and lacrosse, both of which she played in college in New Hampshire. When not at Camp, she is a lower elementary teacher at a Montessori school in Jupiter.

JT joined our Taconic family in the summer of 2019 as the Director of Tennis. He grew up in Palm Beach Gardens, FL but moved to Houston, Texas for high school and then onto Nashville, TN for college where he played tennis at Lipscomb University. He is a USPTA Certified Elite Professional instructor and has vast experience teaching all ages and skill levels. When not at camp JT teaches tennis at Mirasol Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. He lives in Tequesta, FL with his wife, JoJo (Athletic Director for Taconic) and their 2 sons, Jack and James.