Joe joined Camp Daggett as Adventure Center Director on February 1, 2023. Joe comes to Camp with 12 years of outdoor education experience with positions in Michigan, Wisconsin and Colorado. Throughout his career he has worn many hats in the Adventure Education field: Builder, inspector, trainer, facilitator, and for the previous seven years he was an Adventure Park Director in Wisconsin. This includes constructing and inspecting challenge courses as well as training and certifying challenge course teams (among other certifications, he currently holds a Challenge Course Manager certification). He brings a level of experience, organizational ability, teaching skills and personality that enables Camp Daggett to continue to improve and expand our adventure education program to reach more people and thus have an even greater impact on those we serve.

Joe is married to his wife Genny and has one daughter, Sarah, both of whom are teachers. Joe & Genny also have two fur babies, Betty and Marla, who do an excellent job of keeping their humans in check.