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Full Time Staff
Lance Powers
Camp Manager
Lance arrived at Round Lake in 2003 to serve as the Wilderness and Private Retreats Director. He had previously served at Elkhorn Valley Christian Camp for 17 years. Lance and his wife, Susan, and their three children (all now adults) have been hanging out at camp for about 30 years. In October of 2013, Lance Powers became the Camp Manager of Round Lake. In his free time, you can often catch... read more
Sam Spence
Assistant Camp Manager
Sam first starting working at Round Lake part time in the summer of 2009. Sam started working full-time at Round Lake in May of 2013. He and his wife Chelsea live on the camp property. As the Assistant Camp Manager, Sam focuses on the business side of camp management including marketing, human resources, employee management, graphic design, marketing, website/social media and publications. When... read more
Ben Strouse
Private Retreat & Program Director
Ben has been a regular at Round Lake since he was a young lad. He started his camp career early, working in the kitchen at age 16. After 7 years of working as summer staff, Ben had the opportunity to join the Round Lake staff full-time in October of 2013. His lovely wife Sasha also works at the camp. Ben is passionate about anything related to games, so being Program Director has been a natural... read more
Brianna Cooper-Risser
Office Manager
Brianna first experienced Round Lake as a seven-month-old infant at Spring Family Camp. Since then, she has attended Round Lake as a camper, volunteered as faculty and served as summer staff. She joined the full-time staff as Office Manager & Registrar in February of 2014. Brianna and her husband Tanner were married at the camp in 2015. In her free time, Brianna enjoys kayaking, ropework,... read more
Jodi Keener
Food Service Manager
Jodi arrived at Round Lake as full-time staff in 2014, bringing with her years of experience in food service management. She handles every aspect from meal planning to ordering food and overseeing the kitchen staff and volunteers. Naturally, Jodi is the first of the camp staff you will want to befriend as you venture onto the Round Lake property. She is often spotted baking cookies and her world-... read more
Greg Eichelberger
Project Manager
Greg moved to Round Lake as a high school sophomore in August 1985 with his parents, Ralph and Carolyn. Following high school, he attended Lincoln Christian College for one year. He then worked eight years remodeling and building homes for a local contractor. During that time, he also volunteered with the camp. In 1994, he married Natalie on the camp fishing dock. Two years later the couple moved... read more
Kim Derr
Golf Course Superintendent
Kelly Jo Ickes
Housekeeping
Kellyn is the mother of two. She works hard everyday to make sure the camp facilities are clean and comfortable for our guests. "While much of America seems to be getting more and more divisive, I'm going to be holding doors for strangers, letting people cut in front of me in traffic, greeting all I meet, exercising patience with others, and smiling at strangers. I'll do this as often as I have... read morePart Time Staff
Mike Liston
Wilderness Camp Manager
Mike started at Wilderness Camp as a volunteer back in the 1980's. A part of the original Rope Team, he helped offer rappelling in addition to a zip-line that was built across the creek. Talk about adventure! His first paid position with the camp started in 2008, and he currently serves as the Wilderness Camp Manager overseeing the Wilderness program. It has been a fun journey at Round Lake, and... read more
Frank Wayne Keener
Grounds/Maintenance
Controversy abounds regarding this employee's actual name. He goes by either Frank or Wayne, depending on who you ask, but friends and family tend to call him Wayne. Wayne has been married to his lovely wife Jodi for thirty-five years. They have three adult children and ten grandchildren. He attends church at Nashville Church of Christ. Wayne can oftem be found enjoying his hobbies of body work... read more
Alex Strouse
Cook
A local from Millersburg Christian Church, Alex grew up attending camp. She has been working in the kitchen for the past six years in various roles, now serving as a cook. Alex graduated from Mount Vernon Nazarene University with a degree in Education. She also works at Pomerene Hospital. Her favorite camp recipe to make is Peanut Butter Crisp Bars. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and... read moreSue Snively
Cook
Hailing from Nashville Church of Christ, Sue started working at the camp in 2017. In addition to serving at summer camps, she also loves helping during retreats throughout the year.