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Full Time Staff
Lance Powers
Management Team: Facilities & Golf Course 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, serving in this role until the spring of... read more
Sam Spence
Management Team: Human Resources & Operations Manager
Sam first started working at Round Lake part-time in the summer of 2009. Sam accepted a full-time position in May of 2013. He and his wife Chelsea live on the camp property. Sam focuses on the business side of camp management including human resources, employee management, graphic design and publications. When Sam is not in his office you will find him around the camp or in the shop lending a... read more
Ben Strouse
Management Team: Private Retreat & Program Manager
Ben has been a regular at Round Lake for most of his life. 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. Ben is passionate about anything related to games, so overseeing programming has been a natural fit for him. Ben also enjoys spending time with his... read more
Brianna Cooper-Risser
Management Team: Process Specialist & Camp Store Manager
Brianna first attended Round Lake as a seven-month-old infant at Spring Family Camp. Since then, she has experienced Round Lake as a camper, volunteer and summer staff. She joined the full-time team as the Office Manager in February of 2014 and later transitioned to the role of Process Specialist & Camp Store Manger. In her free time, Brianna enjoys kayaking, hiking, biking and spending time... read more
Jodi Keener
Food Service Coordinator
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
Kim Derr
Golf Course Superintendent
Kim is a next door neighbor to Round Lake. Local to the area he studied Turf Management at The Ohio State University and has been in the golf business for over 40 years. When Round Lake Camp bought the Round Lake Golf Course in 2015 Kim volunteered to help us bring life back into the course while still serving as the Superintendent at Mohican Hill Golf Club. After his 33 years of service at... read more
Randy Steiner
Maintenance Assistant
Originally from Greensburg, PA, Randy joined the Round Lake team in March of 2022. He previously served at the Christian Children's Home in Wooster for 24 years. He worked as a teaching parent, ropes course director and assistant in the maintenance department. Randy is married with 3 adult sons and 3 grandchildren. In his spare time he enjoys hunting, splitting wood and spending time with his... read more
Kelly Jo Ickes
Housekeeping
Kellyn is a 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 Coordinator
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 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.
Susan Powers
Cook
Susan married Lance, Round Lake's current Camp Manager, in 1988. Together they raised three children- Lee, Joe and Courtney (left to right in picture) in the Christian Camp environment. They are now blessed with four grandchildren. Susan has served in camp since the day she met Lance. Currently, she assists in the kitchen and helps with housekeeping at the camp. She attends Nashville Church of... read more