Camp Weequahic has been Sue’s home away from home for over a decade and she has worked alongside the Kelly’s almost continuously since 2003.

Sue was Kate’s college soccer teammate at Dartmouth College and finished her college career as team captain, first team All American, Academic All American and top 10 finalist for NCAA woman of the year. She moved on to coach soccer at Stanford University and the University of Virginia before entering the summer camp profession full time.

Sue spends her summers crafting each camper’s dream program, maneuvering our staff to all the fun places they need to be, and training and coaching our program leadership team to create amazing daily. Sue spends her off-season working closely with Dana and James to identify, interview, and hire the best staff in camping while also working closely with Kate and Dana to create an incredible summer program for each camper to enjoy.

When not talking camp, Sue is running the Baldwin mini-camp for her four energetic children, training for running races, or cheering on her husband’s powerhouse collegiate softball team at the University of Georgia.

Dana Stassen has always known she wanted to work with and around children. Some of her earliest memories include setting up her bedroom like a classroom for her younger brothers, complete with a library card catalog system. She went on to earn a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Maryland, (GO TERPS!), and later an M.Ed in Reading Education from Towson University before spending a decade teaching in the classroom setting.

Dana joined us at Weequahic in 2010 by answering a need for a nanny for our Associate Director’s children and fell in love with camp. She’s worked at Weequahic as a Division Head for the Inter Girls, as the Special Events and Evening Activities Coordinator, before assuming her Assistant Director role in 2017.

In the off-season, Dana spends her time creating evening activities, planning Special Event days and specialty meal nights, organizing trips, and finding ways to enhance the senior experience. She tries to add a little sparkle wherever she can, which is how she earned the camp moniker Princess Sparklepants or ‘PSP’ for short.

Dana also works with her husband, James, to hire our incredible summer staff. She takes this job very seriously as she knows how important it is to hire counselors who are going to be warm, friendly, fun, and who will be deserving of the trust of our wonderful parents.

During the summer, Dana sports a fanny-pack full of whatever a camper or staff member might need, (mostly a million pens and bandaids), totes her clipboard full of notes and wild ideas, and often will pop into classes at camp to provide a little motivation or connection to whomever might need it. She is most at home in the middle of a spontaneous dance party on main camp, in any activity that involves a costume, and loves when campers and staff come by her office to chat and enjoy a freeze pop!

Dana’s camp experience has come full circle and now she and James have two little ones who join us at camp each summer with their own nannies! Their eldest, who is five, is counting down the minutes until he can move into a bunk!

Possibly the only summer camp assistant director with a Grammy Award, ‘Scrappy’ has been a part of the Weequahic family since 2012. His love for Dana made him a frequent visitor while not touring the world as Justin Bieber’s Production and Stage Manager.

Ready for a change as he and Dana started a family, Cole and Kate (and everyone else) did all they could to convince him to join the Weequahic full-time team. With over 20 years in the music industry and many years of experience in setting up massives experiences for fans, Scrappy had unknowingly prepared perfectly for his role at camp.

During the off-season, Scrappy focuses his time on finding, interviewing and preparing the finest counselor staff possible alongside his bride, Dana, and our Associate Director Sue. He also works closely with our camp parents to prepare all aspects of our campers’ travel to and from camp while also keeping the social media engine of camp running.

During the summer, Scrappy focuses on the logistics of the day, supports our wonderful staff members, and keeps a watchful eye over our kitchen and social media efforts. He and Dana are thankful to be raising their two children alongside the Weequahic campers each summer.