Meet Our Staff

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NEXT: Claire Haley
Program Director

Caleb Owen

Name: Caleb Owen

School: Appalachian State University

Major: Leadership Studies

Campus Involvement: Club Tennis, RUF, Wine to Water

Hometown: Asheville, NC

What are you looking forward to about camp: Camp-wide games and backpacking trips

Activity(s) Teaching: Backpacking

Years at camp: 2

Certifications: WFR and Lifeguard

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate and why? National Barefoot Day. Everyone would walk barefoot for the day because that would so fun and everyone would have to slow down where they are walking.

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NEXT: Chancellor Reynolds
Waterfront Director

Claire Haley

Name: Claire Haley

Major: University of Virginia

Intended Occupation: Doctor

Campus Involvement: RUF, Club Pickle Ball, Blueprint Leadership, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority

Hometown: Nashville, TN

Activity(s) Teaching: Diving

What are you looking forward to about camp: I’m excited to meet a lot of great people and make camp an awesome place for campers.

Years at Camp: 13

Certifications: Lifeguard, CPR, First Aid

What would be your non-super superpower? The ability to take the best 10-minute power nap

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NEXT: David Reeder
Riflery

Chancellor Reynolds

Name: Chancellor Reynolds

School: University of Virginia

Major: Urban and Environmental Design

Hometown: Memphis, TN

Activity(s) Teaching: Riflery

Years at Camp: 12

Certifications: CPR 

What would be your non-super superpower? The ability for clothes to never be dirty

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NEXT: Josh Rodriguez
Mountain Biking

David Reeder

Name: David Reeder

School: Clemson University

Hometown: Asheville, NC

What are you looking forward to most about camp: Giving back to the campers the same experiences I was able to have as a camper and watching campers fall in love with their favorite activities at camp

Activity(s) Teaching: Basketball and Mountain Biking

Years at Camp: 7

Certifications: CPR and First Aid, WFA, LG

What would be your non-super superpower? To just look at my home doors and have them unlock when I have a lot of stuff in my arms

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NEXT: Gresham Collins
Canoeing

Josh Rodriguez

Name: Josh Rodriguez

School: University of Georgia

Major: English

Intended Occupation: Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Campus Involvement: UGA Fly Fishing Club and Greek Life

Hometown: Macon, GA

What are you looking forward to about camp: Being outside all the time and watching the kids have a blast!

Activity(s) Teaching: Canoeing

Certifications: Lifeguard and CPR

What would be your non-super superpower? To instantly fall asleep

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NEXT: Kimberly Blount
Archery

Gresham Collins

Name: Gresham Collins

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Major: Sports and Exercise Science

Intended Occupation: Athletic Trainer

Campus Involvement: Intramural Soccer and Basketball

Hometown: Boone, NC

What are you looking forward to about camp: All the great camp food, activities, and camp atmosphere

Activity(s) Teaching: Archery

Years at camp: 9

Certifications: CPR and First Aid

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate and why? National Spikeball Day because there’s no other sport like it

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NEXT: Jake Highfield
Photography

Kimberly Blount

Name: Kimberly Blount

School: Wake Forest University

Campus Involvement: Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, Yearbook Copywriter

Hometown: Ridgeland, MS

What are you looking forward to about camp: Capturing all of the smiling faces at camp!

Activity(s) Teaching: Photographer

Years at Camp: 2nd year

Certifications: CPR and First Aid

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate and why? I would want to celebrate a “No Technology Day” because I think it would be refreshing to unplug for a day.

 

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NEXT: Matt Witte
Archery

Jake Highfield

Name: Jake Highfield

School: Clemson University

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Campus Involvement: Intramural Soccer and Turning Point

Hometown: Charleston, SC

What are you most looking forward to about camp: I’m looking forward to being able to be at Timberlake for an entire summer and being there with all three of my brothers for the first time.

Activity(s) Teaching: Archery

Years at Camp: 12

Certifications: CPR and First Aid

If you could create a new national holiday holiday, what would you celebrate and why? National Free Food Day. No food is better than free food.

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NEXT: Riley Daggett
Backpacking

Matt Witte

Name: Matt Witte

School: YWAM Louisville

Major: Missions

Intended Occupation: Youth Ministry, Camp, Missions

Campus Involvement: Kitchen, Prayer, Evangelism, Community Outreach, Worship

Hometown: Mills River, NC

What are you most looking forward to about camp: Having fun with community

Activities Teaching: Backpacking, Airsoft

Years at Camp: 1st year

Certifications: CPR/First Aid, WFA

What would be your non-super superpower?: Always having the benefit and feeling of sleeping a full sleep no matter how long you slept

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NEXT: Seth Brahney
Mountain Biking

Riley Daggett

Name: Riley Daggett

School: Christopher Newport University

Major: Business Marketing

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC

What are you looking forward to most about camp: Getting kids into mountain biking just as camp did for me growing up

Activity(s) Teaching: Mountain Biking

Years at Camp: 9

Certifications: CPR, First Aid, WFA

What would be your non-super superpower? To be able to snap my fingers and fix anything on a bike

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NEXT: Ethan Persons
Cabin Area Director

Seth Brahney

Name: Seth Brahney

School: Appalachian State University

Major: Chemistry: Forensic Science

Intended Occupation: Crime Lab for the FBI

Campus Involvement: Chem Club, Forensics Club, Cross Country and Track Club, de Campos Research 

Hometown: Macon, GA

What are you looking forward to about camp: New Staff New Friends!!!!

Activity(s) Teaching: Backpacking, Fencing, Lego Land

Years at camp: 15

Certifications: CPR and First Aid, WFA

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate, and why: Table Tennis Awareness Day

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NEXT: Graham Ryan
Beach Volleyball

Ethan Persons

Name: Ethan Persons

School: Samford University 

Major: Sports Medicine

Campus Involvement: School of Health Professions Senator, Society of Kinesiology Member, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society

Hometown: Jackson, TN

What are you looking forward to about camp: A new environment and a chance to meet and get to know all the counselors and campers

Activity(s) Teaching: Field Sports

Years at camp: 2nd year

Certifications: Basic Life Support and First Aid

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate and why? National Recess Day. Every person must have an hour of recess; elementary school, middle school, high school, college–it doesn’t matter everyone must have recess.

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NEXT: John Kubecka
Kayaking

Graham Ryan

Name: Graham Ryan

School: Appalachian State University

Major: Sustainable Technology

Campus Involvement: Ski and Snowboard Club

Hometown: Asheville, NC

What are you looking forward to at camp: Coming back after a year away to lots of new and familiar faces, and obviously the pizza

Activity: Kayaking

Years at Camp: 10

Certifications: Lifeguard, WFA

What would be your non-super superpower? Being fluent in the language of the minions from Despicable Me

 

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NEXT: Henry Broshar
Rocketry

John Kubecka

Name: John Kubecka

School: Eastern Michigan University

Major: Business

Hometown: Cedar Rapids, IA

Looking forward to: Seeing God reach kids

Activity teaching: Rocketry

Years at camp: 1st year

Certifications: CPR/AED and First Aid

What would be your non-super superpower?: To have 8 hours of sleep at any given moment

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NEXT: Joel Hite
Kayaking

Henry Broshar

Name: Henry Broshar

School: Appalachian State University

Major: Recreation Management

Campus Involvement: Snowboard Team

Hometown: Asheville, NC

What are you looking forward to at camp: Seeing all of the returning campers

Activity: Kayaking

Years at Camp: 14th year

Certifications: WFA, Lifeguard, CPR, First Aid

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate and why? National Shelf Milk Day

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NEXT: Cooper Denning
Climbing

Joel Hite

Name: Joel Hite

School: Appalachian State University

Major: Biology

Campus Involvement: Climbing

Hometown: Black Mountain, NC

What are you looking forward to at camp: Meeting new people

Activity: Climbing

Years at Camp: 2nd year

Certifications: WFA, CWI

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate and why? National Lights Out Day so that everyone can go outside

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NEXT: William Petty
Cabin Area Director

Cooper Denning

Name: Cooper Denning

School: Belmont University, Graduated (2021)

Major: Audio Engineering Technologies

Intended Occupation: Business Systems Analyst

Hometown: Knoxville, TN

What are you looking forward to about camp: I’m excited about being an ambassador for Christ and supporting the mission Camp Timberlake was called to do.

Activity(s) Teaching: Cabin Area Director/Everything

Years at camp: 12

Certifications: Basic First Aid/CPR

What would be your non super superpower: The ability to communicate with just my dog Leo.

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NEXT: Ben Coggins
Climbing

William Petty

Name: William Petty

School: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Major: Math and Psychology

Intended Occupation: Clinical Psychologist

Campus Involvement: Beta Upsilon Chi, UNC Ski Team, UNC climbing club, RUF

Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC

What are you looking forward to about camp: Getting to help the campers grow closer to the Lord

Activity(s) Teaching: Climbing

Years at camp: 1st year

Certifications: WFA, CPR

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate, and why: National Breakfast day, only breakfast foods for the entire day.

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NEXT: Grant Bakken
Canoeing

Ben Coggins

Name: Ben Coggins

School: Auburn University

Major: Business

Hometown: Wilmington, NC

What are you looking forward to about camp: Great food, activities, and tribal games

Activity(s) Teaching: Canoeing

Years at camp: 9

Certifications: Lifeguard, CPR, First Aid

What would be your non super superpower: Instantly learn songs on guitar

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NEXT: Patton Shaw
Backpacking

Grant Bakken

Name: Grant Bakken

School: Berry College

Major: Animal Science

Intended Occupation: Chef

Campus Involvement: Beef unit herdsman, youth group instructor, underground Bible study chef and participant.

Hometown: Sharpsburg, GA

What are you looking forward to about camp: Teaching young men important skills, teaching them about the Gospel. Also getting to backpack and have fun running around in the woods in NC

Activity(s) Teaching: Backpacking, paintball, airsoft, cooking

Years at camp: 1st year

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate, and why: National Pet a Cow day. Cause petting cows are awesome and if you find the right ones, they’re just bigger dogs

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NEXT: Matthew Marshall
Basketball

Patton Shaw

Name: Patton Shaw 

School: University of Memphis

Major: Sports Management and Leisure Time

Campus Involvement: Basketball Coach

Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee

What are you looking forward to about camp: Gaining experience that will help me in becoming a better leader.

Activity(s) Teaching: Basketball 

Years at camp: 1st year 

What would be your non super superpower: Be able to always have perfect hair.

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NEXT: Betsy Burrow
LEGO building

Matthew Marshall

Name: Matthew Marshall

School: Berry College

Major: Creative Technologies

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

What are you looking forward to about camp: A great Christian experience and camp as well as a big job for the future.

Activity(s) Teaching: model rocketry, riflery, LEGO building, archery

Years at camp: 1st year

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate, and why: National Music day. No work and there would be casual and high-energy music festivals alike.

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NEXT: Thomas Williams
Photography

Betsy Burrow

Name: Betsy Burrow

School: Pepperdine University

Major: Advertising

Campus Involvement: Pepperdine Graphic Media, Kappa Alpha Theta

Hometown: Ridgeland, MS

What are you looking forward to about camp: Taking photos of campers to keep them connected with their families 

Activity(s) Teaching: Photographer

Years at camp: 12th year

Certifications: First Aid/CPR

If you could create a new national holiday, what would you celebrate, and why: National Music Appreciation Day 

 

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NEXT: Joseph Dailey
Cabin Area Director

Thomas Williams

Name: Thomas Williams

School: Clemson University

Major: Political Science

Campus Involvement: College Radio

Hometown: Barnwell, SC

What are you looking forward to about camp: Building up relationships with my fellow staff members and sharing my love of camp with campers

Activity(s) Teaching: Senior CAD, Rocketry, Guitar 

Years at camp: 13th year 

Certifications: CPR/First Aid

What would be your non super superpower: Click heels and a perfect song comes on for the situation

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NEXT: Noah McClanahan
Guitar

Joseph Dailey

Name: Joseph Dailey

School: Anderson University SC

Major: Commercial Music

Campus Involvement: RUF

Hometown: Ducan, SC

What are you looking forward to about camp: Gaining valuable job experience and fostering relationships

Activity(s) Teaching: Guitar

Years at camp: 1st Year 

Certifications: Lifegaurd 

What would be your non super superpower: Never mess up in music

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NEXT: Spencer Marchant
Pickleball

Noah McClanahan

Name: Noah McClanahan

School: University of Mississippi

Major: Public Policy Leadership

Intended Occupation: Professor or Pastor

Campus Involvement: Young Life, RUF

Hometown: Hot Springs, AR

What are you looking forward to about camp: Getting a break from technology

Activity(s) Teaching: Pickleball

Years at camp: 1st Year 

Certifications:First Aid/CPR

What would be your non super superpower: Never needing to tie my shoes

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NEXT: Cameron Haynes
Airsoft

Spencer Marchant

Name: Spencer Marchant

School: High Point University

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NEXT: Cale McCoy
Fencing

Cameron Haynes

Name: Cameron Haynes

Years at Camp: 1st year

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NEXT: Ethan Wattles
Swimming

Cale McCoy

Name: Cale McCoy

School: University of Mississippi

Years at Camp: 1st year

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NEXT: Jordan Bartelt
Fitness

Ethan Wattles

Name: Ethan Wattles

Years at Camp: 2nd year

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NEXT: Alejo Moreno
Disc Golf

Jordan Bartelt

Name: Jordan Bartelt

Years at Camp: 1st year

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NEXT: Tyler Rowe
Airsoft

Alejo Moreno

Name: Alejo Moreno

Years at Camp: 1st year

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NEXT: Austin Smith
Tennis

Tyler Rowe

Name: Tyler Rowe

Years at Camp: 1st year

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NEXT: Virginia Horn
Wrestling

Austin Smith

Name: Austin Smith

Years at Camp: 1st year

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NEXT: Caleb Owen
Pottery

Virginia Horn

Name: Virgina Horn

School: Auburn University