April Hoy
Camp Director & Executive Director
Hello! I am very excited to join the Camp Wyandot community! Growing up and living on site with my family at 4-H Camp Ohio and Recreation Unlimited gave me a deep love and appreciation for the impact of the residential camp experience. I was a camp counselor for many years for children and adults with disabilities at Recreation Unlimited. These experiences coupled with our small family farm, garden and spending countless hours playing in the creek, forest and meadows formed my relationship with the natural world. I was privileged to share this appreciation with thousands of children and adults during my 16 years as the Camp Director and Education Director at Stratford Ecological Center, a working organic farm and nature preserve. I have been honored to serve on the Leave No Child Inside of Central Ohio, Board of Directors for three years. My personal and professional experience has reinforced to me the importance of environmental education and outdoor experiences for the healthy development of children. I believe it is the inherent right of every child to develop a relationship with the natural world.
I am excited to meet all the retuning staff and campers and to meet those who are new to Camp Wyandot! I can’t wait to learn all the traditions that have made Camp Wyandot a magical place for so many!
Kelly Steyer
Program and Assistant Camp
Director
Hi, I’m Kelly (aka Luna)! Growing up, I spent my summers as a camper at Camp Otonwe and Camp Wyandot, which helped develop my passion for the natural world. Once I became a CIT, it solidified that I wanted to create positive nature experiences for others! I pursued a degree in Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University and spent my summers on staff at Wyandot. After graduating, I moved to Cincinnati for 5 years where I had the privilege of leading the camps at Cincinnati Nature Center in my role of Youth Program Manager and Camp Director. Now that I’m back in Columbus, I’m so excited to get back to my roots at Wyandot; it has always been my “home away from home.” I am grateful for all the joy and memories I have from camp and can’t wait to help create those experiences for the next generation!
Kit Goodwin
Office Manager
After driving a schoolbus for 27 Years, the last 15 at New Albany – Plain Local Schools, and after 20 years of running my own tiny non-profit cat rescue organization, I retired to care for my mother in my home for 4 years. In the challenging fall of 2019, I found Camp Wyandot in need of an Office Administrator and was happy to join the team. My experience with office procedures, amateur web design, non-profit work, love of nature and kids, make this a perfect new challenge for me, and I love the work I am doing to help families send their children to camp! I love helping parents with registration and any questions they may have about camp.
I am also a Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Activist, and in summer, I enjoy nature photography, listing species seen on i-Naturalist, and prairie and native plant gardening.
Charles Woodrum Jr.
Facilities Manager/Caretaker
Deb Zawacki
Camp Otonwe Director
I am a music teacher with a lifetime of camping experience. I have been affiliated with numerous camps in Ohio, New York, and New England.
My desire to become a music teacher is rooted in the singing in the camp dining hall and at campfires.
I began as director of Camp Otonwe in 2017, and I am enjoying sharing my experiences in Otonwe, and building the camp’s traditions and outreach, while managing the challenges that come our way.
I’m excited to be developing our new and fun program, rooted in the the long history of Camp Otonwe & Camp Wyandot.
