Michelle Cummings M.S. is the Big Wheel and founder of Training Wheels, a known leader in the Team Development industry. She is an accomplished author and a sought-after speaker and consultant on leadership, teambuilding, and experiential learning. Michelle has created a wide variety of facilitation, debriefing and teambuilding activities that have collectively changed the way trainers and educators work.

Michelle has delivered innovative leadership programs for hundreds of non-profit and for profit organizations. She works with professional associations, corporations, universities, and camping organizations throughout the world. Michelle speaks at more than 25 local, national, and international conferences each year and authors a monthly teambuilding newsletter called The Spokesperson that has over 12,000 subscribers in 65 countries. Michelle has authored four books, A Teachable Moment: A Facilitator’s Guide to Activities for Processing, Debriefing, Reviewing, and Reflection; Bouldering Games for Kids, an Educational Guide for Traverse Walls; Playing With a Full Deck, 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards; and Setting the Conflict Compass: Activities for Conflict Resolution and Prevention.

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Dr. Chris Crean is a board-certified Emergency Physician. He earned his BA in chemistry from the College of the Holy Cross in 1997 and his MD from Georgetown University Medical School in 2003. Chris completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC in 2006 and was awarded the Outstanding Resident Research Achievement Award. He then went on to join the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

In 2011 Chris and his family moved to New Jersey, where he joined Emergency Medical Associates. Currently he serves as the Associate Director and Department Chairman for the Emergency Department at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset Campus.

Chris was a camper for many years at YMCA Camp Belknap. He was invited to serve as a cabin leader, division head, and, ultimately Program Director. Chris and his wife Theresa, a sign language interpreter, have two children: Lilian, born in 2005, and Joshua, born in 2007.

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Larry Conley is the president and lead instructor of Leadership Development Concepts, LLC. He travels the country to present his popular and compelling program, GLUE (Growing Leaders Using Empowerment). The concept of GLUE was born in the fire service, where Larry successfully juggles many leadership roles. However, the principles of GLUE transcend all industries, making Larry a favorite presenter at both corporate and youth leadership conferences. The GLUE personal leadership paradigm is also the training foundation for returning counselors at the Midwest Children’s Burn Camp, where Larry now serves as Director.

Larry’s storied history with camp began in 2002 in a familiar way: “I just wanted to do it for one year, for the experience.” Since that time, Larry has served as counselor, group leader, quartermaster, CIT leader, assistant camp director and now 6 years as Camp Director. He believes camp is an experience all youth should experience at least once. “Getting away from some of the modern conveniences to connect with nature and other youth helps shape character in a own unique way,” says Larry. “The counselors’ healthy leadership example is one of the best way to impact campers.” Larry is invested in the concept of “more is caught than taught,” a kind of inside-out leadership model that emphasizes interpersonal interactions over didactic instruction.

Outside of the camp world, Larry’s initiative and creativity are put to work in his roles as: Captain of the St. Louis Fire Department (Truck 13C); President of the Parkway Gardens Neighborhood Improvement Association; Chief Instructor for the Highlander Fire Academy St. Louis Community College at Forest Park; Director at Large for the ISFSI (International Association of Fire Service Instructors); President of the Supervisory Committee and Board Member St. Louis Firefighters Credit Union; and Co-Chair of the Fire Education Subcommittee Missouri Community College Association.

Larry and his brother David Conley are authors of numerous articles on personal leadership.

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For over ten years, David Conley has been committed to the professional improvement of government and corporate employees nationwide. David has facilitated or developed programs for organizations such as General Mills and Veterans Affairs.

A trained writer, actor, and director, David develops “corporate theatre” programs that leave a lasting impression on participants. This impression makes it easier for participants to recall and apply the principles of his programs. In recent years, David has worked side by side with his brother, Larry, to teach the principles of Personal Leadership to fire service professionals across the nation. They are famous for their popular and compelling program, GLUE (Growing Leaders Using Empowerment). The concept of GLUE transcends all industries, making David and his brother favorite presenters at both corporate and youth leadership conferences. The GLUE personal leadership paradigm is also the training foundation for returning counselors at the Missouri Children’s Burn Camp, where brother Larry now serves as Director.

David has also developed educational materials on conflict resolution and teamwork for the Division of Family and Children’s Services in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, he has participated in the critically acclaimed marriage maintenance training series, “Pressure Points.” This program teaches couples how to communicate effectively when confronted with common and dangerous situations.

When he is not providing training to the corporate sector or inspiring young people to greatness, David creates and tells stories through film. This allows him to study the human condition from various angles and enhances his ability to teach people on all levels, creating better people and relationships worldwide.

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James Cleland is the Ministry and Program Coordinator at Lakeside Christian Camp, where he has been serving youth and families through summer camp ministries and Christian schools since 2001. While studying at Texas A&M University, James started his youth development career at one of the only Christian summer camps in the nation that focused on ministering to children with learning differences. James went on to teach an array of subjects at Christian schools in Texas and Georgia.

During his career as a teacher, James has developed and led year-round outdoor programs for youth and hands-on learning programs for children with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Eventually, he returned to the camp where he grew up, this time as Camp Director.

On his website, CampHandbook.com, and at conferences and seminars, James equips youth development professionals with creative ways to develop and foster spiritual, emotional and physical growth through mission-focused programming. He also has extensive experience in web design and technology consulting and has presented seminars on using social media and web design to further a camp or corporation’s mission.

In his time off, James enjoys spending time with his wife Ryann and their chocolate lab Georgia. A kid at heart, he also has fun building massive structures with his unnecessarily large Lego collection.

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Laura Blaisdell MD/MPH is a board-certified pediatrician and researcher working in the Greater Portland Area of Maine. Dr. Blaisdellgraduated magna cum laudefrom Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1997, earned her medical doctorate and public health degree (MD/MPH) at the University of Minnesota in 2005 and completed a residency in pediatrics at Maine Medical Center in 2008.

Dr. Blaisdell currently practices general pediatrics with Intermed in Yarmouth, Maine and is a newborn hospitalist at Maine Medical Center. She conducts research with the Maine Study Center of the National Children’s Study and frequently lectures on research related to parental vaccine hesitancy and infectious epidemics in the camp setting.

During the summer months, Dr. Blaisdell is the Camp Health Director for Camp Winnebago in Fayette, Maine where she lives with her two sons and husband, Andy, the camp’s owner and director. She has served as doctor-in-residence at Africamps in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as at the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, in Deschapelles, Haiti. Dr. Blaisdell has served on several local and national boards and currently sits on the Institutional Review Board at Maine Medical Center.

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Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist. She maintains a private practice in Scarsdale, New York, and works part-time in the Harrison schools. Caren received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College of Columbia University and her doctorate in Clinical Child Psychology with a School Psychology Certificate from St. John’s University. She completed her internship and post-doctoral training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Caren also trained at the Albert Ellis Institute and is a Fellow and Supervisor in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).
Caren enjoyed working as the camp psychologist at Camp Ramah in Nyack, New York, for many years. She wrote a handbook for counselors that has been used at the Ramah camps. Outside of camp, Caren has held numerous leadership positions. She is the past president of the School Division of the Westchester County Psychological Association and co- chair and co-founder of Parents and Professionals Advocating for Students (PAPAS) at Westchester Day School (WDS), a Jewish Day School. Her videos for Expertonlinetraining.com focus on combining best practices in psychology with Jewish tradition and principles. In addition, Caren and her daughter, Emily, have developed a program that helps children feel more comfortable around dogs— The S.A.F.E. Doggy Program.
Caren is excited to share that she is the author of the upcoming workbook for teens titled, The Grit Guide for Teens which will be released in July 2017. She has authored numerous articles and led workshops on topics such as cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, helping children and adults cope with stress and worry, helping people change, and developing grit and self-control. Providing in-services and now writing this book are the highlights of Baruch-Feldman’s professional life. Visit her online at www.drbaruchfeldman.com.

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Scott is one of the leading experts and premier trainers on kids, staff and the experience of summer camp. He has been involved with camps and youth development for over thirty years as a camper, counselor, director and consultant. As a professional speaker and international trainer, he has given keynotes, workshops and educational sessions at numerous professional conferences, training events, and with organizations. He is currently the CEO of The Camp Counselor, a consulting and training company working with hundreds of camps and thousands of staff & administrators across the country. He is the Executive Director for Camp Tall Tree, a resident camp for kids with autism, Dragonfly Forest, a resident camp for kids with serious illnesses and disorders in the Philadelphia area and the National Camp Consultant for Camp Kesem, a student run national organization delivering camp for kids who have been affected by a parents’ cancer. He is a pioneering contributor to Expert Online Training, the world’s leader in online training for youth development, a founder and principle of GoCamp.Pro an online resource for camp professionals, and is the award-winning author of the best-selling book on summer camp, S’more Than Camp.

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