Our Leadership
Meet the “Makers of Fun”.
Seriously dedicated.
Seriously determined.
Fun doesn’t just happen, it takes a large group of hardworking, committed people to make sure things run smoothly. Below is the list of our dedicated leadership and support teams that help keep the smiles coming!
OFFICERS
- Maurice Pratt
Chairman - Blake Maher
Chief Executive Officer - Donald J. Gogel
Vice Chairman - Justin Fusaro
Treasurer - John M. Forester
Secretary
DIRECTORS
- Page Adler
The Painted Turtle, CA - Wale Akinwande
- Carolyn Bechtel
Victory Junction, NC - Cathie Bennett
Roundup River Ranch, CO - Emad Bibawi
- Peter Corsell
- Joe Cronly
Over The Wall, UK - Margaret Crotty
- Eric Feldstein
- John Frascotti
- Georgia Wall Gogel
- Victor Hershaft
Double H Ranch, NY - Fran Horowitz
- Greg Kaiser
Camp Boggy Creek, FL - Eric Karp
- Somesh Khanna
- Michael Koenigs
- Peter Külloi
Bátor Tábor, Hungary
- Sara Lahat
Jordan River Village, Israel - Kara Lewis
Flying Horse Farms, OH - Sue McDiarmid MD
- Priya Narang
- Tatiana Nourissat-Rosenfeld
L’Envol, France - Donagh O’Sullivan
Barretstown - Serena Porcari
Dynamo Camp, Italy - Kingdar Prussien
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, CT - Liz Robbins
- Tim Rose
- Kenichiro Sasaki
Solaputi Kids’ Camp, Japan - Lisa Schwartz
North Star Reach, MI - Laura Tyson
- Carole Watkins
- Janet (Jan) Booth Zide
LIFETIME DIRECTOR
- Joanne Woodward
EMERITUS DIRECTORS
- David W. Horvitz
- Raymond Lamontagne
- John E. Marshall III
- Robert J. Rukeyser
Camp CEOs
- The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Connecticut
James Canton - Camp Boggy Creek
Florida
June Clark - Double H Ranch
New York
Max Yurenda - Flying Horse Farms
Ohio
Nichole Dunn - The Painted Turtle
California
Chris Butler - Victory Junction
North Carolina
Chad Coltrane - North Star Reach
Michigan
Stephanie Stahl
Interim Executive Director - Camp Korey
Washington
Jay Henningsen
- Solaputi Kids’ Camp
Japan
Kenichiro Sasaki - Roundup River Ranch
Colorado
Ruth Johnson - Barretstown
Ireland
Dee Ahearn - Bátor Tábor
Hungary
Erna Kindli - Dynamo Camp
Italy
Serena Porcari - L’Envol
France
Joanna Jammes - Jordan River Village
Israel
Yuval Halamish - Over the Wall
United Kingdom
Kevin Mathieson
Our Team
The Support Center: The Hub of The Network
The camps and programs that make up SeriousFun Children’s Network receive critical support services to help them positively impact the lives of children and families facing serious illness. Our Support Center in Westport, CT raises awareness of the Network’s global mission and fundraises in support of our camps and programs around the world. In addition, we foster the responsible development of new camps, administer a peer review process to ensure that high standards of programmatic and medical quality are met, and encourage the sharing of ideas across the Network.
Contact Us
WE’VE MOVED!
SeriousFun Support Center
230 East Ave, Suite 107
Norwalk, CT 06855
203-562-1203 (phone)
203-341-8707 (fax)
info@seriousfunnetwork.org
Support Center Staff
Executive, Finance & Operations
- Blake Maher
Chief Executive Officer - Justin Fusaro
Chief Financial Officer - Kelly Elliott
Director, Operations, Quality & Due Diligence - Michelle Levack
Executive Assistant & Administrative Manager
- Amanda Werley
Office Assistant - Jessalyn Griffin
Senior Manager, Human Resources & Accounting - Colton Anderson
Finance Associate
Marketing
- Tara Fisher
Chief Marketing Officer - Adam Stanisic
Director, Marketing & Communications
- Ralph Ruta
Senior Design Manager - Sarah Luft
Brand Associate, Marketing & Communications
Development
- Clea Newman-Soderlund
Ambassador - Sandra Hijikata
Chief Development Officer - Meredith Lynch
Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships - Kate O’Connor
Manager, Institutional Giving - Julia Harris
Director, Donor Relations
- Allison Csonka
Associate Director of Individual Giving - Aline O’Connor
Development Manager, Events & Individual Giving - Sandi Petrulis
Manager, Development Ops & Gift Admin - Stephanie Hartnett
Development Support Manager
Program Services
- Samantha Clark
Associate Director, Quality Assessment & Due Diligence - Haley Fletcher
Director, Capacity Building - Kate Manickas
Senior Program Manager, Capacity Building - Emo Castle BS, RN
Nursing Advisor - Wendy Cook MD
Medical Advisor - Ann Gillard PhD
Research and Evaluation Advisor
- Jacqueline Longo
Senior Program Manager, Capacity Building - Tim Bethune
Director, Partner Programs - Mary Silvia
Associate Director, Partner Programs - Rebecca Egan
Program Manager, Global Partner Programs (Africa) - Karen Lee
Administrative Assistant
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