Leadership Family

Mary Page’s family has owned and operated Camp Merri-Mac for over forty-five years. Mary Page and Will still have as much fun as the campers, and cannot wait for their own children to join Merri-Mac and Camp Timberlake for boys as campers.

Mary Page and Will met at UNC Chapel Hill. After graduating, and later both earning Master’s from Wake Forest University, they lived in Durham, North Carolina and worked in health care. After seven years in Durham, they moved to Black Mountain to begin directing Merri-Mac in 2023. They subsequently purchased camp from Adam and Ann in 2024, and have been serving as owners and directors since. Together they are committed to sharing summers of fun and growth with campers.

Adam spent every summer in college working at a camp in Northern Wisconsin specializing in adventure and wilderness tripping. He believes that both attending camp and working at camp can be incredible catalyst experiences for growth and formation. Adam loves teaching and working with students and campers using a trail or a river as his classroom. When not at camp you can find Adam doing any number of outdoor adventures with his wonderful wife Katherine. Adam is so excited for the summer and for the many ways that God will work!

Andrea Young spent nearly the first two decades of her life attending a girls summer camp. She fell in love with the community that can be found in camp and continued to chase that community after graduating from Presbyterian College. Andrea joined the Merri-Mac and Timberlake team in 2019 as an Assistant Director. She is thrilled to continue serving the Camp Merri-Mac community. Andrea spends the majority of her time recruiting summer staff, cultivating relationships and organizing program data. You can almost always find her creating an effective system for any branch of camp or playing with the puppies.

In the 2023 off-season, Andrea got married to Karl! Their dog, Oliver Mack, is a graduate of our Summer 2020 PAWS program!

Bobby has been at camp as long as any of us can remember! He began working at camp as a teen when his parents were the owners and directors, and continues to care for Merri-Mac’s grounds.

Catherine and John first met while in college at Vanderbilt and connected over their love of summer camp. To now be directing our brother camp, Timberlake, together is a dream come true. Along with their four children, Peter, Thomas, Betsy and Frances, they are excited to share love of camp with our campers and staff each summer.

Katy has been with Camps Merri-Mac and Timberlake since 2018. She grew up in Michigan going to camp every summer, then continued her love of camping by working at various camps throughout her time at Western Michigan University. While working at a camp she met her husband, Branch, and together they have three children, Bella, Gus and Lilly. In her free time, she enjoys kickboxing and being with her family outdoors hiking and playing sports. She believes in the mission of camp and the benefits it brings to each child.

Morgan, or “MoMo” as most might know her, has been coming to Camp Merri-Mac since 2009 as a young Tweedle Doe camper. A recent graduate from the University of Georgia (go dawgs!!), she began with Merri-Mac full time as our intern, and is now serving as an Assistant Director. She couldn’t imagine a more perfect place to be!

Camp will always be such a special place and a second home, and that is because of the Christ-centered community, awesome staff and campers she gets to know and love summer after summer, and evening activities, of course!! When MoMo is not planning fun events for campers and recruiting new counselors, you can find her in Athens cheering on the dawgs, going on long walks with her friends, or making her famous cheese straws!

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Patrick joins us with over twenty years of leading, instructing and innovating in the outdoor industry, beginning at Geneva College leading the Pisgah Program and serving as the Challenge Course Coordinator. He then served fifteen years with the Resource Specialist Team and finally as the Assistant Director of the CCO’s Experiential Design Programs. Most recently Patrick served as the site director for OneLife Institute’s Trade and Culinary gap year program. 

Patrick holds a M.A. from Columbia International University and is certified as a WEA Outdoor Educator, WMA Wilderness First Responder, PCIA Single Pitch Instructor, ACA Canoeing L1 Instructor, Coastal Kayaking L2 Instructor and River Rescue L3 Instructor.

He and his wife April have three teenage children and together they are committed to designing custom programs, expeditions and adventures with purpose.

Samantha grew up in Vermont and moved to North Carolina to attend UNC Asheville. After graduation, she married her husband Paul and began working at Camps Merri-Mac & Timberlake. It was such a great fit that she has been in the camp office for over 20 years. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her husband, son Dylan and beloved dog Lacey.