Explorers Camp Director

Annalise Ennis is a long time West Windsor resident that lives in Happy Canyon with her husband, teenage daughter and her dog, Doctor Watson. She comes to Base Camp with years of experience as a camp counselor and a director of youth skiing programs. On top of that she's been working at the local elementary school, Albert Bridge School, as a Social Emotional Interventionist and Enrichment coordinator for 11 years. Annalise is a certified parent trainer for Collaborative Problem Solving through Massachusetts General Hospital/ThinkKids.org, and a member of the WSESU Trauma Champion team. Annalise's passions outside of work are spending time in her garden, painting, reading, singing and going on adventures in the woods. She is looking forward to bringing her love of the outdoors and the arts together to allow campers the opportunity to combine nature with art. She is also extremely excited about working with such an excellent group of counselors.

Adventurers Camp Director

Julia grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and has always enjoyed playing outside and camping. She learned to teach nature connection and survival skills at a year-long program at Wilderness Awareness School in Duval, WA. She has also added to her bag of tricks teaching at Primitive Pursuits in Ithaca, NY and IslandWood (A School in the Woods) in Bainbridge Island, WA. She had the privilege of being a program director with the Greenwell Foundation in Hollywood, MD where she got to use all she learned to develop programs for disabled adults, veterans, toddlers, campers, teens, and school children. She has been an outdoor educator or public school teacher for over 17 years and can’t wait to work outside with campers on Mt. Ascutney.

Camp Counselor

Samantha Yates is a lifelong resident of Brownsville. She has two younger siblings at Albert Bridge School. She has two years of experience working with kids of all ages. As a student athlete at Fitchburg State University she has been involved with running many youth sports clinics. She is excited to be in Brownsville for the summer!

Camp Counselor

Sophie Yates is an Environmental Science major at Fitchburg State University where she also plays field hockey and lacrosse. Sophie has experience working at the Woodstock Rec Day Camp for two years. She attended Albert Bridge School and Woodstock High School. She is very excited about the summer and being outside every day. Her favorite camp activities are making friendship bracelets and playing Bananagrams.

Ride Leader

Sam Moore is a geosciences major at the University of Vermont where he received training to lead backcountry trips for the University's Outing Club. He is an avid mountain biker and backcountry skiier who loves to spend as much time as possible outdoors. Sam and his family moved to Brownsville this past summer. He is excited to be a part of this community and share his love of the outdoors!

Volunteer Ride Leader

Haley is from Ludlow, VT and is a business major at UVM where she is also on the club cycling and ski teams. Haley loves to ski and mountain bike. She has been riding Ascutney’s trails since she learned to ride a bike. She loves being able to share her passion for the outdoors with the younger generation and she can’t wait to show the kids around er home turf!