All kids deserve camp.
That’s why we’re building one that will work for more kids, where their differences will no longer be an obstacle to overcome, but instead designed for & celebrated.
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Erin Ross, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Executive Director
Erin “Sprinks” Ross is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and camp director with over 15 years of leadership experience in overnight camps. Erin began her camp career in 2008 and has since worked with a variety of camps, including outdoor education programs and specialized camps for individuals with special needs. Her passion lies in creating inclusive environments that provide enriching, joyful experiences for people of all abilities, particularly those who think and learn in diverse ways.
As a BCBA, Erin is deeply committed to promoting neurodiversity-affirming, compassionate, and flexible approaches to behavior analysis. Erin's goal is to foster a more inclusive and respectful field that truly supports individuals in thriving on their own terms.
When she's not running camp or consulting across the country, Erin enjoys spending time with her family and embracing her role as a toddler mom.
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Kristin McMaster
Program Director
Kristin “Breezy” McMaster got into special needs camping while attending college in Baltimore, on the eventual quest for medical school. She took a gap year after college, accepting a year round camp job in California at YMCA Camp Marston, and continued spending her summers working at camps with kids on the autism spectrum and kids with medical needs in the Philly area. The gap year became a gap decade, and while she still has no idea what she wants to do with the rest of her life, her time as a director at Camp Tall Tree and Dragonfly Forest has made one thing clear: She is certain that she wants to fill it with people and projects that create fun spaces and cultivate love for all kinds of kids, especially those who think and experience the world differently.
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Jack Schott
Assistant Director
Jack Schott struggles with bureaucracy, loves fun, and secretly stays up late obsessing over businessy stuff. His unique perspectives come from his varied background. An engineer, Jack took the first few years post-college to travel the country visiting over 200 camps in 47 states. Building on what he saw, he co-founded Stomping Ground, a non-profit sleepaway camp inspiring radical empathy and co-founded The Summer Camp Society. In 2022, Jack trained more than 2000 camp staff at 20+ camps.
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Ash Dunn
Program Coordinator
Ash Dunn is an experienced facilitator, trainer, and camp professional with a passion for eliminating physical and social barriers in outdoor recreation. They began their summer camp journey back in 2020 as a day camp counselor. Since then, they’ve had the opportunity to work with a wide range of folks including respite camps, therapeutic groups, teens, leadership programs, schools, and more. They believe in the transformative power of adventure education, and strive to create spaces where all kids can take risks in a supportive environment and experience joy in the outdoors. Outside of summer camp, Ash is a trainer for challenge courses and ziplines, a ropes course facilitator, and the chair of the ACCT Queer Advocacy & Support Affinity Group.
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Ali Giessner
Program Coordinator
While Ali "Sunny" Giessner only recently stumbled into working with summer camps tailored for those with special needs, it didn't take long for her to realize how much she loved it! After a few years of the corporate grindstone, she set off on a different path towards self-discovery as an artist, primarily working in pottery and woodworking. While art allowed for a creative outlet and freedom, she realized that she longed to be a part of something that focused on lifting others up. It was through this search for volunteering opportunities that she stumbled across Camp Tall Tree and applied to be a camp counselor. Sunny has always had a passion for fun, nature and embracing the unique "inner child" within all of us - but it wasn't until camp that she had been able to combine all of these in one life-changing experience! She is beyond excited to continue assisting in the quest of creating incredible camp experiences for kids of all types!