Derek Hodne

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Derek’s long history and love of Camp Orchard Hill began in 1980. His dad, Dwight Hodne, was the first Director of the camp and Derek spent the first two years of his life on the grounds of COH. He began working on staff in 1996 and continued for 8 years as a Counselor, Assistant Program Director and then Program Director until 2002.

Derek graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University in 2002 with a degree in Biblical Studies and Elementary Education. For the last four years, Derek has been teaching at Somerset Christian Academy in Somerset, NJ and staying involved in camping during the summers. He spent the summer of 2005 as the Program Director at Camp Boulder Run.

Derek is very excited about COH and uses a great program, the soda Moxie, and his amazing kazoo playing ability to build relationships with campers and staff. “I love seeing the same kids year after year and watching them experience God in new ways. Camp is all about relationships – with campers, with the staff and most importantly with our Savior Jesus Christ.”

Derek lives on camp grounds with his wife Lauren and daughter Gabriella.  

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Jody Dutton

COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR

Jody has been affiliated with camp since 1996. Five of her summers have been spent playing various roles ranging from support staff to day camp activity leader in the summer of 2006. Growing up her favorite memories often revolved around camp and she is extremely excited to use her Adolescence Education and Spanish degrees from Houghton College to give back to the COH community.

She uses her experience and degree to create an environment and program where those same fond memories can be made for hundreds of other campers. Her role as Community Services Director enables her to work with the day camp program in the summer and develop community programs for the fall, winter, and spring.

Aside from her experiences at camp, Jody has been the Director of Children's Ministry at a local church , a children's ski and climbing instructor, and has volunteered at educationally based children's programs while at Houghton College.

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Lisa Stull

FOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR

Lisa joins Camp Orchard Hill after 24 years of quite a diverse array of careers. From auto claims handling for a large insurance company to banquet manager for a country club to nurses assistant at a Catholic facilty caring for elderly nuns - she is quite sure that "for such a time as this", Camp Orchard Hill is the place for her to hang her hat. In January of 2004 she found out that office she had worked in for a sum total of seventeen years would be closing in March. If that weren't big news enough for the family - they found out that Lisa and her husband Mark were expecting their fourth child - joining Sara 19, Rachel 11 and Rebecca 10. So on September 20, 2004, Isaiah Michael Stull arrived and life in the Stull house hasn't been the same since.

Lisa considers "ministry" to be 24 hours, 7 days a week, and likes to say that serving the Lord is "the air we breathe". Being able to use her time and talents that God has given her to help provide for her family is just another unexpected blessing and provision from her Provider. Lisa says, "two things I've come to know about working - do what you love- you'll do it well and it won't really feel like work and get along with the people you work with - you'll spend more time with them than your family. I know that I've found both at Camp Orchard Hill."

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Dave Rogers

FACILITIES DIRECTOR

Dave was born into a Christian family, where his father was a Baptist minister, planting a church in West Virginia. Dave received the Lord at 8 years old and graduated from high school in Canton, PA. He served 4 years active duty in the US Navy with deployment to VietNam. He also served 20 years in the PA Army National Guard, retiring from Federal service as an Army Technician in December 2008.He has been married  25 years to Charlotte and they have 4 children.

Dave began working at Camp Orchard Hill in January 2009, where two of his children have attended camp throughout their childhood and teen years. His daughter has spent the last 3 summers working in the kitchen with Lisa. Dave has much previous experience in general contracting, heavy equipment and repair, and auto mechanics.

He has served in various church ministries, including youth leader, Pioneer teacher, trustee, and choir director. Dave is an assistant Boy Scoutmaster in his son's troop and volunteers yearly at Camp Sunshine, a camp for families whose child has a life threatening disease.

 

Deb Katyl

DAY CAMP DIRECTOR

Debbie has been a lifetime resident of the Back Mountain. She is the wife to Dave and the mom to Joshua, Daniel and Mary-Kate. Debbie is a Dallas High School graduate and earned a BS degree in Elementary Education from College Misericordia.

For 8 years she owned and operated the Explorers Day Care Center and for the past 12 years Debbie has cared for children in her Family Day Care Home. Over the years, she has taught in various children programs in her church, Awana Clubs, Children's Church, VBS and Pioneer Clubs.

Her sons have gone to COH every year growing up and Daniel was on staff as a Counselor for 2 years and most recently worked alongside his mom as Day Camp Program Director. Her husband Dave served on the COH board for 4 years. The Katyl family fully supports COH ministry and programs. Debbie's experiences and love for children are very close to her heart.

Kathy Ford

REGISTRAR / SECRETARY

Kathy has served the camp since 2003. Her job is to welcome you to our camp when you call on the phone and help you with any questions you might have. She enjoys registering the campers and assigning the cabins. Her goal is to make sure every camper is in the right cabin the first time.

Kathy grew up in NJ and moved to Pennsylvania in 1980. She has 5 children. She has BS in Mathematics and taught at a local Christian School for several years. On a nice day you might see Kathy riding her bike to camp. Kathy is also an avid skier and spends her winters working at both camp and Sno Mountain as a children's ski instructor.

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Dan Dutton

Assistant Facilities Director

This is Dan's first year being involved at Camp Orchard Hill. He works
closely with Dave Rogers helping to maintain camp.

Dan graduated from Houghton College in 2008 with a B.S. in Business
Administration and a minor in Economics. Prior to working at COH he worked
at Paychex Inc. in Rochester, NY. Dan was enlisted in the Air National Guard
for 6 years based in Niagara Falls, NY prior to moving to PA. He uses his
experience he learned in the military for his current position at camp on
the Facilities team.

Dan has a love for the camp and in his short time here has learned why so
many people fall in love with COH. He enjoys working behind the scenes to
make camp both enjoyable and look good for everyone that comes here.

Dan lives on camp grounds with his wife Jody and their dog Marley.

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