MARNI SCHLOMOWITZ
Director
Marni has been working with children in a variety of roles for over 30 years. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Kindergarten and Elementary education from McGill University, as well as a BA in Child Studies from Concordia University. Since graduating in 2002, Marni has been teaching English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Robotics from Kindergarten to Grade 6 at a private day school in Montreal.
Summer camp is special to Marni; she was a camper and a camp counsellor and spent 15 years as Camp Coordinator at a large accredited day camp in the Montreal region.
Marni loves that YCC is all about putting the campers first. Marni’s strong leadership skills, high standards and experience in the camping industry have made a huge impact on the operations at YCC and have helped ensure that our campers enjoy a safe, healthy, and fun-filled summer.
Marni and her husband Jesse have two children, Morgan and Oliver. The family is looking forward to another great summer at YCC.
You can email Marni at mschlomowitz@ymywha.com.
dARREN MORENSTEIN
Associate Director
With a Master’s in Teaching, an MBA, and extensive experience as both an Assistant Director of CBB Ottawa and Director of West Coast Connection, Darren brings a tremendous amount of knowledge in programming, staff training, leadership development and engagement to the YCC team.
As an entrepreneur and forward thinker, Darren co-founded Epic Meal Time, one of the most successful on-line food brands and digital networks. Darren’s continued love and passion for working with kids, has brought him back to camp, where he feels most at home.
You can email Darren at dmorenstein@ymywha.com.
KATIE GOLDSTEIN
Assistant Director
Katie has been working in the field of education for the past 7 years. Currently, a teacher at Vanguard School, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Kindergarten Elementary, and a Master’s of Education, in Inclusive Education from McGill University. She has worked in many schools, and has taught English and Math in different grade levels. Katie has been involved with the community, and has volunteered as an Advisor for BBYO. She also led trips to England and Israel through BBYO’s summer travel program. Through these work experiences, Katie truly has gained valuable leadership skills.
Katie has grown up at YCC, it is truly her home away from home. The second she drives through those gates, there’s a sense of comfort and love she feels that has been fostered since she started as a Hillside camper. She held many roles at YCC including Village Supervisor and Coordinator, and Program Director of both Jr. and Sr. Side. Katie has experience with creative programming, staff training and leadership development that she is excited and ready to share with the YCC team. This will be Katie’s 17th summer at camp, and she could not be more thrilled in this new role.
You can email Katie at kgoldstein@ymywha.com.
ERIN GODFREY
Office Manager
Erin has worked at the Sylvan Adams YM-YWHA for over 25 years in a variety of roles including IT Manager and Social Media Marketing Manager.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Concordia University with a Major in Management Information Systems and a Minor in Marketing. She has a wealth of knowledge in computers, systems, YCC and the history of the Y.
Erin and her husband Rick have two children, Samantha and Brady both YCC Campers. You can always find Erin in a Zumba class the Y!
You can email Erin at egodfrey@ymywha.com.
SAMANTHA KRAVITZ
Coordinator of Community Care
Samantha is a grade one teacher with over 20 years of experience in the classroom. She is the mother of two YCCers who love spending their summers at their home away from home. Samantha is a YCC alumnus who spent the best summers of her life at camp.
Samantha loves mentoring new teachers and future leaders. At camp, her role is to support and mentor staff, giving them strategies and tools to help campers be their best selves. She is also hands-on to help campers integrate, resolve conflict, and cope and overcome homesickness. Her favourite part of her role in camp is saying goodnight to our Jr Side campers at bedtime.
Sam’s favourite camp memory is spending her summer in the Village (CITs of 95!) She can still remember how it felt to sing her almamater on stage in the Huberdome. She is most looking forward to working with all the staff again and getting to know the campers!
STEPHANIE PANTEL
Camper and Community Care Team
Stephanie is a psychologist working in private practice with children, adolescents, and adults. For over 20 years, she has worked in elementary and high schools and universities. She’s developed and ran many workshops and groups and worked individually with people on anxiety, fears, stressors, ADHD, behaviour, relationships, mood, self-confidence, anger, social skills and life transitions and challenges.
Stephanie is so excited for her first summer at YCC. Stephanie has always loved sleep away camp cherishing the special friendships and unique activities. Her favourite daytime fun was spent in Arts & Crafts, on the lake and riding horses and her best nighttime memories came from bonfires, socials and hanging out with her bunkmates. From a young age, she was a camper at various camps in Quebec, Ontario and Maine.
Stephanie is really excited to be back at sleep away camp as part of our Camper and Community Care Team. She’s looking forward to working with campers and staff so they can enjoy the best summer at their home away from home. She knows that all sorts of feelings and experiences come up at camp – some we love and can handle easily and others we have a harder time with. Whatever the case may be, Stephanie will be supporting the YCC family, both staff and campers, with whatever difficulties they are going through. She’ll help them build skills that they can use at camp and then take back home with them to better manage challenges
KELLY ARFIN-GUREVITCH
Coordinator of Specialties and Special Events
Kelly spent her first 11 years at YCC as a camper, CIT, and staff member, and returned as adult staff in 2015.
The only thing better than spending her summers at YCC is having her three kids there as campers, loving it as much as she does. Kelly’s favorite camp memories are tied between camp-wide bonfires with everyone singing along to songs from the YCC playbook, running the Armageddon game during Color War, and her amazing SR. CIT summer in Village 96.
Kelly is looking forward to spending another summer at her favorite place, working with the staff to continue making each summer at YCC the best one ever.