John has been the CIT & LIT Director since the camp’s opening in 1996. Each year, John and his staff continue to lead and train future Tall Pines staff members via the Counselor-In-Training and Leader-In-Training Program. Fifty percent of the staff who work with our bunks have been trained in our CIT & LIT program.

John grew up in Cherry Hill and has been a soccer coach for almost all his life. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology & Education from Rowan University. He is certified to teach grades K to 8. John worked in the Cherry Hill Public Schools from 1980 to 2021. He served as the Coordinator of the Environmental Education Program at Mt. Misery. The Mt. Misery program was a highly popular, week-long overnight program offered to all 6th graders in the Cherry Hill School District. John resides in Voorhees, NJ, with his wife and son.