Pathfinder Ranch Administrative Staff
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Stephanie Brazil
Executive Director
Stephanie has been with the Boys & Girls Club movement for over 21 years as an Executive Director and National Training Assoicate. She has served as the camp's chief executive officer for the last five years.
Stephanie loves the outdoors and walking her two dogs Millie and Zulu as well as reading and travel. She has two grown children Chryssa and Michael and a new grandson Mason.
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Andrea Garcia
Office Manager
Andrea, a graduate of CSU San Marcus, with majors in English and music, has brought a wide range of experience to Pathfinder Ranch. She has worked extensively in administrative capacities and taught fourth grade and music in a private school. Substitute teaching for the Temecula and Hemet School Districts continued to broaden her experience.
Although born and raised in New York City, Andrea felt a kinship with the West and moved to southern California many years ago. She enjoys time spent with her husband, daughter and grandchildren, as well as with her dogs, cats, horses and lovebird. Pursuing her interests in music, writing and crafts adds to Andrea's renaissance persona.
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Mick Bolander
Retreat Director/Wrangler
Mick Bolander has been Retreat Director and Wrangler for Pathfinder Ranch since 1998. He was born in South Dakota, graduated from Long Beach State, and has been living in Garner Valley since 1988.
He finds satisfaction in serving Pathfinder's guests and campers, hoping to make their retreat or conference as enjoyable as possible. He enjoys the outdoors, fishing, and riding, either horses or his 1928 Madel A Ford, named Jay's Steel.
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Nick Zielinski
Program Director
Nick was born in Michigan, but his family soon settled in Dayton, Ohio.
"Having a bad case of wanderlust, I moved to Prescott, Arizona, where I completed my undergraduate studies," he says.
Spending most of his time in the Great Lakes region and southwest, he developed a rather conflicted set of hobbies. "When I'm not at Pathfinder Ranch, I'm likely found cycling, hiking, or hanging out with my dogs, Dayton and Suki."
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Andrew "Shangu" Schenck
Outdoor Education Director
Shangu was found under a waterfall in the Great Lakes region and raised by a pack of wolves. This canine family taught him much about the ways of the world and the balance of nature. Following pack hierarchy, he accepted the role of the nomadic professor. Travelling by bicycle, catamaran, hiking boots, kayak, rickshaw, Soviet-era train, and hyperbole through over forty countries has opened his eyes, ears, and nose. He found work in some of those places, and family everywhere. Then he decided to find a home, so he returned to his den at Pathfinder Ranch, where he lived many years ago. He enjoys hiding knowledge nuggets wrapped in spontaneous fun throughout these mountains.
The previous paragraph has been based on actual events; however, some of the names have been changed to confuse things.
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Stewart Jewell
Maintenance Director
The smell of the mountains. The wind in the trees. Laughter from the children. Plenty to do and good people to work with. It's just great to be here!
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Laura Sage
EMT-B, WFR
Laura comes to Pathfinder from the lovely town of Oakland, CA. She has travelled all over the Pacific Coast and desert Southwest in search of adventure and good recipes. Laura is a graduate of Prescott College. When she is not functioning as Pathfinder's resident EMT and Wilderness First Responder, she can be found rock climbing, walking her dog, and knitting.
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Marie Morgan
Kitchen Director
In March 2008, Marie started working at Pathfinder Ranch as the Kitchen Director. She has two daughters and 3 grandchildren and has lived in Anza since 1973.
