Swim Staff

Swim Staff

Sarah Wissinger

Swim Director, 3rd Year Staff Member Miami University, English Education

Sarah is joining us for her third summer at Roughing It as the Swim Director! She currently attends Miami University in Ohio, and is studying English education, with hopes of becoming a high school English teacher. Sarah is no stranger to teamwork and having a positive attitude since she spent her entire childhood participating in Girl Scouts. This past year she was elected to sports chair in her sorority, and also had the chance to travel to Amsterdam. Sarah is looking forward to keeping the swim program fun this summer!

Anna Hennessy

Swim Asst Director & Swim Club Director, 2nd Year Staff Member Willamette University, International Studies, German

Anna is returning for her second year at Roughing It! She will be our assistant swim director as well as the swim club director. She attends Willamette University and is double majoring in international studies and german. She has applied to study abroad in Germany next spring! Anna loves the outdoors, and is excited to work with the campers again this summer!

Colin Halverson

Swim Counselor, 1st Year Staff Member UC Santa Cruz, Psychology

We are happy to welcome Colin to Roughing It this year! Colin attends UC Santa Cruz and is studying psychology. He swam on a swim team for eight years, and has also played soccer. In high school, he helped tutor in the peer tutoring group, and in college, he is apart of the martial arts club as well as the theater club. Colin is excited to help the campers improve their swimming skills and give them a fun camp experience this summer!

Jenna Olson

Swim Counselor, 1st Year Staff Member Humboldt State University, Rangeland Resources Science, Watershed Management

Jenna is joining us for her first year at Roughing It! She attends Humboldt State University and is studying rangeland resources science with an emphasis in Soil Science and a minor in Watershed Management. She has always loved the outdoors and spent much of her time growing up camping and playing sports. We are happy to have Jenna at camp this summer!

Ben Peck

Swim Counselor, 1st Year Staff Member Santa Rosa Junior College, Animal Science

We are excited to welcome Ben to the Roughing It staff! Ben was a Junior Counselor here at Roughing It with the B2 group, and has also attended Horse Day Camp as a camper. He currently attends Santa Rosa Junior College and is majoring in animal science with hopes of becoming a large animal vet. He gives credit to Roughing It for helping him discover his passion, which is a love for horses. Ben can’t wait to be back at camp this summer!

Trenton Tan

Swim Counselor, 1st Year Staff Member New York University, Physics

We are happy to welcome Trenton to Roughing It as a Swim counselor! Trenton attends New York University and is studying physics. He has participated in many sports growing up, including soccer and varsity wrestling. During his high school years, he volunteered over 200 hours at an elderly care home, as well as mentored and helped advise a group of middle school kids. Trenton is excited to join us this summer!