Meet the Staff

Meredith Petty

Meredith Petty

Director

Meredith joins us from Virginia, where she attended another United Methodist Camp, Camp Alta Mons, growing up. After spending many summers on Summer Staff at Alta Mons, Meredith graduated from the University of Virginia in 2015 with her degree in physics and began working at Alta Mons year-round as the Program Director. In December of 2022, Meredith moved to Maryland and began serving as the Director of Manidokan. She loves all things summer camp and enjoys hiking, backpacking, canoeing, and biking.

Steve Lane

Steve Lane

Assistant Director/Maintenance

Steve attended Manidokan as a youth and joined the staff in 2009.  Steve and his wife, Jennie, met while working on summer staff at West River Center. They have one son.

Jason Rhoads

Jason Rhoads

Food Service Director

Jason is a regular face around Manidokan, if you don’t catch him in the kitchen or at the outdoor grill you may see him helping around the camp or enjoying a hike with his family.

Jarrett Snider

Jarrett Snider

Program Director

Jarrett comes to us most recently from the Mississippi Annual Conference, working at Camp Lake Stephens as a Program Ministry Intern. Prior to that, Jarrett has a long history in church and camping ministry. He has worked in various churches throughout the Tennessee Western Kentucky Conference, was a director for a mobile day camp for the Missouri Annual Conference; and served many years, in different capacities, at Lakeshore Camp and Retreat Center in Eva, TN. Jarrett is eager to pursue his dream and calling to be a Program Director and is ecstatic to do it with us here at Manidokan! He is ready to serve with and for our Manidokan family.

Get Involved

There are a number of summer volunteer and staff opportunities at Manidokan.