Meet the Staff

Meet the Catholic Youth Camp staff – our year-round team and the summer missionaries who make camp happen.

Year-round staff

At 20 she began four years pioneering a youth ministry at her home church in Canada while studying Youth Ministry in the summers, establishing a youth ministry board alongside a thriving youth ministry. In 2013 she was drawn back into global missions, spending the next nine years based in Montana while traveling the world to support Bible teaching missionaries: developing programming, offering Biblical education in hard to reach locations, deepening her own understanding of Biblical theology and never saying no to an opportunity to talk about Jesus and the Bible. After stepping away from missions, she spent two years working and learning what could make long term service possible within faith-driven nonprofits. Having personally witnessed, and at times experienced, how inadequate support, emotional exhaustion, and poor boundaries can lead people toward burnout and disengagement from their faith, she became convinced there had to be a more sustainable way to respond to God’s invitation to serve in a faith based ministry. In 2024 she came across CYC while google searching for Executive positions within the non profit realm, and it quickly became obvious God’s invitation to serve with CYC would not only be the next “yes” for her but an opportunity to put sustainable practices in place.

When not sifting through all that the role of Executive Director demands, Erika can be found with friends, curled up with a book, caring for her plants, or cooking up something flavorful in her kitchen. She is currently working on her Master of Arts in Leadership through Kairos Seminary. She loves silence, solitude and Sabbath, and is incredibly excited to be part of the future of CYC – which will inevitably include happy campers, cheerful counselors, and endless joy-filled memories.

She worked for a year in the Twin Cities providing personalized therapy for children with Autism. She loved serving in that role, but she always had a deep love for camp ministry and her Catholic faith, so when she discovered the role for Summer Camp Director with CYC she knew it would be a perfect fit!

Addie grew up serving at Legionville Camp in Brainerd, where her father served as the director for many years. At camp her love of swimming, safety and fun blossomed, and she gained valuable insight into how camps are run because of her dad’s role.

Addie is the only daughter in a family of 9, falling exactly in the middle of her 6 brothers. At camp can be found fishing after campers have gone to bed (ready for any calls from counselors if they need assistance with a camper struggling with something like homesickness!) and on the docks any time swimmers are in the water. She serves as a tennis coach and substitute teacher in the CYC offseason, balancing her duties for CYC with her other jobs. She is working towards her Masters in Teaching. Addie loves energy drinks, laughing with her family, going on walks, friendly fishing competition with her brothers, and dreaming about CYC’s future.

Summer staff 2026