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Cho-Yeh Staff

Garret Larsen

Executive Director
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Executive Director
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Guy Bratton

Director of Guest Retreats
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Director of Guest Retreats
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Bill McKelvie

Director of Facilities
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Director of Facilities
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Chris Radloff

Program Director
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Program Director
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Rachel Drake

Executive Assistant
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Executive Assistant
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Joy Lester

Director of Marketing & Development
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Director of Marketing & Development
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Chad Riley

Director of Finance and Administration
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Director of Finance and AdministrationE-mail Chad

Brenda Barlow

Office Manager
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Office Manager
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Dr. Dave Lescalleet

Compass Director

Compass Director

Colby Huth

Assistant Program Director
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Assistant Program Director
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Meredith Malkowski

Assistant Program Director
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Assistant Program Director
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Jenn Jones

Summer Camp Registrar
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Summer Camp Registrar
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Aaron Ernst

Adventure & Recreation

Adventure & Recreation

Jeff Williams

Retreat Coordinator
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Retreat Coordinator
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Lydia O’Quinn

Retreat Coordinator
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Retreat Coordinator
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Audrey Rader

Waypoint Manager
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Waypoint Manager
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Kasey Ernst

Retreats Registrar
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Retreats Registrar
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Amy Guntzel

Retreats Registrar
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Retreats Registrar
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Beth Bratton

Accounts Payable
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Accounts Payable
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Ed Huck

Food Service Director
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Food Service Director
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Kaylyn Johnson

Food Service Assistant
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Food Service Assistant
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Brady King

Video Production Manager
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Video Production Manager
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Matt Engel

Outreach Manager
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Outreach Manager
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Doug Asiala

Construction Manager
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Construction Manager
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Marcus Taylor

Program Assistant
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Program Assistant
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Randy Spelbring

Maintenance Craftsmen
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Maintenance Craftsmen
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Jesse Spelbring

Maintenance Craftsmen
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Maintenance Craftsmen
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Jose Vazquez

Maintenance Craftsmen
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Maintenance Craftsmen
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Patrick Lo

Grounds Supervisor
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Grounds Supervisor
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Dolores Orosco

Housekeeping Supervisor
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Housekeeping Supervisor
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Estella Torres

Housekeeping
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Housekeeping
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Beau Moore

Executive Chef

Executive Chef

Board of Directors

Johnny Myers, Chair

Managing partner at Group 418, LLC and Executive Director of the Millican Reserve Land Conservancy.

Managing partner at Group 418, LLC and E...

Ken Purgason, Vice Chair

Co–founder, and retired CEO and President of Tristream Energy, LLC.

Co–founder, and retired CEO and Presid...

Gary Junek, Treasurer

Executive Vice President at Texas Capital Bank.

Executive Vice President at Texas Capita...

Gary Carlson, Secretary

Engineering, Construction & Oilfield Services Consultant with Preng & Associates.

Engineering, Construction & Oilfield Ser...

Bo Bothe

Co-founder, president and CEO of the brand experience firm BrandExtract.

Co-founder, president and CEO of the bra...

Terri Chase

Senior Vice President, Origin Bank

Senior Vice President, Origin Bank

Geoff Gannaway

Attorney - Partner with Beck Redden L.L.P.

Attorney - Partner with Beck Redden L.L....

James Hagemeier

Owner of Timberlake Nursery.
CPA, Co-Founder and CFO of Black Elk Energy

Owner of Timberlake Nursery.
CP...

Rusty Sturgis

Small business owner; Previous engineer at Bechtel Corporation.

Small business owner; Previous engineer ...

Amy Waltz

Program Therapist, Memorial Hermann Hospital

Program Therapist, Memorial Hermann Hosp...

David Taylor

Associate Professor of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law

Associate Professor of Law
SMU De...

Cho-Yeh’s Advisory Board

Camp Cho-Yeh is blessed to have an advisory board who is committed to helping Cho-Yeh be more successful in fulfilling its mission. The advisory board graciously comes alongside the staff and Board of Directors to provide wisdom, insight and counsel.

Joe Bybee: Vice President, Merrill Lynch
Keith Little: Vice President, Business Development at Cheniere Energy
Rich Dodds: Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, C&C Reservoirs
Scott Hollingsworth: DBIA, President of S.L.I. Group
Miles Harper: CPA, Partner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC
Kelly Gerland: Senior Vice President at BCH & Associates.