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Jonathan “Jawoo” Owen
Camp Director
Jonathan has been working at since it started twenty-five years ago. He started out as a counselor and has now been directing the camp for the past seventeen years.
He has a wife, Kristin (which he met while working at camp); four daughters, Taylor, River Jane, Willow, and Juniper; a son named Oliver, and a dog named Scrappy-Do. During the school year, Jonathan works as the Children’s Minister at Shades Mountain Community Church (www.smcc.church).
He is also a professional storyteller and did a recent TEDx talk on his experience of working with kids at camp (watch it HERE) He also loves Harry Potter, Star Wars and thinks “Empire Strikes Back” is the best film in the series.
Heather Spigner
Camp Administrator
Heather has been working at camp for 21 years and has been our Camp Administrator for 19 years. Heather is a former principal. Heather married Aaron Spigner, one of our former camp counselors. They have a daughter named Sayler and a son named Crew.
Anna Tanner
Director of Recruitment and Volunteers
Anna has been on staff with Camp Adventure since summer 2023, serving as our staff recruiter and ELITE director. During the school year, she works alongside Jonathan in middle school at SMCC and serves as the administrator for SMCC’s basketball league, Shades Mountain All-Stars. Prior to her time at camp, she attended Samford University, where she majored in accounting, and worked at a couple of overnight Bible camps.