Meet Our Staff
Administrators | Senior Staff | Junior Staff | Counselors In Training
In everyone's life, there are inspiring people and great moments that they will remember forever. Our staff plays a vital role here at Falcon Camp. They model the core values that we strive to teach to every camper. Our Falcon counselors (between the ages 18 - 25) are carefully selected and trained in first aid, CPR, child abuse prevention and much more. Most of our staff is "home grown," having been Falcon campers and completing our Staff Development Program. This program trains teens (ages 16 & 17) to support the counselors, campers and activities. Our caring staff is passionate, well-trained, knowledgeable and ready to share a fun-filled summer with their campers!
Administrators
Dave Devey: Camp Director
Dave started as a camper at Falcon in 1964 and stayed through as a counselor, program director, and associate director by the end of the 70's. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh and working in the "real world" for several years, Dave returned to Falcon to become the director/owner in 1984. He is a long time board member of the American Camp Association Ohio Section and is an ACA visitor to accredit camps. In between maintaining camp facilities and promoting Falcon in the off-season, Dave spends much of his time educating parents on the value of a camping experience, doing PR work for the ACA on how to choose the right camp, the importance of the ACA camp accreditation program, and also mentoring younger camp directors in several states. As the legislative chair on the ACA board, Dave is very involved with the Ohio state legislature on many issues involving youth, camping and education. Dave is happily married to Emily and is very proud of the excellent reputation Falcon has established over the years.
Emily Devey: Assistant Director
Emily currently teaches kindergarten after years of teaching Physical Education and Health in the Cleveland area Catholic schools. She has also taught in Cleveland area preschools and private schools. Emily is also currently coaching girls lacrosse at Hawken School. Emily is a former camper and staff member from several camps before joining Falcon in 1990. Her riding experience started about the time she could walk and reached a level of showing in national events. Her teaching ability and knowledge of horses has enabled her to create one of the most respected camp riding programs anywhere. Emily is also an ACA visitor to accredit camps and a clinic instructor with the Horsemanship Safety Association. As well as being camp directors, Dave and Emily are parents of two children, Hannah and Cas.
Nici Mahen: Assistant Director
Nici began her career at Falcon as a camper in 1985. As she progressed through the ranks of camper and staff, she earned her Elementary Education degree with a minor in Childhood Development from Westminster College. Nici then spent five years as an award-winning third grade teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. She currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, Jay, and two daughters, Sophia and Izzie. Nici spent much of the off season working on the new web site and preparing program ideas for junior staff, training week, and crafts. She hopes to combine all of her experiences as a camper, counselor, teacher, and mother to implement quality programs help campers/staff overcome any challenges.
Alison Mizen: Program Director
Alison began as a camper at Falcon in 1993. She is experienced in a variety of program areas, having worked in almost all areas of camp. She continues to share her experiences aiding in the development and running the staff training program. Alison is a graduate of Kalamazoo College, where she majored in English Literature, American History and Education. She just completed her third year as a 9th and 11th grade English teacher, Drama Club Advisor and Class Council Advisor at Euclid High School in Euclid, Ohio. Alison continues to increase her responsibilities at Falcon each summer and is an integral part of the planning and preparation to our summers.
Tali Cornblath: Assistant Program Director
Tali can't wait for summer eleven! This past year has included tons of child development and drama classes, both of which will be incorporated into this summer's exciting programs. She can't wait for overnights, new drama games, and free swims with all of her old favorite people and the new ones she'll meet!
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Senior Staff
Danielle Affleck
Living in England Dani has never been to a summer camp, so is really looking forward to experiencing them firsthand! She is in her last year of sixth form at Ralph Allen School in Bath (approximately two hours from London) and hopes to progress on to college to do an art foundation year, then uni (hopefully Falmouth!) where she would be doing an art-related course. She enjoys all art activities thoroughly. Dani also enjoys surfing, sailing, netball and hockey. She has also been known to sing very loudly and badly to her favorite songs so look out campers! Make sure to look for Dani in crafts and sailing this summer.
Andrey Fishkin
Andrey joins us from Israel for his first summer at Falcon. He enjoys lots of woodworking, crafts, and nature activities. He looks forward to meeting all of the staff and campers at Falcon.
Isabelle Hammer
Isabelle Hammer is so excited to come back to Falcon for her 9th summer. She looks forward to attending Carnegie Mellon University in the fall where she will study Civil Engineering and Environmental Sustainability. Isabelle is keyed up to work at woodslore and archery. She is eager to meet new campers/staff and have a Falcontastic (word courtesy of David Stahl) summer.
Alexander Harding
Alex joins us from the northeastern part of England for his first summer at Falcon. He is 18 and currently studying to be a dentist at Glasgow University. Alex is from a large family and the sibling age range is from 42 to 3 months! His hobbies include painting, swimming, horse riding, badminton, and unicycling! He looks forward to being a useful part of the team.
Emma Hogg
Emma joins us from Edinburgh, Scotland for her first summer at Falcon. She's a qualified Nursery Nurse who has been working in childcare for six years. This summer she brings all of those great skills to camp. She will be a cabin counselor as well as a nanny for Sophia and Izzie. Emma is really looking forward to joining the team at Falcon Camp and an amazing summer.
Armand Holmes
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Andy Knecht
Andy Knecht attends Earlham College in Richmond, IN and will be a junior in the fall. He loves medicine, philosophy, and photography and hopes to experience all those at school. He is going on 8 years at Falcon and 6 years as staff and can't wait to start this summer in archery and riflery!
Tessa LaRue
Tessa just completed her freshman year at Fordham University in New York City. This will be her 11th year at Falcon and her fourth summer at staff. She lives with the Cardinals unit and works mostly in riflery and out in the stables. She can't wait for the summer to begin!
Catherine Longhini
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Tom Levin
Tom joins us for his first summer at Falcon from Israel. He just recently finished his military service and enjoys traveling. His most recent trip was to Thailand.! Tom is currently a Western riding instructor who enjoys photography, nature and animals. He looks forward to meeting everyone at Falcon and teaching how people can be in harmony with nature and animals, especially horses.
Dan Lubin
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Oved Nehoral
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Leah Newman
Leah has just finished her freshman year at Fordham University. At school she's become involved in the Residents Hall Association, Peer Educators, and Fordham University Emerging Leaders. Leah cannot wait to kick off her tenth summer at Falcon, where she works with Horse Camp. Her favorite Falcon meal is Baked Potato Bar, and she loves to go with campers on trail rides. Leah looks forward to seeing familiar faces this summer as well as meeting new Falc
Laura Nice
Laura Nice is over the moon to be returning to Falcon for her 6th summer. She will be a freshman at Westminster College this fall where she will be majoring in Biochemistry. As a lifeguard and swim instructor, you will find her at the waterfront regularly. She can't wait to see all of her previous campers and meet lots of new faces!
Hannah Rex
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Brook Reilly
Brook Reilly is back for his 10th year at Falcon Camp.�Instead of going to college, he took a year off, working and traveling all over the country. He enjoys photography, film-making and Djing, but cannot resist Falcon-ball if someone asks him to play.
Jennifer Salkin
Jen is ecstatic to return to Falcon for her sixth summer! She is from Solon, Ohio and looks forward to attending Denison University in the fall where she hopes to major in Communications and minor in Theater. Outside of school, she likes to participate in many theatrical productions, snowboard, play softball, and is a part of a competitive show choir. Jen is super excited to be running the drama program this year and can't wait to experience yet another wonderful summer at Falcon.
Kayla Schwieterman
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David Stahl
This is David's ninth year at Falcon Camp and he is super excited about returning! David will be a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania this coming fall and loves the outdoors. He will be working at sailing, riflery, and woodslore this summer. David also looks forward to being a counselor in the Blue Jays Unit. His favorite part of camp is evening activities and he can't wait for another FALCONTASTIC SUMMER!
Jake Wiedemann
Jake Wiedemann is looking forward to starting his eighth summer at Falcon. But at camp we all know him as Monkey. Jake will mostly be stationed at Archery and Woodslore, and you will see him swimming during open swim. He also has a very unique hat collection, more then enough to wear a different hat for two and a half weeks! Monkey can't wait to see everyone at camp!
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Junior Staff
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Tyler Cattrell
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Emily CullenEmily returns for her seventh year at Falcon and is very excited to be a part of the junior staff. During the school year, Emily is a rising senior at Shaker Heights High School. She swims for the varsity team and plays french horn on the school's symphonic band. While at camp, Emily enjoys working down at the waterfront life guarding and helping out with canoeing. She is very excited to be back "home" at camp and can't wait for another AWESOME summer!
Alex Harrison
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Zoe MackZoe is very excited to return to Falcon for her 4th summer. She is a senior at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Zoe is a part of a photography club at school and loves riding horses. At camp, she is looking forward to working the stables, seeing old campers and meeting new ones. Zoe can't wait to spend another great summer with the Falcon family!
Jason Mauro
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Cece MercerCece Mercer can't believe this is her 9th summer at Falcon! At school she participates in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, and student council. This fall she will be a senior at Shaker Heights High School. She loves all aspects of camp and is SUPER DUPER EXCITED for an out of this world summer!
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Leanne O'Neill
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Ben Saylor
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Claire Schweiderman
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Margaret Schweiderman
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Matt Schultheiss
Matt Schultheiss will be a senior at Shaker Heights High School next fall. He is very excited for his 5th year at the wonderful Falcon Camp. At school, he runs varsity track and is an avid member of the Shaker drumline. He is also Vice President of the Immigrant Outreach program with language emersion. While at camp, Matt works at canoeing and athletics. He is very excited to meet all of the new campers and can't wait to see all of the returning faces.
Phil Sereda
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Sienna Zeilinger
Sienna is thrilled to be at Falcon for her sixth summer! She is a rising senior at Hathaway Brown School and will spend the upcoming senior year building a bicycle from scratch for a senior project. When she's not at camp, she loves playing softball and Scrabble. Her favorite Falcon activities are crafts, archery, drama, and athletics. Sienna is excited to see old camp friends and make new ones. She can't wait for the summer to start!
Hannah Rex
This is Hannah's eighth year at Falcon, and she's as excited as ever! When not enjoying the beautiful outdoors at camp, riding horses and running around, she takes dance classes and participates in theater. Going into her senior year in high school in Columbus, Ohio, she will be looking for colleges and finding new and exciting school activities to try.
Kayla Schwieterman
Kayla is going to be a senior at a wee little high school called Marion Local about four hours away from Falcon. This is her second year as a counselor, although she was a camper when she was younger. Kayla has younger twin sisters who are also being counselors in training, which she is super stoked about. She runs cross country and swims, but her favorite sport is basketball. She loves being dorky and funny and all those other crazy things that are required to be a counselor at Falcon. Yes, she has been counting the days until returning to camp and no, she can't wait another minute. Her favorite color is orange and she is very excited to see your lovely faces this summer :)
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Counselors in Training
Tyler Catrell, Cranberry Township, PA 2nd Year
Emily Cullen, Shaker Heights, OH 5th Year
Tyler Breazeale, Columbus, OH 4th Year
Taylor Hood, Chagrin Falls, OH 9th Year
Zoe Mack, Longwood, FL 3rd Year
Jason Mauro, Tallahassee, FL 7th Year
CeCe Mercer, Shaker Heights, OH 8th Year
Christina Moore, Chagrin Falls, OH 5th Year
Tina Myslinski, Carnegie, PA 4th Year
Leanne O'Neill, Chagrin Falls, OH 5th Year
Ben Saylor, Naperville, IL 4th Year
Matt Schultheiss, Shaker Heights, OH 4th Year
Ben Schumann, Bainbridge, OH 7th Year
Claire Schweiterman, Maria Stein, OH 3rd Year
Maggie Schweiterman, Maria Stein, OH 3rd Year
Stephen Thomas, Shaler, PA 3rd Year
Sienna Zeilinger, Shaker Heights, OH 5th Year