Four Winds * Westward Ho

Year Round Staff

Our year-round staff maintains camp and works to make each summer as successful as possible. If you visit camp, chances are you'll meet our year-round staff in the office or around camp. You can contact any of the staff members below via email, or call our office at (360) 376-2277 anytime.

Paul Sheridan

Camp Director

Paul Sheridan is Camp's Director. He leads camp with an eye towards ensuring that children have a positive growth experience and maintaining Four Winds' tradition of community, simplicity, and creativity. You can read more about Paul here.

Email Paul at paul@fourwindscamp.org

Emily Glass

Assistant Camp Director

Emily is delighted to be the Assistant Director of Four Winds * Westward Ho. She has been a near fixture on the Four Winds summer staff since 1996, and brings to camp a great appreciation for the gypsy life. In recent years she has been busy in the field of Elementary Education, teaching and consulting for both independent and public schools in Vancouver, BC and New York City. Emily enjoys life in the Pacific Northwest, writing songs, traveling, and playing her guitar - she's also learning her way around a banjo!

Email Emily at emily@fourwindscamp.org

Rick Mollner

Rick is excited to be the camp’s shipwright. A lifelong boater and woodworker, he graduated from the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in 1999 and has been working as a shipwright ever since. When he is not either boating or fixing boats, Rick enjoys many other outdoor activities such as fishing, hiking, wakeboarding, and snow skiing. He is especially looking forward to collecting driftwood with Joe. Rick aspires to share his love of boats with others by teaching and writing about boatbuilding.

Email Rick at rick@fourwindscamp.org

Abby Rueb

Abby Rueb is camp’s administrative assistant and so much more! Abby is an institution here at camp. She has been here since 1995 and in addition to keeping track of all that goes on around the office all year, Abby is the friendly face that campers know they can count on for a smile or a hug when the homesickness bug attacks. Abby has lived on Orcas Island her entire life.

Email Abby at abby@fourwindscamp.org

Molly Roberts

Molly Roberts is our Alumni Coordinator and Office Assistant. She keeps the thousands of Four Winds* Westward Ho alumni connected to each other and to camp and helps Abby in the office. Molly is a resident of Orcas Island and has lived here for many years.

Email Molly at alumni@fourwindscamp.org

Sandra Green

Sandra Green is our Finance Director and works hard to keep our finances in good order. A life long resident of the Northwest, Sandra has made her home on Orcas since the early nineties. She has a passion for succulents and was active in the local Farmer's Market for years. She was an early volunteer and one of the founding members of what is now the county wide Domestic Violence agency. She is involved with the local contractor association, working for affordable housing in the islands. When not at Four Winds, Sandra's life revolves around her three little beagles, swimming, and weekend RV trips.

Email Sandra at sandra@fourwindscamp.org

Gerry Santillan

Gerry is going for the record of most year-round positions held at Four Winds * Westward Ho. Arriving first into camp as the mate aboard Carlyn, Gerry swallowed the anchor and decided to stay year round first as a maintenance assistant, then as our gardener and groundskeeper, then as the skipper aboard Carlyn, and now back to maintenance assistant. A native of California and a graduate of Humboldt State, Gerry loves this ecosystem where the evergreens meet the sea. You can often find Gerry near the shore collecting driftwood with Joe, off on some boating adventure, bicycling around the island, or trying to complete yet another 1000 piece puzzle.

Email Gerry at gerry@fourwindscamp.org

Susan and Joe Babcock

Joe and Susan come to Four Winds from Central Texas. Both have extensive backgrounds in business, education and small ranch management. Susan continues to dabble in ballet and pilates on Orcas Island and Joe enjoys the quiet solitude of working with a view of Westsound! Susan is camp's Special Projects Manager and Joe serves as Head of Maintenance.

Email Joe at joe@fourwindscamp.org

Email Susan at susan@fourwindscamp.org

Kate Petrick

Kate Petrick comes to us from Wisconsin where she first began to cultivate her love of gardening. Her goals for the camp are varied and many but what has become central to her mission is to create and environment that encourages a love of the outdoors, and the safety of the campers as they enjoy a summer of growth, new friends and memories that will last a lifetime. In her spare time, she too loves to collect driftwood with Joe.

Email Kate at kate@fourwindscamp.org

Janet Brownell

Janet is excited to be the Development Director of Four Winds * Westward Ho. She has lived on Orcas Island since 1995 and has been involved with many of the island’s child-based non-profits including the Orcas Island Education Foundation, the Orcas Island school board and Children’s House pre-school. For the past 20 years, Janet has also been a working screenwriter, primarily in television. When she is not working at camp, or writing, you’ll probably find her in a kayak looking for fast currents and slow winds.

Email Janet at janet@fourwindscamp.org

Scott Cann

Scott is the captain of Camp's big boat, Carlyn. He has been sailing these fertile waters since he was a small boy. Upon graduating from Western Washington University he ran away to sail upon bigger ocean aboard a square rigger. He soon realized the was no better place in the world than the Salish Sea. It took 14 years, a handful of educational schooners, a few stints on tugs and a few years as a marine tech before he found his way home.

Email Scott at scott@fourwindscamp.org