Chick and Susan BeVier – Founders and Executive Directors

Chick and Susan have spent their life working with children. They have taught thousands to swim, hit the target, sail a J-Y, paint plein air, sweep a cabin, swing a racquet, build a fire, and kick a soccer ball.  As their two sons and their wives transition to operating the business, both are still very much involved. They continue to be a part of camp in very tangible ways. Chick created our Anchor Points program, a full season leadership program for 16 year olds. Susan runs the Arts and Crafts program, which is renowned and exhaustive. She brings years of painting experience and a love for both kids and creating. She is often found in the Arts and Crafts building in the wee hours of the morning, planning for the day ahead.

Wes and Becca BeVier – Camp Directors

Wes has been part of camping for over 35 summers.  Upon graduating college, he along with family, began the nine-year process of creating Eagle Wing.  Throughout this process, Wes established his focus for enabling children to safely grow, take risks and engage with their environment.  These continue to be important to the Eagle Wing program.   His wife Becca, a former high school English teacher, has always loved kids. She began working summers as a counselor when she was 16. At camp, she loves working with the close knit staff, getting to know camp families, and spending time in the girls’ bunks. Wes and Becca’s five kids are now getting the opportunity to spend their summers growing up at camp.

Amy Paulekas – Assistant Director

Amy has been a part of the CEW staff since 2007, wearing many hats within our program over the course of the last 15+ years. Outside of the camp season, Amy is the Director of Studies at the Frederick Gunn School in Washington, CT. At FGS Amy works primarily in student support, organizing and running a student support team of fellow administrators. Her area of focus is student academics but she also contributes to the community as a Head Dorm Parent (freshmen girls), mathematics teacher, and coach for both Varsity Field Hockey and Girls Basketball. Amy began her camping career at 7 years old as a camper at Camp Eagle Feather, CEW’s sister camp in Connecticut. Fun fact, her first counselor at CEF was CEW’s Director Becca BeVier! In her time on staff at CEW, Amy has filled roles as a cabin counselor, activity counselor, Waterfront Director, and AP counselor. She has helped to shape our AP program over the course of the last 15 summers and in turn, has trained and mentored nearly all our staff. Amy also understands the importance of keeping kids safe and runs a world-class waterfront. Beginning at staff training Amy has her fingerprint on keeping things fun and safe. Amy is a camper at heart, always ready for adventure and helping all our campers to learn how to take safe risks and grow as individuals, hang out at camp long enough and you can take a whitewater canoe trip with Amy down the St. Croix!

Jon and Kim Bishop –  Assistant Directors

Jon and Kim and their two children have been spending their summer at camp for the past nine summers. At camp they spend the bulk of their time working with campers and staff. Jon also runs our climbing and tripping programs. Jon has a Masters in education and is a former middle and elementary science teacher and middle school head who has worked in both public and private schools. He is currently the STEM coordinator for the Canton CT school system. Beyond his education background, Jon brings many skills to the job of assistant director. He grew up spending his summers at a camp in Montana. Camp is very much a part of his DNA and he brings humor, ideas, and a deep understanding of camp and children to CEW. Kim began her camping career at 19 as a counselor at Camp Eagle Feather, the BeVier’s day camp in Rocky Hill. Before joining CEW full time this last year, where she works in our Connecticut office, Kim was a dorm parent at Miss Porter’s school in Farmington CT. Her disarming, warm way is immediately evident when campers and parents meet her, or even connect with her on the phone before coming to camp. Kim enjoys working with staff, and also with campers and their parents. She is a wonderful resource for camp moms! She builds deep, enduring relationships with everyone in the camp community and can be found planning pranks with campers, joking with staff on the dining hall porch, walking back from the waterfront with a camper, or imitating director Wes BeVier in an Evening Program skit.

Mitchel G. Katz, MD FAAP – Medical Director

Dr. Katz has been our Medical Director at Camp Eagle Wing since 2006. He and his wife Ginny come to camp each summer, bringing their two dogs and sailboat each year. Their sons were also all long time campers. As Medical Director, Dr. Katz oversees and coordinates our medical staff, meets with parents, attends to medical needs, and is on call all summer, even when not at camp. During the rest of the year, Dr. Katz, a pediatrician, runs the Connecticut and Gulf Coast ADHD Associates. His wife, Ginny, a professional musician, throws herself into the program as well, organizing various musical events at camp from evening dinner graces, to chapel songs, to Fine Arts Night performances. The Katz family are an important part of camp life and are found not only in the infirmary, but on the water, in the dining hall, and at evening programs.