MEET OUR DIRECTORS

OUR DIRECTORS

Sue Stocker McMullan

Director

Certified Camp Director (CCD)

American Camp Association

Sue has been a leader at Alford Lake for over forty-five years. She has served on the Board of Directors of the New England Section of the American Camp Association and served on the Maine Youth Camping Association as Chair of the Education Committee for over 20 years. For years she was an Emergency Medical Technician and volunteered with her local rescue unit as well as helping to organize the student rescue program. She was also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Waynflete School in Portland, ME, where her children all attended. Her interests strongly lie in child and camper character development, training and leadership of key staff in camps and advising campers, counselors and counselor-trainees. She is also involved in exploring ways to develop a partnership between schools, communities and camps to work cooperatively throughout the academic year.

Betsy Brayley

Assistant Director

“Betsy”, as she is known in camp, has been with Alford Lake since the summer of 1996 as a staff person. Her first actual connection with ALC was as a parent starting during the summer of 1991. She worked part time in the ALC winter office during the winter of 1995 and Bets spent her first summer as Ranger Coordinator and then moved to full time with ALC after the summer of 1996. She became Assistant Director during the winter of 2004. Betsy spent her years before children in the corporate world working for a large insurance company. She then began her career as a mom of four and was a ‘stay-at-home mom’ until she started working full time for ALC. In recent years, she served as a volunteer on the Pediatric floor at the local hospital, has been a member of the Musica de Filia women’s singing group, and is a past member of the ACA New England Conference Program Committee. Her expertise and interest is in character development with staff and campers; empowering communication skills among ALC’s leadership group and the camp community; working with Sr. CT’s, staff, campers, and camper families. Her contributions are many and her wisdom is a gift to us all!

Jean Gentry McMullan

Consulting Director

Certified Camp Director (CCD)

American Camp Association

Jean has taught in public and private schools and engaged in many educational, music, and professional activities. She has served as President of the Maine Camp Directors, President of New England American Camp Association and National President of the American Camp Association. Her particular interests have been in camp leader certification, standards, research, camper and staff development, and the international exchange of campers and staff. She and her husband, Andy, have been honored with ACA's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, and recently she was also honored with New England's Distinguished Service Award. For her lifetime of devotion to the organized camping experience, she is most proud of the campers and counselors and her beloved Alford Lake Camp.