BOARD MEMBERS
JILLIAN HURLEBAUS, President, attended Camp Oneka from 1996 to 2008 as a camper and a counselor on the swimming staff. She attended Elon University in North Carolina and graduated in 2005 with a degree in International Relations and Business. She lived and worked in New York City for 4 years post-college, and now lives in Allentown, PA and is the marketing director for a manufacturing business. Jillian loves getting to spend time up at the lake, especially in the summer, and also visiting with her family back in Annapolis, MD. She is very excited to join the TTF board, and thrilled to be able to continue giving back to Camp and spreading the wonderful experience to many other deserving young women.
VYKIE SMOYER WHIPPLE, Vice-President, attended Camp Oneka from 1968 to 1978 as a camper, Nekette, and counselor. She obtained a B.S. degree in Geology from Colorado State University in 1979 and worked as an imagery analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C.. She was subsequently employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority as an engineering geologist and the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment as an energy analyst. She has an M.S. in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University. For the past 35 years, Vykie and her husband have owned and operated a small manufacturing business in Bethlehem, PA.
LINDA MCCONNELL, Secretary, was at Camp Oneka as a camper, Nekette and counselor from 1965-1973. She believes those summers were instrumental in honing the skills used in her chosen career of athletics. While spending her college years at Penn State, she was a proud member of both the Varsity field hockey and basketball teams. She has worked at The MacDuffie School (Springfield, MA), Haverford College, Germantown Friends and for the past 25 years, Friends' Central. Linda joyfully sings in her Church choir, serves on the Vestry and is head of the Church's Fellowship Committee.
HOLLY BOWEN PACZEWSKI, Treasurer, was at Camp Oneka from 1969 to 1974, both as a camper and counselor. Ms. Paczewski graduated from Wittenberg University with a B.A. in Business Administration and obtained a Masters in Taxation degree from Villanova University. She is currently a Director of Global Tax and has held various positions in taxation over the past 25 years. She served as a volunteer coach for township league girls soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse for 12 years. She is also the Chair of a church stewardship & finance committee.
ABBY PERLSTEIN O’BRIEN, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2009. Mrs. O'Brien spent 20 summers at summer camps and now works at County Line Nurseries, Inc. in Bridgeton, NJ, a family owned and operated business. She also sits on the Board of Trustees of Woodland County Day School and is the Chairman of Board for the Delaware Valley Green Building Council. A registered architect and graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Architecture, she lives with her husband, daughter, and son in Southern New Jersey.
ERIN RUEDEMANN, Campership Chair, attended Camp Oneka from 2008-2012, and feels a huge appreciation for the Turtle’s Trail Foundation, as she was one of their first scholarship recipients. During her camp years, Erin's time was spent exploring her passions on the waterfront, applying bug spray, and making lifelong friendships that she still cherishes to this day. Erin is grateful for the invaluable leadership skills she learned as both a camper and counselor and is motivated to serve the TTF in efforts to share those lessons to other campers just like her.
JUDY BRUMMER-JECKO, Business Development Chair, spent summers at Camp Oneka from Jr. 1 in 1977 to 1987 when she became the head of canoeing and sailing as a counselor. Her summer camp experiences were pinnacle in her development as a person and into her careers. In her early careers, Judy managed a beauty salon and subsequently opened a massage therapy practice. Consequently, Judy began a path of higher education determined to serve not only people but the environment. In 2008, she obtained a B.S. degree in Biology and in 2011 a M.A. degree in Environmental Science from Montclair State University. Judy currently works in the environmental engineering and remediation field and lives in Sussex County New Jersey with her husband and youngest son. She is excited to be a part of the TTF Board so that other young ladies may benefit from a summer camp experience.
DAWN ZERA - was a full-season Oneka camper in the early 1980s and a counselor (volleyball and sailing) in 1986. Her years as team Firefly captain prepared her for writing-related work, including as an editor for a Manhattan-based trade magazine, as a freelance journalist specializing in health and business stories, and as a communications and events manager for a major nonprofit in New Jersey. She has a BA from Bloomsburg University and an MA and MFA from Wilkes University. Among her favorite Oneka memories are sleeping in a platform tent, lulled by the sound of the lake lapping against senior dock, hiking the Appalachian Trail, and paddling through rapids on the Delaware River. She is passionate about the TTF mission to help more young women enjoy similar camp experiences, which help instill confidence, independence and tenacity. Currently, Zera teaches writing and literature for four colleges in northeast Pennsylvania, where she resides with her two sons.
MAGGIE RIEHL - Maggie attended Oneka for ten summers, from 2005-2014, as a camper and a counselor. Her mom and cousins also spent many memorable summers on Fairview. Her time spent at camp, and in other mentoring and volunteering roles, led Maggie to gravitate toward education and nonprofit work. After graduating from Colgate University in 2017, she returned to her hometown of Baltimore to work in fundraising at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the city’s 22-location library system. After a year at the Pratt Library, Maggie moved to New York, where she currently resides and works as a Development & Communications Associate at the Squash and Education Alliance, a national youth development nonprofit that supports 2,500 young people from under-resourced communities across the country. Maggie is grateful for the opportunity to serve on the TTF board and help share the special camp experience with others.
VYKIE SMOYER WHIPPLE, Vice-President, attended Camp Oneka from 1968 to 1978 as a camper, Nekette, and counselor. She obtained a B.S. degree in Geology from Colorado State University in 1979 and worked as an imagery analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C.. She was subsequently employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority as an engineering geologist and the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment as an energy analyst. She has an M.S. in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University. For the past 35 years, Vykie and her husband have owned and operated a small manufacturing business in Bethlehem, PA.
LINDA MCCONNELL, Secretary, was at Camp Oneka as a camper, Nekette and counselor from 1965-1973. She believes those summers were instrumental in honing the skills used in her chosen career of athletics. While spending her college years at Penn State, she was a proud member of both the Varsity field hockey and basketball teams. She has worked at The MacDuffie School (Springfield, MA), Haverford College, Germantown Friends and for the past 25 years, Friends' Central. Linda joyfully sings in her Church choir, serves on the Vestry and is head of the Church's Fellowship Committee.
HOLLY BOWEN PACZEWSKI, Treasurer, was at Camp Oneka from 1969 to 1974, both as a camper and counselor. Ms. Paczewski graduated from Wittenberg University with a B.A. in Business Administration and obtained a Masters in Taxation degree from Villanova University. She is currently a Director of Global Tax and has held various positions in taxation over the past 25 years. She served as a volunteer coach for township league girls soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse for 12 years. She is also the Chair of a church stewardship & finance committee.
ABBY PERLSTEIN O’BRIEN, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2009. Mrs. O'Brien spent 20 summers at summer camps and now works at County Line Nurseries, Inc. in Bridgeton, NJ, a family owned and operated business. She also sits on the Board of Trustees of Woodland County Day School and is the Chairman of Board for the Delaware Valley Green Building Council. A registered architect and graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Architecture, she lives with her husband, daughter, and son in Southern New Jersey.
ERIN RUEDEMANN, Campership Chair, attended Camp Oneka from 2008-2012, and feels a huge appreciation for the Turtle’s Trail Foundation, as she was one of their first scholarship recipients. During her camp years, Erin's time was spent exploring her passions on the waterfront, applying bug spray, and making lifelong friendships that she still cherishes to this day. Erin is grateful for the invaluable leadership skills she learned as both a camper and counselor and is motivated to serve the TTF in efforts to share those lessons to other campers just like her.
JUDY BRUMMER-JECKO, Business Development Chair, spent summers at Camp Oneka from Jr. 1 in 1977 to 1987 when she became the head of canoeing and sailing as a counselor. Her summer camp experiences were pinnacle in her development as a person and into her careers. In her early careers, Judy managed a beauty salon and subsequently opened a massage therapy practice. Consequently, Judy began a path of higher education determined to serve not only people but the environment. In 2008, she obtained a B.S. degree in Biology and in 2011 a M.A. degree in Environmental Science from Montclair State University. Judy currently works in the environmental engineering and remediation field and lives in Sussex County New Jersey with her husband and youngest son. She is excited to be a part of the TTF Board so that other young ladies may benefit from a summer camp experience.
DAWN ZERA - was a full-season Oneka camper in the early 1980s and a counselor (volleyball and sailing) in 1986. Her years as team Firefly captain prepared her for writing-related work, including as an editor for a Manhattan-based trade magazine, as a freelance journalist specializing in health and business stories, and as a communications and events manager for a major nonprofit in New Jersey. She has a BA from Bloomsburg University and an MA and MFA from Wilkes University. Among her favorite Oneka memories are sleeping in a platform tent, lulled by the sound of the lake lapping against senior dock, hiking the Appalachian Trail, and paddling through rapids on the Delaware River. She is passionate about the TTF mission to help more young women enjoy similar camp experiences, which help instill confidence, independence and tenacity. Currently, Zera teaches writing and literature for four colleges in northeast Pennsylvania, where she resides with her two sons.
MAGGIE RIEHL - Maggie attended Oneka for ten summers, from 2005-2014, as a camper and a counselor. Her mom and cousins also spent many memorable summers on Fairview. Her time spent at camp, and in other mentoring and volunteering roles, led Maggie to gravitate toward education and nonprofit work. After graduating from Colgate University in 2017, she returned to her hometown of Baltimore to work in fundraising at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the city’s 22-location library system. After a year at the Pratt Library, Maggie moved to New York, where she currently resides and works as a Development & Communications Associate at the Squash and Education Alliance, a national youth development nonprofit that supports 2,500 young people from under-resourced communities across the country. Maggie is grateful for the opportunity to serve on the TTF board and help share the special camp experience with others.