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As President and CEO of the American Camp Association (ACA), Tom Rosenberg is a leading voice for young people today, advancing the public’s understanding of the value of camp for everyone as an essential developmental and educational experience. Tom is actively advancing the collective field of camp in its battle against the prevalent tide ...
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Jan 16, 2019 · Like many Jewish kids, Tom Rosenberg’s camp experience started at Blue Star Camps in Hendersonville, N.C. But unlike most Jewish kids, his camp experience never ended. As President and CEO of the American Camp Association in Atlanta, Rosenberg is still working from the first lesson he learned at camp as an 8-year-old.
I sit down with Tom Rosenberg, President And CEO of American Camp Association to discuss finding the best overnight camp for your children. We discuss everyt...
- Tell Us A Little Bit AbOut yourself.
- How Did Your Professional Camp Life Begin?
- When Did You First Become Involved with ACA?
- What Was So Enticing About Being The CEO of ACA?
- Do You Have A Vision For ACA, Things You Want to Focus on?
- What Do You Have Planned For Your First 100 Days as CEO?
I am lucky to be from two very special places, New Orleans, Louisiana, until I was 11, and San Luis Obispo, California, through high school. To my family I was a young entrepreneur, Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox's character on the sitcom Family Ties), but in truth, I always wanted to be both a teacher and in business. I attended Tulane University ...
In 1989, in my last year at USC, my camp directors, Rodger and Candy Popkin, asked me to come back to Blue Star to work for them as a camp professional. I had a strong desire to be out in nature teaching kids and thought to myself, This will be an interesting experiment. I joined Rodger and Candy after graduation and fulfilled my dream of being a t...
I first became a member of ACA in 1984 as a college student after being hired as a unit leader. I wanted to learn more about how camps are managed and run. I got fully involved in 1990 after I became a full-time camp professional. I started out volunteering for our local ACA conference and enjoyed the camaraderie and learning. ACA soon became famil...
I understand the power of camp. I am positive that in 21st-century America, having children and young adults learning life skills and values in a model community — learning to communicate face-to-face, testing their individual boundaries while enjoying the substantial benefits of being in nature — is critical to our nation. All kinds of camp-like e...
My personal, now-not-so-secret dream has always been that every child has access to at least one week of camp every year. To achieve greater accessibility and afford-ability we must use research and evaluation to help us improve the quality of the programs we're offering — to achieve greater outcomes for camps and the children they serve. We need t...
I'm looking forward to digging in to our ACA Board's vision for the association. I want to spend time with our local and national volunteer leaders and with the staff to understand where we're successful and where we have opportunities for improvement. I'm looking forward to being all ears to anyone who will talk to me about where they think we sho...
Sunshine Parenting Ep. 98: “Camplifying” the World with Tom Rosenberg, CEO of the American Camp Association. In Episode 98 of the Sunshine Parenting Podcast, Audrey “Sunshine” Monke chats with Tom Rosenberg, CEO of the American Camp Association. Sunshine and Tom talk about research about the positive impact of camp and their joint passion for partnering […]
Tom Rosenberg (executive producer) is the founder and Chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment. Rosenberg most recently produced the box-office hit The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and prior to that, produced Million Dollar Baby, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
