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Chris Lindstrom
Camp Director
50 W. Edith Ave #2
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650) 949-3192
1-866-896-5217 (Fax)
email:
 Chris Lindstrom
is a software engineer by day and uses her superpowers for good
during her off hours organizing Camp Quest West. She has been
involved in the Freethought movement for over 10 years, organizing
meetings, letter writing campaigns, protests, rallies, dialogs and
more. She served on the board of the Silicon Valley's Humanist
Community for three years and is passionate about making non-belief
a "mainstream" viable alternative.
She was talked
into recruiting volunteers to start Camp Quest on the west coast
because she thinks many of the world's problems could be solved if
we did a better job of teaching youngsters to think critically for
themselves. She is working with the others on the team to transition
Camp Quest West from a small and scrappy volunteer organization to a
solid institution that will outlive us all.
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Gloria
Registrar
email:
 Gloria
grew up in Europe/Germany, and moved to the U.S. 15 years ago after
traveling around the globe. She loves to travel and experience new
cultures and languages. She is a military wife with two teenagers
who love attending Camp Quest West.
Gloria works full time as a
cardiac nurse and also teaches Yoga. She has been a vegetarian for
27 years. She enjoys nature, organic gardening, and animals, and
says she really "should be living on a farm since I keep adopting
more and more" animals. While living in
Texas, she volunteered for the
ASPCA Mobile Adoption Program and developed and
ran a Pet Visitation Program for them.
Now she enjoys volunteering for
future generations of secular children at Camp Quest West. She loves
being a parent and enjoys watching her children grow up into
independent adults who think for themselves. |
Cris in Roseville
Program Director
email:
 Cris says, "I have a severe love of science, philosophy and the natural world, especially microbiology. Mmmmm-microbes! I am also quite smitten with the outdoors as one could imagine. I have Associate's degrees in psychology, natural sciences and biology. I am also a ceramicist and general, all-around artist. I have 2 kids ages 7 and 10 whom I stay home with when I am not in school. I am excited by the opportunity to help kids develop their own interest in, and love of, understanding the incredible world around us using the scientific method.
"While I am a bit loathe to put myself into any category, I would likely be classified as and agnostic/atheist. That would be to say that while I cannot rule anything out, I also cannot see any reason to put the supernatural into my belief systems. And so I live my life with no acceptance of the supernatural. And much praise for the natural."
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Julie Willey
Mini-Family Camp
email:
 Julie Willey is the primary driving force behind
our Mini Family Camp! She is a mother of 4 great kids and
an electrical engineer. When she is not goofing off with her kids
she enjoys tinkering with all things electro-mechanical. Julie has a
passion for learning, creating and collaborating. Julie and her
family are active in the Silicon Valley Humanist Family Co-op
program.
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Joyce Sogg
Staffing Director
email:
 Joyce writes: "Summer camp was a most important part of my growing up. I was of the generation that went to camp for most of the summer, often eight weeks, and I loved almost every minute of my time there. (To let you know how old I am, camp cost the outrageous sum of $20.00 per week.) I still sing the songs, play the games, and tell stories about those wonderful days.
"But, there was always a problem. I have been a lifelong atheist, and every Sunday night at camp we had a religious service. I felt left out and troubled. It was clear, at least to a pre-teen, that I had to stay in the closet. It was lonely and alienating. (I've since learned that one should come out of the closet at every opportunity, but I was not so brave back then.) I once went to the minister who conducted the service to question this god, but he just put me off.
"When I learned of Camp Quest West, I knew immediately that this was important. My grandchild, now a third generation atheist, would have a place to share summer camp activities among questioning freethinkers. Camp Quest combines the best of traditional summer camp with critical
thinking games and activities. I am pleased to be able to help keep this camp active so there will be a place for inquiring youth to play and learn." |
Janie in Sacramento
Operations Director
email:
 "I am a super-curious 40 something with two young boys. I love the outdoors, music, reading, science, humor and learning. I encourage my kids to investigate and think for themselves and that is what drew me to Camp Quest. Once I discovered what cool and interesting people are organizing the camp I wanted to volunteer so I had an excuse to hang around all of them! Can't wait 'til July! "
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Adrienne Mowery
Treasurer
email:
 Adrienne originally
hails from Texas, but has spent the last 8 years in
San Francisco, CA. After 10 years as a project manager in
the IT industry, Adrienne will soon be pursuing a master’s
degree in Interior Architecture & Design. In her spare time, she enjoys adding stamps to her passport,
photography and making photo books for her friends, playing on her
computer, volunteering as a local guide for tourists, practicing
yoga, watching reality tv, and making lists of things to do.
For the past 5 years Adrienne has been treasurer for San
Francisco Atheists, gives speeches on the importance of civil
liberties and tolerance for the non-religious community, and also
volunteers with the
Garrison-Martineau Project, a group that brings believers and
non-believers together for open dialogue. Adrienne has been on staff
with Camp Quest West for the last 3 years as a volunteer, camp
counselor and now treasurer, and believes that connecting with youth is one of our most important goals in the
non-religious community.
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Constantine Lolos
Marketing Director
email:
 Constantine Lolos is an Electrical Engineer who after
spending 20 years in the Aerospace Industry decided that there had
to be a better way to earn a living than being surrounded by the
madness that any large corporate and / or bureaucratic environment
necessitates. At which time he decided to work with material that he
always enjoys, Mathematics. So inspired, since 1994 Constantine has
his own math (and physics) tutoring company.
Constantine is
particularly inspired by the metaphoric (symbolic) interpretation of
the stories that the various world civilizations have given us. It
was the realization that even when literal interpretations of these
stories are completely absurd none the less the feelings and images
from these stories have been powerful in supporting and maintaining
a particular human society.
With this metaphoric view of the
world’s myriads of stories Constantine enjoys storytelling with the
emphasis on the personal interpretation a story stirs in an
individual. This metaphoric approach brings about an incredible
number of possible interpretations with the actual world
consequences being the sifter of their usability (to an individual
or to a society) at any point in time or place.
What
Constantine finds particularly interesting is that these stories
functions like poems where an individual can experience from the
very same story different meanings at different times (not to
mention different places). Is this not what makes the world go
round? |
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