Natalie’s Tawonga journey started as a Taste of Camp camper in 2009. She continued on to serve as a counselor and unit head from 2016 and 2024. At Tawonga, Natalie not only formed lifelong friendships, but also discovered her passion for the saxophone (recent campers may remember her playing from the bandstand at Shabbat freilach!).

Prior to joining the year round team, Natalie worked at a high school in Madrid, Spain, where she taught in the bilingual English program. In fact, one of her favorite lessons was on the tradition of sleepaway camp, which included teaching the students and performing a spirited rendition of the song “Lean on Me”. In addition to her personal love for Camp, Natalie has a passion for digital storytelling, public outreach, and inspiring others through informative and accessible communications. Her professional background is in communications and marketing where she has worked as a consultant for transportation, public health, and climate resilience agencies in both San Francisco and Alameda County. As a community advocate, Natalie worked closely with local leaders to shape resources and public projects to ensure inclusion and access for all constituents. She attended Colorado State University, Fort Collins and holds a B.A. in Communications and Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts.

Natalie lives in San Francisco and enjoys exploring the different natural and urban hiking paths throughout the city.

Rona grew up in New England and spent four summers on the waterfront staff of Camp Ramah in Palmer. After college, she lived on a kibbutz in Israel for several years and outside Boston before finally making the move to the Bay Area. She has worked in ergonomics as well as in the Jewish community at Berkeley Hillel and most recently at the Jewish Federation of the East Bay. Rona lives in Berkeley, where she is an active member of Congregation Beth Israel, a vibrant modern orthodox community. In her free time, she can be found reading multiple books at one time or knitting. She is a graduate of Yale University and the proud mother of an aspiring writer. She is delighted to join the awesome team at Camp Tawonga!

With extensive experience crafting strategic communications for nonprofits, Casey loves helping individuals and organizations tell their authentic stories. At Tawonga, Casey has created the organization’s award winning impact report, led a website and video rebranding and created the agency’s first style guide. Casey has also helped place stories about Tawonga in dozens of publications, including The New York Times. As a former camper and summer staffer, Tawonga’s transformational mission is deeply personal for her.

Casey earned a Masters in Public Administration with a focus in nonprofit management from USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy and a B.A. in history from Claremont McKenna College. She has also led programmatic and communications work at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council. Casey lives in Lafayette with her husband and fellow Tawongan, Matt, and their daughters, Sadie and Maya. She can often be found attempting to serenade her family with songs from the Tawonga songbook.

Mollie serves as Camp Tawonga’s Director of Development, where she leads a vibrant fundraising program that sustains camperships, program innovation, and year-round community engagement. Prior to Tawonga, Mollie held development and communications roles with the Jewish Federation of the East Bay, Ma’ase Olam, and Avodah, where she also served as a corps member. She earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology and Jewish studies from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s in nonprofit management from Hebrew University. Mollie lives in El Cerrito, CA with her husband and three children.