BLACK MOUNTAIN EXPEDITIONS - Key Persons
Andrea Pelham is an Assistant Director in each of our programs and spends the majority of her time recruiting and developing staff. You can almost always find her behind the scenes creating effective systems and making things easier for everyone. Andrea spent the first two decades of her life attending a girls summer camp. She fell in love with the community that can be found in camp and continued to chase that community after graduating from Presbyterian College. She is thrilled to be a part of the Merri-Mac / Timberlake / Black Mountain Expeditions leadership team.
Ann Boyd serve as the Executive Directors of BME, as well as Camps Merri-Mac and Timberlake. Adam grew up in adventure programming, following his parents footsteps into professional camping. He met Ann while at Wofford college and she at Converse, and they have been committed to professional outdoor leadership since. Subsequently Adam received his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary. Adam is a life-long climber, an instructor trainer for the Professional Climb Instructor's Association, past board president of the North Carolina Youth Camp Association and author of Jonathan Edwards, Beauty, And Younger Evangelicals. With their own children now coming on staff, Adam and Ann remain dedicated to growth through friends and adventure.
Patrick joins us with over twenty years of leading, instructing and innovating in the outdoor industry, beginning at Geneva College leading the Pisgah Program and serving as the Challenge Course Coordinator. He then served fifteen years with the Resource Specialist Team and finally as the Assistant Director of the CCO's Experiential Design Programs. Most recently Patrick served as the site director for OneLife Institute's Trade and Culinary gap year program.
Patrick holds a M.A. from Columbia International University and is certified as a WEA Outdoor Educator, WMA Wilderness First Responder, PCIA Single Pitch Instructor, ACA Canoeing L1 Instructor, Coastal Kayaking L2 Instructor and River Rescue L3 Instructor.
He and his wife April have three teenage children and together they are committed to designing custom programs, expeditions and adventures with purpose.