We recognize that a key to a great camp experience is a great staff. We hire the best candidates from around the world and provide them with world-class training about camp and child development. We’re also thrilled that so many of our former campers come back to serve as counselors. Those staff members with a gold star next to their name are former campers!
2025 Summer Staff Coming Soon!
Year-Round Team
Audrey “Sunshine” Monke ⭐️ 🇺🇸
Chief Visionary Officer
Audrey is a graduate of Stanford University and recently earned a master’s degree in psychology from Fresno State. Her first book, Happy Campers is available now, where ever you buy books!
She is also a Certified Camp Director through the American Camp Association. Audrey has been at Gold Arrow Camp since 1986. Audrey, who campers and staff call “Sunshine,” and her husband, Steve, who campers and staff call “Monkey,” spend their summers at Gold Arrow Camp with their five children.
Steve “Monkey” Monke 🇺🇸
Chief Executive Officer
Steve holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from U.C.L.A. and has been at Camp since 1989. Steve, along with his wife Audrey, is responsible for the business operations at camp and is committed to the development of children and to maintaining the traditions that have made Gold Arrow one of the finest traditional camps in the United States since 1933. Audrey, who campers and staff call “Sunshine,” and Steve, who campers and staff call “Monkey,” spend their summers at Gold Arrow Camp with their five children.
Chelsea “Chelster” Rowe ⭐️ 🇺🇸
Director of Camper and Parent Services
Chelsea holds a bachelor’s degree from U.C. Davis. Being involved with camp for more than twenty years, Chelsea has a long history associated with Gold Arrow. Not only was Chelsea a former GAC camper, but her parents were former GAC staff members who met at Gold Arrow. Now, Chelsea and her children, Macy and Elliot, spend their summers at GAC. Together with her husband, Steve (aka “Seismo”), she spends the rest of the year in southern California. Chelsea, who is called “Chelster” at camp, is committed to the welfare of campers, helping to create summer memories that will last a lifetime.
Brittany “Delta” Grissett 🇺🇸
Gretchen “Gem” Ruch⭐️ 🇺🇸
Amy “Glitter” Bolton 🇺🇸
Meredith “Mocha” Johns ⭐️ 🇺🇸