Team Members

Consultants

Kathleen M. Trotter, CCD,
President and Principal Consultant

Kathy is a nationally recognized specialist in camp, conference center and retreat center programming and management. Kathy consulted for three years as an associate for an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, then formed KALEIDOSCOPE inc. in 1986 to offer a broader range of services.

Kathy adds to her consulting skills 15 years experience as a successful site director and executive staff person in both camp and conference center settings. She has demonstrated her ability to develop and market creative programs for all ages; to operate financially stable and self-supporting sites; to supervise staff and lead boards for optimum effectiveness; to manage a start-up project as well as revitalize stagnant operations.

With camp and center management as a background, she has honed her consulting skills to include in-depth analysis, effective communication in all forms, facilitation to achieve consensus, creative solutions to address critical problems.

Jody Oates,
Associate Consultant

Jody is an experienced camp leader with the skills to address the practical aspects of the operation without losing sight of the mission. His knowledge of the day-to-day issues of management enables Jody to guide leaders in setting realistic goals that empower the vision to grow into a sustainable enterprise. His broad understanding of issues and good communication skills enable him to relate effectively to all parts of the organization - staff, directors, board.

Terri Bressler,
Project and Office Manager

The consultants count on Terri's organizational skills to assure accurate and timely communication with the client and production of materials. Her administrative efficiency is enhanced by her thorough understanding of the issues related to the projects because of her many years as a camp staff person.

Site and Facility Planners

While all 16 of the schmidtcopelandparkerstevens professionals are available as team members when their skills best suit the task, these are the associates who regularly work as a part of the KALEIDOSCOPE inc. team.

Mike Kannard, ALSA, Landscape Architect
Mike has been a member of the schmidtcopelandparkerstevens firm since 1999. Clients express appreciation for Mike because of his openness to their input, his good listening skills, his sensitivity to the natural environment, and his creative design solutions. Mike combines innovative ideas with practical knowledge of construction and development, assuring design solutions that are reasonable to implement on the site.

Nancy Nozik, Architect/Planner
Nancy has been a member of the schmidtcopelandparkerstevens firm since 1990. She specializes in camp development with experience in a variety of settings. Her training as an architect and experience as a master planner offers a special combination of perspectives that leads to accurate and comprehensive site plans.

George Gatta, Architect
George has worked with the schmidtcopelandparkerstevens team since 2000, providing design services for a wide variety of camp and conference center projects. He specializes in the development of facilities that represent the unique natural and cultural environment within which they are located. His creative and responsive building plans, often developed in a design charette, can be expanded into construction documents and/or refined as illustrations for marketing and fundraising.

The KALEIDOSCOPE inc. team may include other support personnel and professional associates contracted for specific applications.