Sarah Kurtz McKinnon
Hagai Maidenberg | May 25, 2017Sarah Kurtz McKinnon graduated cum laude from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2008, earning her degree in political science and journalism. Although she had a passion for writing, she had another passion, and that was changing lives through the power of summer camp. In 2009, she earned the opportunity to become one of the youngest YMCA camp executives in the country, taking the helm of Ann Arbor YMCA Camp Al-Gon-Quian at the age of 23. Sarah served as the director of Camp AGQ for nearly six years. During that time the camp saw incredible growth with a 40 percent increase in positive annual net for the program and nearly $1 million in capital construction improvements. Her dynamic and creative leadership approach took an already great camp to another level of excellence, receiving recognition at the national level for the camp’s success.
Sarah left Camp AGQ in 2015 to start Kurtz McKinnon Creative with the goal of helping other camps and camp professionals reach their full potential. She recently co-authored a book for camp professionals with Steve Maguire, entitled Not the Way You Have Always Done It and, with Jack Schott, founded The Summer Camp Society, a collaborative, community-based education program for emerging camp professionals. Sarah is pursuing her Master’s in Business Administration at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where she is a fellow in the +LAB at the Center for Positive Organizations.
Sarah lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband, Robert (a licensed builder and carpenter), and their Brittany Spaniels, Ranger and Marley. Robert worked at Camp AGQ in the years before Sarah arrived, and they met via mutual camp friends. In her spare time, Sarah enjoys tennis, reading and art. Sarah is also a volunteer board member for the Washtenaw Camp Placement Association, a local non-profit that sends kids to camp who otherwise would never have the opportunity, and serves as the director of the Siblings Program at Camp Tall Tree.
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Hagai Maidenberg | May 25, 2017 莎拉•库尔茨•麦金农于2008年以优等成绩从西北大学梅迪尔新闻学院毕业，获得了政治学和新闻工作的学位。尽管她热爱写作，但是她有另外一项热爱的事业，那就是通过夏令营的力量改变人生。在2009年，23岁的她获得了成为美国最年轻的YMCA的露营执行官的机会，执掌安娜堡YMCA的阿尔冈琴露营。莎拉作为主管为AGQ露营服务了将近六年的时间，露营的年度收入增长了40%并且有将近100万美元投入了基本建设的提升。她朝气蓬勃并且别出心裁的领导方法讲一个原本已经非常优秀的露营提升到一个卓越的层次，获得了国家层面对露营成功的认可。
莎拉在2015年离开了AGQ露营并且成立了库尔茨•麦金农创新机构，旨在帮助其他露营和露营业内人员充分挖掘他们的潜力。她最近和露营专家史蒂夫•麦圭尔合写了《不是你一贯的做法》一书，和杰克•斯考特创建了夏令营社团，一个为新兴的露营从业人员准备的以社群为基础的合作教育项目。莎拉正在密歇根大学罗斯商学院攻读她的工商管理硕士学位，在那里她是积极的组织机构中心的实验室中的一员。
莎拉和她的丈夫罗伯特（一个持证的建筑者和木匠）居住在密歇根州的安娜堡，还有他们的布列塔尼犬，瑞格和马利。罗伯特在莎拉到来之前在AGQ露营工作了数年，他们通过一个共同的露营朋友相识。在她的休闲时间，莎拉喜欢打羽毛球，阅读和艺术。莎拉也是沃士登露营安置联盟的志愿董事会成员，这是一个当地的非营利组织，将那些没有机会去参加露营的孩子送到不同的露营中，同时她也担任大树露营的兄弟姐妹项目的主管。
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