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 Dean
Barley
Executive Director and President
Dean@vineyardcamp.com
L. Dean Barley is the founder of The Vineyard. Dean was born in Lake
Mary, Florida, graduated from Stetson University, DeLand, in 1980 and
received his Master Degree in Divinity, with Languages, from
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, in 1983, where
he studied as a Brown Scholar. He has received various academic and
community awards including the Governor’s Award for Excellence in North
Carolina. He is a licensed and ordained minister but devotes his time
towards the ministry and vision of The Vineyard.
After working with youth and children while in college and seminary Dean
came to the conclusion that the most effective way of sharing God’s love
and Christ’s call to discipleship was to challenge youth to look beyond
their own ambitions and appetites to the needs, dreams and hopes of
others. He soon discovered that the youth that gave the most during a
summer camp season gained the most joy, peace, and admiration and love
of the others. He followed his heart and instead of preaching in a
church opened his own camp, invited children and youth of all
backgrounds and denominations to learn the joy of serving and loving
others and began developing what he hoped would be the finest sports
camp in America.
Dean had been burdened for years for the work that could be done
internationally in the name of God’s love, but felt that his vision for
a summer camp would prohibit any kind of mission work outside the USA.
But the very first year international campers applied (from Spain) and
soon staff were applying for positions as well. His burden for the
spiritual needs of children and youth all over the world led him to not
only accept international teenagers and children, but to also travel
extensively all over the world speaking about benefit of summer camping,
recruiting foreign staff, sharing the camp with international parents
and children, and encouraging/ counseling these campers and staff.
Several years ago he contacted the U.S. State Department to seek (and
subsequently receive) status as “Sponsoring Agency of the Department of
State”. He is now able to interview and hire international staff from
any country in the world and provide the required documentation for
international work visas.
Dean resides near the camp property on Brown Mountain and continues to
serve as the camp’s Executive Director and President of the Corporation.
 Camilo E. Peña Quiñones
International Director
Camilo@vineyardcamp.com
Camilo
Peña is the International Director, He was born in Bogotá, Colombia and
was a U.S. exchange student in 1964. Camilo received a degree in
architecture in 1970 in Colombia and a degree in Planning, Design and
Construction in 1974 in Holland. His projects have included design and
construction of banks, libraries, embassies and several housing
projects. He also taught cultural history and architect planning, and
design at the University of Javeriana.
For four years Camilo lived in Holland and then moved back to his home
in Colombia. He moved to the USA with his wife Anny, in 2002 and now
lives at the Rock House at the Vineyard. Camilo speaks Dutch, Spanish
and English and is the father of Camilo, Gustavo and Lotty --- all
former staff at The Vineyard.
Camilo first become involved with The Vineyard in 1996 and since 1998
has helped with the International Marketing in: Asia, Africa, Europe,
Central America. At the present his emphasis is South America and Latin
American churches in the USA. As his understanding of our ministry has
increased so has his own faith and devotion and trust in God. He desires
to bring more and more Latin American campers to our camp and share with
them the love of God and a better understanding of the different
cultures, skills, and sports that makes The Vineyard so special.
Camilo also heads up our weekend trips to Charlotte, Washington D.C.,
New York and other major cities of interest for foreign campers and
staff. He also ministers to the special needs of all international staff
and campers during the summer months.
 Anny Peña
Registrar
Anny@vineyardcamp.com
Anny
Peña, is the Camp’s domestic and international Registrar. She accepted a
position at the Vineyard in 2004. Anny was born in the Netherlands and
worked for 20 years as a certified nurse in Holland specializing in
childcare, and intensive care. She married Camilo Peña, a Colombian and
is the proud mother of three grown children: Camilo, Gustavo and Lotty.
Anny left the Netherlands in 1981 with her husband and children,
starting a new life in Colombia – South America. For sixteen years she
worked at the Consular Department of the Dutch Embassy in Bogotá. She is
fluent in Dutch, Spanish, German and English.
When her daughter Lotty turned 12 years old, she heard about The
Vineyard through a Camp presentation in Bogotá and sent Lotty to the
camp for her first Vineyard experience. Her time at the camp brought
about a complete change in the Christian life of their family.
The next summer her two sons went to the Camp as Staff - they continued
to attend for the next nine summers!
In 2004 she left the Embassy and followed her husband to the Vineyard.
Anny is now directing her energies and talents to serve the Lord through
her fulltime work at the camp.
Anny lives with her husband at the Rock House on the camp property.
 Gustavo A. Peña Quiñones
International Finance
Director
Gustavo@vineyardcamp.com
Gustavo has been involved with the camp for several years and serves
currently as the camp’s International Finance Director. Gustavo attended
The Vineyard since he was 17 years old, and at the age of 19 he moved to
live permanently at The Vineyard in North Carolina, working there full
time since 2004.
During this time, he completed his studies in International Business and
Finance in North Carolina. Currently, Gustavo is undergoing a training
program in international business and finance at the University of
Maastricht, in The Netherlands.
The Vineyard has been a very big part of Gustavo’s live, strengthening
his heart’s passion for working with youth and people from different
backgrounds and cultures. Gustavo speaks several languages and has been
involved with the camp’s international business/market development,
finance (budgeting / financial analysis / risk management), and
marketing, representing the camp in several countries, including
Germany, France, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador and the USA. He
makes camp shows every year internationally and assists with
international staff recruitment in Europe.
Gustavo was involved with setting up the camp in Kona, Hawaii its first
year of operation. He expects to come back to camp in November 2006. In
the meanwhile, he will be conducting camp shows across Europe.
 Debbie Farson
Food Services
Debbie@vineyardcamp.com
Debbie Farson joined our resident
staff in the spring of 2005. Debbie first heard of the camp through a
board member and supporter, George Barley, who is also a brother to the
camp’s founder and her father. After her first visit she fell in love
with the camp and was invited to join the resident staff.
Debbie lives at the camp (the “Boat House”) with her pets (two dogs and
a turtle presently). She also has a grown son, Chris, who still lives in
Debbie’s home state of Florida.
Although she came to the camp with the idea of being a help with
operations and the Food Service Program, she soon found out that she was
the real one being helped as she received comfort and encouragement from
the staff and campers.
She considers herself now a part of the “soup” that makes the camp so
special to so many people. Debbie calls The Vineyard her home and hopes
that God will continue to teach her how to better glorify Him in all
that she does.
Chris Farson
Program and Retreat Services
Chris@vineyardcamp.com
Chris, also a native of Florida, has been at our camp since 2006 and
works with our program and retreats. Chris is responsible for the camp’s
program sites, instruction and equipment. He also schedules and staffs
the off-season retreats. |
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