Leadership

Director
Mark Woodall
cluck@campcheerio.org
Years Affiliated with Cheerio Adventures: Since 1989
Years in Camping: 29 Years
Starting in 1989 Mark has brought a solid belief in philosophy, morals, values and enthusiasm as well as experience in many skills such as backpacking, climbing, spelunking, canoeing, kayaking and cycling. He holds a BS degree in Outdoor Recreation from Montreat College. He believes in helping to increase a youth's self-esteem, ability to work with others and self-reliance.

Assistant Director
Andrea K. Galioto Evans
andrea@campcheerio.org
Years Affiliated with Cheerio Adventures: since 1996
Years in Camping: 22 Years
Andrea hails from Wisconsin - the land of the Green Bay Packers (her favorite team) and cheese. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse with a degree in Outdoor Recreation in 1989. Upon graduation, Andrea ran an outdoor program at a boarding school in Northern New Mexico for 3 ½ years, followed by 2 seasons in Maine as a department head for an adventure tripping program. Andrea then moved south to North Carolina and worked as a High School Area Coordinator at the North Carolina School of the Arts for 3 years, where she developed an outdoor trekking program. Most recently, Andrea has owned and managed Natural Heights, a guiding and outfitting store in the Red River Gorge, KY. Throughout this entire time, Andrea has worked summer seasons at Cheerio Adventures in various capacities, ranging from trip leader to coordinator.
Andrea's interests include: backpacking, whitewater canoeing, downhill skiing, rock climbing, astronomy, and cooking. She enjoys working with kids and adults and providing new experiences in the outdoors where participants can grow by helping each other as well as pushing themselves a little further than they might normally.

Program Director
Brian Yarborough
brian@campcheerio.org
Years Affiliated with Cheerio: since 2001
Brian is from Birmingham, Alabama and he graduated from The University of Alabama with a BA in English Literature. Camp Cheerio found him during a job fair at Alabama and the rest is history. He started working for Cheerio in 2001 as a camp counselor for traditional camp and he worked various positions with Cheerio, before moving over to Cheerio Adventures in 2008. He enjoys helping kids do things they may not have a chance to do back at home and seeing them build self esteem and self worth. Out of all the activities that Cheerio Adventures offers, he likes leading groups on canoeing and caving trips the most.

Counselors
The caliber of staff is an important aspect of a quality camping program. Cheerio Adventures staff are chosen with care and are trained and experienced in the activities they teach and lead. They possess a genuine interest in young people and an ability to share their knowledge, enthusiasm, and understanding with them. All of our staff are certified in American Red Cross CPR and Wilderness First Aid. In addition, most of the staff are certified as Instructor by the American Canoe Association. Each Cheerio Adventures session is guided by a coed staff team.

Our staff come from many walks of life, but have the commonality of love of youth, the outdoors and teaching outdoor skills. The staff all have a background in wilderness activities. Many of our staff have been participants with the program in their youth. Some come from States as far away as California, Maine, Florida and countries such as Canada, Sweden, and South Africa to name a few. Regardless of where they come from they are of the highest caliber, moral stature and possess a giving nature.