Jennifer Tschida
Camp Program Director
Jen (camp name: Frazzle) has been a Girl Scout since 1980 and began her career at camp at the age of 16. She started working at resident camp during the summers, holding various roles from kitchen assistant to counselor and trip specialist to assistant camp director.
She has served as camp director at Camp Singing Hills (2002-2008), Camp Northwoods (2009), and Camp Elk River (2010-2019). She now serves as the Camp Program Director, overseeing and mentoring camp directors at all of our camp properties. In the non-camp season, Jen plans and manages camp operations, ensuring our camps are safe, fun, and appropriate to the campers’ ages and abilities.
She loves witnessing the countless moments where campers challenging themselves to try new things and gain confidence in themselves. She hopes that at camp, every camper and staff member learns more about who they are and their ability to trust in their decision-making skills, and that they take with them the love of being outdoors.
Lauren Patrowsky
Camp Director at Camp Lakamaga
Lauren (Camp Name: Bubbles) has been the Camp Director at Camp Lakamaga since 2021. She started attending a Girl Scout Day Camp in Southeast Wisconsin the summer after 2nd grade and has been in love with camp ever since! Having gained her own leadership skills at camp through the Counselor-in Training Program and being a camp staff member, she is passionate about passing it forward and making sure each camper has the opportunity to find themselves and their voice at camp. At camp you can find her joining a group for sunset paddleboarding, showing off her archery skills, and roasting the most perfect golden-brown marshmallows for s’mores.
Lauren has previously worked as the Assistant Camp Director at Camp Elk River and Camp Singing Hills as well as the Camp Director at Camp Edith Mayo. Lauren is also one of our Red Cross First Aid Instructors, DEI Ambassadors, is Youth Mental Health certified, and has a degree in Elementary Education.
During the non-camp season Lauren oversees the hiring of over 100 camp staff across all our camps, plans and implements large programs on our camp property, and helps develop curriculum for our camp sessions.
Robin Webb
Camp Director at Camp Northwoods
Robin (camp name: Cricket) first attended Girl Scout camp as an exuberant 8-year-old and has taken on various roles at multiple camp since including CIT, counselor, Trip Specialist at Camp Northwoods, Trip Director and Assistant Camp Director at Camp Lakamaga. She’s excited to see campers return to Camp Northwoods for wilderness trips and other adventures this summer.
Robin loves how camp can bring out the best in people by allowing them to grow and try new things in an environment that’s separate from the every day. She also loves to see campers grow into confident leaders as they learn how to paddle a canoe, cook dinner over a fire and work together with others.
During the non-summer months, Robin manages, develops and implements a variety of programming for Girl Scouts across the council.
Katie Rowles-Perich
Camp Director at Camp Singing Hills
Katie was a Girl Scout in elementary school and had no idea that she could be a professional Girl Scout. Katie has been on staff since March 2023 and will spend her first camp season at Singing Hills in 2024. Previously, she worked as an Education Director at a theatre company and is thrilled to intertwine her love of the outdoors and education experience at camp. She is most looking forward to watching troops thrive at camp through community building and endless fun!
Outside of the camp season, Katie manages, develops, and implements programs for Girl Scouts across the River Valleys council.
