David Fleischner, Director

A third-generation director at Scatico, David was also the boys head counselor from 1981-2015. David has served as president of the New York State Camp Directors Association, board president of Surprise Lake Camp, and as a board member of the American Camp Association's New York Section. Currently, he serves as an Advisory Board Member for Startup Island, a personal and professional growth accelerator that helps students and young professionals tap into their entrepreneurial mindset.  During the school year, David has volunteered as a coach of youth basketball and softball teams. He has written articles on homesickness and counselors for The New York Times and Camping Magazine. Click here for his most recent article on camp.

nicki Fleischner, Director

David’s daughter, the 4th generation, has served as his co-director since 2020. She serves on the Board of the New York State Camp Directors Association, and New York State Safety Group Executive Committee, has presented at the Tri-State Camp Conference, and has written for Camp Business and Camping Magazine. Nicki has a BA from Tufts University (2012), and an MA in Journalism from NYU (2016). She has been a volunteer English teacher for children in Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Click here to read her most recent article.

Audrey Fleischner, PROGRAM DIRECTOR

David’s younger daughter, Audrey, also works year-round for camp. 

Audrey has served as Scatico's athletic director since 2016 and has never missed a Scatico summer since beginning her camp career in 2000. She holds a Dual Master’s Degree in General Education (1-6) and Students with Disabilities from Bank Street Graduate School of Education and has worked as a classroom teacher and sports coach in both independent and public schools in New York City. She currently teaches fifth grade at P.S. 234 in Manhattan.

KERRI WINDERMAN, GIRLS HEAD COUNSELOR 

Kerri was a Scatico camper, counselor, and division leader in the 1980s and 1990s. She returned to camp as an assistant girls head counselor in 2013 (when her son started as a Scatico camper) and has been head counselor since the summer of 2015. She spent more than 15 years as an elementary school teacher in the Bronx and in Rye, New York. She currently works as the Staff Developer for the Rye City School District.

MARK GRETENSTEIN, BOYS HEAD COUNSELOR

Mark spent his childhood and college summers as a second-generation camper, counselor, and group leader at a summer camp in North Carolina. His first Scatico summer was 2018 and he has worked as an athletics assistant, CIT program head and boys program director. During the year Mark is a General and Special Education middle school math teacher at Liberty Avenue Middle School in Brooklyn.

Scatico is characterized by an exceptionally high staff return rate (nearly 75%), providing a foundation of counselors who are loyal to camp philosophy and provide stability and continuity. Many program heads and division leaders are graduate students or teachers; most have over 10 summers of Scatico experience.