Get to know our team!

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Jonathan “Jawoo” Owen

Camp Director

Jonathan has been working at since it started thirty years ago. He started out as a counselor and has now been directing the camp for the past twenty-two years.

He has a wife, Kristin (which he met while working at camp); four daughters, Taylor, River Jane, Willow, and Juniper; a son named Oliver, and a dog named Scrappy-Do. During the school year, Jonathan works as the Children’s Minister at Shades Mountain Community Church (www.smcc.church).

He is also a professional storyteller and did a TEDx talk on his experience of working with kids at camp (watch it HERE). He likes watching movies, drinking coffee, and hang out at the farmers market with his kids on Saturdays.

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Heather Spigner

Camp Administrator

Heather Spigner has been part of camp life for over 25 years and has served as Camp Administrator for the past 23 years. Heather is a former teacher and school principal. Beyond her role at camp, Heather serves with the nonprofit ministry StoryTellers and is also a virtual assistant for a local brand. 

Heather met her husband, Aaron—one of our former camp counselors—through camp, and they have been married for almost 15 years and together they have two children, Sayler and Crew, who also love being part of the camp family.

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Anna Tanner

Director of Recruitment & Volunteers

Anna has been on staff with Camp Adventure since summer 2023, serving as our staff recruiter and ELITE director. During the school year, she works alongside Jonathan in middle school at SMCC and serves as the administrator for SMCC’s basketball league, Shades Mountain All-Stars. Prior to her time at camp, she attended Samford University, where she majored in accounting, and worked at a couple of overnight Bible camps. 

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Andrew Spigner

assistant director

Andrew worked at camp through his high school and college years which reaches all the way back to 2006. He started his role as assistant camp director back in 2017 and has been here ever since.

He is married to his lovely bride Lauren and they have two little boys and one older four legged son named Huck. Andrew serves as the Young Adults Pastor at Shades Mountain Community Church (www.smcc.church).

Andrew enjoys his role of being a dad and does his best to take his family on fun adventures as much as possible, whether that’s mountain biking, playing in the Cahaba River, or the classic adventure of some good ole back porch sitting.

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CHERYL BAILEY

Finance Director

Cheryl Bailey has served as the Finance Director for the past 11 years. Outside of camp, she works as a purchasing agent for a metal building manufacturing company. She also teaches Sunday School to 3–5-year olds at her church and volunteers with a local ESL class.

Cheryl and her husband, Stuart, have been married for 35 years. They have three adult children—Kaitlyn, Raxia, and Logan—all of whom have attended and worked at camp. Cheryl and Stuart are proud grandparents to four grandchildren: Jojo, Nate, Bailey, and Noah. This coming summer will be especially exciting, as it will be the first time all four grandchildren are at camp together!