About Our Staff

The Concord Recreation Day Camp is committed to recruiting and retaining the most qualified candidates for employment each summer. All of our candidates are carefully interviewed with thorough background checks and references. Head counselors are certified in CPR, AED, and First Aid and are usually college students or teachers from the Concord Schools. We have a certified nurse on site, certified archery specialist, and a certified pool operator.

Our swim staff is Red Cross Certified Lifeguards and Swim instructors. We are fortunate that our excellent staff return year after year to provide a quality experience for your child. The Camp Directors have been a constant with the Camp since its conception in 1980, with a few additions as camp continued to grow to its current size.

Laura Lunig, Summer Camp Director/Assistant Recreation Director

Laura grew up in New York in a family of 7 children whose main recreational activity consisted of summer camping. After graduating from UMass, Amherst, and attending Wesleyan University for graduate work, she found herself working in the Wayland School system and living in Concord. She began her employment in the Recreation Department in 1988 part-time in the After School Program while raising her two children. Currently as Assistant Recreation Director, she wears many hats but loves the action and summer fun of Day Camp. Her interests include cooking, hiking, traveling, gardening, winter tracking and anything that gets her outdoors. She lives in Carlisle with the husband and two college-age children.

Holly Stafford-Cassa, Senior Camp Director

Holly grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut and later moved to Westford, Massachusetts, where, as a student, she participated in multiple sporting and outdoor activities. She went on to receive a degree in Human Services with the specialization in, Child Development, from Lesley University. Before joining the team at Concord Recreation in 2005 Holly held positions in both therapeutic and activity based programs for children at, Boston Medical Center’s Family Development Unit, and The West Newton School for Children. Holly loves being a part of the Concord Rec family, were she works year round, as a Program Supervisor. She feels that summer is the most exciting time of year for Concord Recreation. “We are joined by amazing staff and a wonderful group of children who, come back year after year, to take part in all the fun! I have a great time planning all of our field trips and special events, something is new each year! Summer at its’ best”. Holly currently lives in Nashua, NH with her husband Scott where she enjoys running, hiking, gardening and anything that keeps her outside in the sun!

T.J. Liakos, Recreation Supervisor

T.J. grew up in Chelmsford, MA. He graduated high school in 1995 and continued his education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he graduated in 1999. After a few odd jobs after school he found his way to Concord Recreation through a friend. T.J. started as a Senior Camp counselor in the summer of 2000. In the fall of 2000 he was hired as a full time employee. During the summer T.J. has been a camp counselor, sports and games coordinator, camp director, archery coordinator and registrar. You name it and he has probably done it. Throughout the year T.J. works at the Hunt After School program as well as many other projects such as the Road Race director, basketball coordinator and whatever else is asked of him. T.J. has played sports his entire life. Although he might not move as quickly as he used to, T.J. enjoys playing in a men’s softball league during the summer. He also loves to play golf when the opportunity arises. T.J. hopes to continue to work at Concord Recreation for a long time. He has seen many faces over the years and looks forward to what the future will bring.

Erin MacDonough, Senior Camp Swim Director

Erin began working for Concord Recreation 3 years ago. She is at the Beede Center full time as an Aquatic Specialist – teaching lessons, lifeguard training, and as an assistant coach for the Otters. She had been previously working in the aquatics field for over 7 years with MIT. She is WSI certified for the past 6 years. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in Sociology in 2005. She has her ASCA Level One Certification.

Donna Finnegan, Director Summer At Alcott and Workreation

Donna is currently employed by Brookline Public Schools as a Speech/Language Pathologist. She started her career at the Willard School in Concord where she stayed for 13 years before moving with her family to Boston. She received her B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and her Masters in Communication Disorders from Emerson College in Boston. Donna has been a valued member of Concord Recreation’s Summer Program for the past 16 years. She was originally hired, as the Inclusion Coordinator, to successfully include our special needs campers into summer programs. Donna continues to dedicate herself to training staff to work with all of our campers. She helped to develop “Summer At Alcott” to provide a full camp experience to those campers who have academic programming in the mornings. As Director of the Workreation program, Donna places and trains middle school students in all aspects of our summer programs. She loves the challenges and joy that this population provides all summer. She considers it training for real life…when her own three boys become teenagers.

Molly Frank, Day Camp Director

Molly Frank grew up in Concord. She attended Westfield State College and earned her Masters Degree in Education from Simmons College. She has been with the Concord Recreation Day Camp since it began in 1980. She was the assistant director/arts and crafts coordinator before becoming a day camp director in 1982. Since the development of senior/junior camp in 1994 she has been working as a junior camp director. Before her third child was born she has also worked in the Afterschool Program. During the school year she teaches special education at The 4-7 School in Marlborough.

Georgia Hammer, Assistant Workreation Director

Georgia grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a child, she spent her summers attending an overnight camp in the Berkshires. She loved escaping city life for the great outdoors. After graduating from Dickinson College, she was fortunate enough to spend the next four years working in the beautiful town of Concord. She worked as a Special Education Tutor at the Thoreau School and was also involved in Concord Recreation’s Before School and After School programs. Currently, she is enrolled at the Graduate School of Social Work at Simmons College. Her practicum focus this year is working with children and families in a public school setting. Georgia enjoys all things creative, as well as running, walking, and hiking. Summer is her favorite season!

Anita Stevanazzi-Hill, Director, Preschool Adventures and Kaleidoscope

Anita has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education and has done postgraduate work at Wheelock College. She is Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) Director II and Lead Teacher qualified, as well as Department of Education Certified for K-6. Prior to joining the Carousel staff 23 years ago, Anita taught in Project Head Start for ten years. While at Head Start, Anita participated as a teacher in a pilot bilingual/ESL program for preschoolers and developed and taught a series of workshops for parents. Anita has been a CDA (Child Development Associate) field supervisor and also a CDA Representative for the Council for Early Childhood Recognition. Anita also worked in the Education Department at Boston’s Museum of Science. She directs Concord Recreation’s Camp Kaleidoscope (33 years) and Preschool Adventures Camp (23 years) summer programs. Anita is an active volunteer in her community and with several Early Childhood groups. Anita resides in Maynard with her husband and two sons.