John Jannone

Title: Executive Director

Years at Camp: 35th summer in 2011

Department: Administration

Camp Bio:

A camper at Ballibay all his young life, and a Ballibay staffmember for many summers, John J.A. Jannone has been a full-time director of Camp Ballibay since 1998.

Professional/School Bio:

John J.A. Jannone makes and studies noises, pictures, and stories; and is particularly interested in noises, pictures, and stories which somehow involve electricity, numbers, and people. He is an Associate Professor at Brooklyn College, and designed the College's two graduate programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts (PIMA) which he directed through the spring of 2008. He currently co-coordinates the MFA program in television production.

He is the recipient of numerous grants, including National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation and CreativeIT grants.

His current research interest is the psychology of collaboration, specifically the sensation of conscious will during the collaborative process.

He believes in providing kids and adults with delicious food prepared from scratch using local, seasonal, and sustainably produced ingredients. He spent the summers since 2009 working with incredible collaborators at the camps to provide this sort of foodservice to the camp community.

He is an avid martial artist, currently studying American Boxing, Thai Boxing, Panantukan, Escrima/Kali, and Jeet Kune Do. He has previously studied Capoeira and Tang Soo Do/American Freestyle.

He has two incredible young sons, Cairo and Marcel.

Arrival Date at Camp: June 09, 2011

Home Town: Camptown, PA

Skype Username: john.jannone

Email Address: john.jannone@ballibaycamps.com

Web Page: http://www.johnjajannone.net

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About the Staff of the Ballibay Camps

A key to the success of any camping season is staff. We spend a great deal of time screening and selecting our staff before every summer, and we have been fortunate to have many talented counselors and teachers remain with us season after season. Our staff members are predominantly educators and university students from the United States, although we also have a strong international component to our staff.

Our staff members come to us with outstanding credentials: professional experience, a background in teaching, and/or exceptional skills in their specialties. Most of all, we seek good, caring people who are interested in the well-being and growth of children. We look for people who, knowing something of the competitive nature of the adult world, are excited to put those concerns aside for a summer and focus on "the journey" in a non-competitive, fun, friendly environment.