Meet Our Leadership Team

Dr. Harlan Eagle, "Dr.Z." has been providing enriching, creative, and educational experiences for youth since 1981 and has taught in Wicomico County Public Schools since 1986. He holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Maryland, in addition to a Master of Science from Indiana University, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Delaware. He has founded and directed AWARD-WINNING summer programs, Camp Odyssey (1990), and Horizons Salisbury (2003-2015)). Camp Odyssey has been voted Metropolitan Magazines #1 Summer Camp since the award started in 2010 and meets the highest standards as evidenced by American Camp Association Accreditation. He has also founded: Beyond the Limits, The Tim Kennard River Run, eRace the Stigma, the Eastern Shore Lacrosse Club, and established the Queen & Princess Nerd Fund at the Community Foundation of The Eastern Shore in memory of Jamey Lee Griswold Landon and Brandy Starkey Terrill. He is an innovative educator who is always looking for new ways to provide positive experiences for youth and has been recognized for his service and leadership receiving national awards from the Association for Experiential Education (2005), Horizons National (2011), and Multiplying Good's Jefferson Award for Public Service (2019).

Audra Phippin/ Queen A joined Camp Odyssey in the summer of 2006 as a Setting Sail Counselor, while her daughter got to enjoy camp as a camper. In 2009 she joined the Admin team and is currently Camp Director at WDS. Audra won the Jeff Livingston Selfless Sacrifice Award in 2012. She has worked 25+ years in Wicomico County, and is currently a reading intervention teacher. She enjoys spending her summers at Camp Odyssey with the amazing campers and staff.

Katie Vincent Serenyi / Princess Katie has been with Camp Odyssey since she was 5 years old. She became a CIT after her many years as a camper, and became a counselor in 2004. Katie was a Group Leader for campers between the age of 8 and 13. “Katie V” spent the longest time with the TEENS (AKA Shark Group) for 10 summers! During this time, she moved up to the Teen Camp Director role and then became the CIT Director to help the teens transition into counselors. Now Princess Katie is the Assistant Camp Director at the WDS Camp. During her 15+ years at Camp Odyssey, she has been awarded the Hoge Caswell and the Selfless Sacrifice Award. Katie has taught Math at Salisbury Middle School for over 10 years, and became a new mom in the start of 2020.

Matt Ryan is a teacher in Wicomico County. He played tennis at Salisbury University and has been teaching tennis at camp since 2016.

Kathleen Hall is a Pre-K teacher, at St. Francis de Sales but during the summer gets to do many exciting activities. She has been a group leader in Setting Sails, One Fish, Two Fish, and helped in Sharks and Special Activities at our WDS camp and Green Hill camp. She has several camp names: Miss Kathaleen, Dr. Onefishhousen, Captain Kathleen, and now Captain K. Her favorite day at camp is every day! There are so many memories but her favorite memory was the birth of “Jerry” during my first opening performance.

Barb Farrell has been a part of Camp Odyssey since it began in 1990. She started out as the 6 yr. old Group Leader then went on to become Assistant Director, then Associate Director. Barb (aka “Bad Barb”, then later “Queen B”) has helped with all aspects of camp over the years, including many summers of leading teens on a weeklong adventure of camping, white-water rafting, biking, and swimming in the mountains of western Maryland. Now she works with the American Camp Association and the Maryland State Health Department to ensure Camp Odyssey is compliant, not only in all areas of health and safety, but also in areas of programming, staff training, emergency response, supervision, certifications, and many more. Barb has worked in the Wicomico County school system since 1985 and is currently a middle school math intervention teacher.