Board

Board Chair

Camille Oosterman

Youth and College Program Manager, Project Adventure

Camille joined the Board in 2019 after many years of working On Belay programs from the professional partner side. Her full-time work is with Project Adventure, where she serves as the Youth and College Programs Manager along with her facilitation and training work. She has been in the adventure-based learning field for over 10 years, starting back at Hartwick College, where she studied English and Creative Writing. It was there, at Hartwick’s PA-built challenge course and their Awakening orientation program, that she fell in love with adventure education and the transformative experiences it provides. She has also volunteered for Northeast Association of Experiential Education (AEE) each year since 2015, helping to organize and host the Northeast Regional Conference. In 2021, Camille spent a year as a paraprofessional for students with social emotional needs at O'Maley Middle School in Gloucester, MA. When she isn’t on the challenge course, Camille loves visiting her hometown of Kennebunk, ME, hiking, camping, playing board games, reading sci-fi and fantasy novels, and playing with her dog, Finn.

Board Treasurer

Carla Grimes

Accounts Payable Supervisor, Ropes & Gray

Carla, who is a Massachusetts native, joined the On-Belay board in 2021. She is an Accounts Payable Supervisor at Ropes & Gray and has worked in the finance field for over 20 years across numerous industries. She is an avid amateur astronomer and likes to split her time between writing, singing, and volunteering. The On-Belay mission is close to her heart as her mother and her best friend’s mother had pancreatic cancer when she was young. She knows firsthand what it means to have someone that understands what she was going through and is thrilled to be able to create that environment for others.

Board Secretary

Anita Gildea

Retired/Independent Consultant

Over the course of her 35+ year career in the educational publishing industry, Anita has held numerous positions from an administrative assistant to sales leader to Senior Vice President. She served on her local school board for two terms and is an educational volunteer for the Blue Ocean Society. Anita loves to read, sing, learn, and walk the beach. She welcomes the opportunity to invest her years of experience in support of On Belay, its community and its mission.