Staff

The majority of TGC staff is comprised of volunteer older adults selected for their desire to connect with youth and to give back a measure of their successes to the community. Some have skills and specialties to share, but all enjoy participating alongside the campers in the week's activities. Contact us if you're interested in becoming a volunteer mentor!

Continuing Mentors

Joel Daunic

Founder and head of TGC, Joel is a Financial Representative with The Guardian Life Insurance Company and has been in the financial services industry for over 27 years. He was also a college athletic director and women's basketball coach and has maintained a lifelong interest in sports. He organized, helped coach, and played on the world masters basketball championship team (55+) in 1998 and continues to play basketball and tennis.

Ann Daunic

A faculty member in the Department of Special Education at UF, Ann directs a funded research project concerned with preventing aggression and problem behaviors and has also worked as a school administrator and college counselor and tennis coach. She has been a regular TGC participant and helps Joel with camp organization and planning.

Wes Corbett

A professor emeritus of the UF College of Education, Wes continues to supervise student teachers. He aso jogs, bikes and swims and has loved traveling to Europe and California the past several summers. He drives a van for TGC and you can always find him at the deepest part of whichever North Florida fresh water spring the campers may have on the week's agenda.

Rhys Daunic, Video Production

Rhys of The Media Spot (TMS) has run video production at TGC since 2003. He has been promoting media literacy through multimedia production since 1999 as an educational consultant helping teachers integrate technology into various learning environments throughout New York City and in Atlanta, GA. Rhys has a Masters degree in Media Studies from The New School University, and produces videos and designs websites for Dtek Digital Media as well.

New East Nashville mentors: coming soon!