About

Daniel Zenkel was one of the founders of CampGroup, LLC (“CampGroup”), which owns and operates thirteen summer camps for children in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Michigan and which is the country’s largest, for-profit owner/operator of  summer camps.  He served as CampGroup’s President at inception in April 1998 and as its Chief Executive Officer from 2000 until he resigned in February 2009.  Mr. Zenkel personally oversaw the acquisition, integration and start-up of the company’s thirteen camps and of several related businesses.  Mr. Zenkel sits on the Board of the New York Section of the American Camping Association and is President of S.C.O.P.E., a leading camp charity that provides camp scholarships to underprivileged children.  He has presented at numerous industry conferences and has authored several articles for industry publications.   Prior to joining CampGroup, Mr. Zenkel practiced law and was also active in real estate development and management.  He also served as a law clerk to a federal district court judge in the Southern District of New York and as a legislative assistant to two members of the United States House of Representatives.  He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Columbia Law School, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review.