Jonathan Gold, MBA, PhD
Camping By Numbers
Everything you wanted to know about the business of summer camping. This session is designed for directors who want to better understand the business side of their organizations. We will touch on several key issues including but not limited to Interest Rates and how they can work for and against you, Regs and Land use, Basic Financial Management, Your P and L , and how to both build and understand your cash flow, and how to manage cash. For purposes of this session some basic accounting skills are a plus along with knowledge of spreadsheets.
About Jonathan
Owner & Director - Oak Crest Day Camp & President NJCAMPS
Jonathan received his MBA from Fordham University, and his PhD from Walden University, with a dissertation on “Quality Management Systems in Summer Camping.”
He has over 40 years of experience in organized camping, beginning i as a camper at Camp Becket in the Berkshires. He rose through the ranks as a camper and counselor there.
Jonathan has been the owner/director of Oak Crest since 2002. A nationally recognized speaker and writer, he has become an authority on Quality Management in camping, speaking frequently at both the local and national and international level to both for-profit and not-for-profit camps. Most recently he was featured on the Fox Business Network, CNBC, NBC, and NJ New 12 on the Opening of summer camps in Summer 2020. From 2005 to 2007 Jonathan served as the Program Director of the Tri State Camp Conference, the largest gathering of summer camps in the world. In addition to running Oak Crest, he has worked at or been director for 5 other summer camps, each one adding a unique dimension to his currentleadership and management style. Jonathan also taught graduate and undergraduate courses in management and marketing at Caldwell university. Jonathan is also the President of NJ Camps Association, and founder of the Operation Blue Skies Program which helps the children of Police Officer Families in need.
