Executive Director
Andrew Buckman is a teacher and a Registered Maine Guide who has logged many thousands of miles of wilderness leadership by canoe, snowshoe, and dogsled in the bush of Maine and Canada. Andy was a Darrow camper for three years and served as a Darrow Trip Leader for ten. He taught and served as an administrator for many years at Westtown School in Pennsylvania before accepting his current position teaching US History in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Andy's experience in education, administration, and institutional leadership balance his wilderness background. Temple University BA, University of Pennsylvania MA, Advanced graduate study, University of Pennsylvania

Associate Director
Sharon Hubbard Buckman is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia, with 20 years' experience working in educational and clinical settings to promote the healthy social/emotional development of young people. Sharon trains and supervises the staff in adolescent behavior and adolescent social development. She supervises the operation of the Main House, dining room, food service, camper and staff work crews, and camper and staff housing at Base Camp. Sharon is employed as a Mental Health Specialist by Piedmont Community Services in Rocky Mount, VA. University of Virginia BA, University of Virginia M Ed, Advanced Graduate study, College of William and Mary.

Office Manager
Judy Fletcher administers the Camp office from her home in Blue Hill, Maine. Judy has deep roots at Darrow and in Quaker education, having served as a Darrow Trip Leader and having been involved with Sandy Springs Friends School in Maryland. Judy was a leader of the first girl's group at Darrow in the early 1970s. Her husband Peter has also been a Trip Leader and their children, Christine and Tom, were both campers and have both served on the staff. St. Mary's College BA

Trip Leaders are carefully selected on the basis of their skills and their experience in working with young people. The minimum age is 21 and leaders must have been Assistant Trip Leaders at Darrow for at least one year or have comparable wilderness canoe trip leadership experience. Trip Leaders are licensed by the State of Maine.

Assistant Trip Leaders must either be 19 or be a college freshman at 18.

Junior Staff are 17 and 18 year olds who have demonstrated leadership ability and who serve under the older staff members.

Base Camp Support Staff include Food Service, Outfitting, Transportation, and Maintenance personnel.

Many of the staff are former campers who have received leadership training at Darrow. All tripping staff are required to hold current Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid, Life Saving, and CPR certification. All tripping staff participate in ten days of intensive training before camp each year and are required to pass both written and practical exams. Darrow's staff training has been approved as a Trip Leader Certification course by the State of Maine.