Meet Our Team

Laura (she/her/hers) began working at Eisner in 2000 as our Camp Mom. Since then, she has been our Parent Liaison, Camper Care Director, Assistant Director and now our Associate Director. Her many responsibilities include overseeing our Community Care Team and the programming and managing of our Heller-Wexler Family Camps. She has served as the Jewish Educator at both URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, MS, and URJ Harlam Camp in Kunkletown, PA. She has held various positions in the Jewish community including Educator at Temple Shaaray Tefila in New York, NY, and as the Director of the Children’s Department at the YM-YWHA of Washington Township, NJ. Laura has four children, all of whom grew up at camp and worked both as counselors and as members of our Leadership Team. Laura lives in Sherborn, MA with her husband, who is an alumnus of Eisner Camp.

Eva (she/her/hers) joined the Eisner community as Assistant Director in 2018. She hails from the Philadelphia suburbs and spent her childhood summers at a girls’ camp in Maine. Eva grew up in the Reform Movement and brings to Eisner a background in experiential education and youth development through teaching outdoor education and holding key leadership roles at overnight summer camps in Maine and New Hampshire, progressing to assistant director. She earned her BA in History and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Wheelock College in Boston. When she’s not at camp, Eva enjoys hiking, playing and watching sports, and she’ll never turn down a game of trivia. Eva lives in Boston with her wife Rahel, a Jewish educator. She is delighted to see her passions and values combine in such an exciting way through her work with the Eisner community!  

Nicki (she/her/hers) has worked in the Jewish community for the last few years and is so excited to be continuing her work as part of the Eisner full-time team! Nicki started at Eisner as a Bonim camper in 2005 and since then has participated in the Machon program, worked as a counselor, Assistant Unit Head, and Assistant Director of Machon. Nicki graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Criminal Justice. In college, she was very involved in Hillel, which led Nicki to her most recent work as Director of Programs and Engagement at the University of Connecticut Hillel. She is passionate about Jewish youth engagement and the power of Jewish camping, she is thrilled to be joining the Eisner family full-time!

Ray is a product of the Reform Movement and URJ camps, attending Eisner (’87, ’94), Kutz (’93) and Greene Family Camp (’96, ’97). She is a graduate of the University at Albany and earned a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College. Ray is an alumna of Project OTZMA (’00), a year-long fellowship in Israel.

In spare time, Ray enjoys gardening, cooking, hiking, and refinishing furniture. A native Long Islander, Ray met her husband Craig in Hebrew school in third grade. They live outside of Albany, NY with their sons Spencer and Jordan and their rambunctious pug, Ruby.