Chris was the Founder of Transplaining for Camps (the last iteration of TQAMP) and is excited to be moving forward as a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director. He and has found so much self-healing and joy in working with camps around the country on building belonging into their culture. With a patterned shirt collection bigger than a costume closet, Chris uses humor, storytelling, and a theater background to ignite people into action. Chris meets people where they are and educates with empathy, not shame. He brings seventeen years of combination day/overnight camp experience and a passion for helping others be their best selves & make their biggest impact. Through Transplaining for Camps, Chris has helped hundreds of camps create broader belonging for campers and staff.

Al is no stranger to camps or training and facilitation and started their career as a camp professional 20 years ago. Al has since worked at multiple YMCA and Girl Scouts associations, 2SLGBTQIA+ youth-serving organizations and advocacy groups across the South. They have served at senior levels in youth programming and LGBTQ advocacy and Organizational Development–most recently at the Campaign for Southern Equality in Asheville, North Carolina. Al brings a big helping of Southern hospitality and right-sized doses of humor to every training. The only things they love more than pizza are their adorable wife Rebecca and twin toddlers Sam and Starr

Al is well known for their ability to bring empathy into coaching conversations and is ALWAYS ready to try a new game or activity during training to add an element of joy and inspiration.

Amy gives the TQAMP team the grounding they need to do their best work. Think of her as a connector piece between our amazing training team and clients. Amy’s goal is to make things run as smoothly as possible. Amy loves being a part of a rapid growing organization that is setting out to change the way communities interact at camp. Amy believes that camp is a place where we can draw the circle so wide, that all can be welcomed in.

When she’s not working she does other really important things too- like raising two small but mighty, cute and smart humans, and being with her family! She spends her time off tirelessly reminding her family members to pick up their shoes, cooking food that at least one person in the house won’t want to eat and trying to focus on the positive and enact change in any way she can.