Meet the Team
Rockhaven Camp and Retreat Center is an outdoor ministry of First Presbyterian Church of Bozeman. All Board representatives are current members of FPC Bozeman. The Camp Director is the only full-time year-round staff member. Rockhaven’s summer Uncamp program is reliant upon exceptional summer seasonal staff. Summer contracts begin in June and end in August.
Rockhaven Director
Chandler Joiner
As Director, Chandler handles all the primary responsibilities of organizational management. The Director oversees programs, guest services, property and facilities, and human resources at Rockhaven Camp and Retreat Center. Chandler works collaboratively with the Rockhaven Board on long range strategic planning and implementation.
Chandler joins the Rockhaven community after four years serving as the Education Program Manager for a conservation and education nonprofit in Maryland. She received her dual degree in Environmental Studies and Religious Studies from Rhodes College in 2018. Chandler is passionate about the transformative power of summer camp and strongly believes nature is one of the best places to find spiritual connection. Contact Chandler at [email protected] or (406) 451-7092. Her camp name is Copperhead!
Summer Staff
Assistant Director
Andrea Knorr
Andrea comes to Rockhaven from St Louis, Missouri, where she is a special education teacher of 5 years. She fell in love with the freedom and fun of summer camp after working at Montreat Conference Center, in the North Carolina blue ridge mountains. There she found a love of mountains and hiking, made life long friends, and played like a kid again. She rarely turns down a good card game or book when camping. Her camp name is Chickadee!
Head Camp Cook
Aaron Blakeslee
Aaron has always had a fondness and fascination with food (growing, cooking, and eating). He has worked in many different restaurant concepts and is excited to be spending the summer exploring healthy and delicious food options. Before joining the Rockhaven team in 2024, he spent 10 years as the Program Leader for grades 7 -9 at a camp south of Big Timber. His camp name is Foghorn!
Board Chair
Randy Larimer
Randy Larimer has been involved with Rockhaven since the late 1980’s as a participant, camper, volunteer, committee member, visionary and currently board chair.
A message from Randy: “Rockhaven is a place where you can drop your cares at the gate, look up at Sheep Rock for inspiration and focus on camps and projects while making a difference in this unique location along the Gallatin River. Rockhaven is about relationships and God is at work through each individual that comes thru the front gate. It has been rewarding to have worked with so many people over the years to see Rockhaven grow to what it is today.”
Board Member
John Patterson
A retired Bozeman family physician, John has been a member of the Rockhaven Board since 2014. He and his wife, Judy, appreciate what Rockhaven has provided their own family and to whoever is blessed to be able to spend time there. Peace and connections with God, nature and others in a beautiful setting beneath Sheep Rock and alongside the Gallatin River.
Board Member
Dan Holland
Dan’s soul has long been nurtured by the spiritual healing available at Rockhaven. He has attended camp as an adult, his children attended summer camp as youth, and this summer a grandchild will attend Uncamp for the first time. Although Dan has been privileged to lead many worship services at Rockhaven through the years, he maintains God’s overwhelming presence can be felt just as strongly while performing menial tasks like pulling weeds in the shadow of Sheep Rock on a cool summer evening.
Board Member
Laurel Schlegelmilch
Laurel has been a member of First Presbyterian Church of Bozeman for more than thirty years and has served on the Rockhaven Operational Board for the past eight years. Laurel enjoys the community Rockhaven provides and has fond memories from countless potlucks and vespers services over the years. She also loves hiking up Sheep Rock and looking out on the Gallatin River from the famous Rockhaven pedestrian bridge.
Board Member
George Haynes
Rockhaven has been a treasure for the Haynes family. Rockhaven provided a needed diversion from their busy lives and enabled them to develop lasting relationships with the FPC family.
A message from George: “I’ve found being on the Rockhaven Board as an opportunity to consider long-term issues, such as sustaining the camp, to short-term challenges, such as helping at work days to paint, pull weeds, and rake wood chips in getting ready for another camping season. As a FPC community, we’re blessed to have been assigned the responsibility of taking care of this treasure.”
Board Member
Lloyd Mandeville
Lloyd Mandeville was born and raised in Bozeman. He graduated from Bozeman Senior High School (Now Bozeman High School) in 1968. He graduated from Montana State University in 1973 with a BA in Music Education. For his Honeymoon with his wife Charlie of 50+ years, he interviewed for his first teaching job with one of the school board members in his horse corral while dressed in their best clothes. He taught music in various schools in Montana. Lloyd and Charlie moved back home to Bozeman in 1978 when Lloyd received his real estate license.
Lloyd was raised in the First Presbyterian Church of Bozeman. He and Charlie were married there and raised their family of two sons and a daughter in the church. Lloyd has many fond memories of the church family outings at Rockhaven. His love for Rockhaven has never faltered. Lloyd’s goal as a Rockhaven Board Member is to have as many people experience this thin place where Jesus comes to meet us.
Board Member
Emily reeves
Emily is a native Alabamian who moved to montana 4 years ago. Emily has been a member of First Presbyterian Church of Bozeman since arriving in Montana. She is the newest member of the Rockhaven Board and is enjoying learning about Rockhaven’s long standing history. When she isn’t working as a registered nurse, she is exploring this beautiful area with her husband, 2 young sons and dogs.
Board Member
Suzanne Bratsky
Suzanne attended Vacation Bible School at Rockhaven when she was just nine years old and absolutely fell in love! She has been an avid supporter of Rockhaven since, joining the Board around the year 2000. Collectively, she has been a Board member for over 20 years. She enjoys helping in the kitchen and planning for camp. Her favorite thing to do on site is slowly walk across the pedestrian bridge and look for fish in the Gallatin.