Jay, along with brother, Mark, has been at Camp Danbee since 1991. Jay has many years of experience working with children and young adults, having worked as a college educator prior to becoming a camp director. In addition, Jay was a 15 year key staff member at Camp Mah-Kee-Nac before joining Danbee as an owner/director. Jay received a B.A. from Bentley College in 1978 and earned a Masters in Education from Springfield College in 1981. He completed doctoral coursework at Vanderbilt University in the field of Educational Leadership in 1993.