Board of Directors
Lana Wilkinson
Roles and Responsibilities: Board Chair
Term: Second - Term complete AGM 2025
Home Church: Westhill Park Baptist Church, Regina
Family and Other Interests: Lana is married with two teenage girls who have grown up attending KLC and consider it a second home. She is a pediatric music therapist in Children's Program outpatient therapy and spends most of her time with preschoolers with developmental needs and loves it! After family, work and camp responsibilities, visiting with friends over coffee and playing in the church worship team fill the rest of her time.
Education/Experience: Lana has a degree in Music Therapy and has worked in both Social Services and the health region. Through her career and professional association she has developed multiple policies and procedures, developed two music therapy programs from the ground up and is actively involved in mentoring other music therapists as an internship supervisor and president of the provincial association.
John Mohan
Roles and Responsibilities: Vice Board Chair
Term: Second - Term complete AGM 2026
Professional: John brings 40+ years of pastoral, nonprofit leadership, and organizational consulting experience. He has always been known for his focus to include those on the margins of society. He also owns/operates a contract painting business as his retirement distraction.
Personal/hobbies: John and Brenda have been married 42 years and have 3 adult children (2 married), seven grandchildren, and a cat. They reside in Moose Jaw, and have leadership roles in their home church-Moose Jaw Church of God.
His hobbies include golfing, sailing, and reading about history, politics, and all things about organizational development.
Personal Comments: As parents, we believed in the value of our kids attending Christian summer camps to build life-long friendships and deepen their respective walks with God. As a result, camp has helped shape each of our children, who have all emerged to become leaders in their careers, and churches today. Toward that, I’m honoured to help KLC do for other families what summer camps has done for our family!
Cell Phone: 306.684.0636
Ethan Howitt
Roles/Responsibilities: Secretary
Term: First - Renewal AGM 2026
Home Church: Westhill Park Baptist Church, Regina
Family and Other Interests: He has three siblings, Payton, Hannah, and Wyatt, who are all involved with KLC. Ethan enjoys playing chess and reading.
Education/ Experience: Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Regina and is working towards a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Ethan spent years as a staff member at KLC working as a Cabin Leader, Assistant Program Director, Program Director, and Operations Director.
Rosemary Ward
Roles and Responsibilities: Rosemary is KLC’s treasurer. Rosemary joined the KLC Board in 2019, wanting to give back to a ministry that had been a key part of the spiritual growth of our daughters.
Term: Second - Term complete AGM 2025
Home Church: First Baptist Church, Regina
Family and Other Interests: Married to Derrick Bellows, 3 married daughters, 4 grandchildren. Recently retired, Rosemary has time to expand her garden, spend more time with grandchildren and (in pre-Covid times) travel.
Education/Experience: Rosemary is a veterinarian retired after 40 years in small animal practice. Graduating from WCVM at the U of S, she worked in Alberta and BC before settling in Regina. In 1995 she opened Regina’s first veterinary housecall practice which she operated as a sole practitioner until 2019. Rosemary was active in her profession, serving on committees for the National Association as well as 2 terms on the council of the Sask Veterinary Medical Association, including a term as president. Her Christian faith has always been foundational and Rosemary has been an active member of First Baptist, currently finishing her second term on the diaconate, and playing handbells, she has also taught Sunday School, and coached the teenage Bible Quizzing team for 15 years.
Cam Mohan
Roles and Responsibilities: Serving as a member of KLC's Board, Cam also plays the role of Summer Director. During the summer, his responsibilities include overseeing the camp's day-to-day operations, managing staff, and planning summer activities. During KLC's off-season, Cam is involved with all aspects of planning, including fundraising, overseeing our part-time staff, and updating KLC's social media and website.
Term: Second - Renewal AGM 2025
Home Church: Church of God, Moose Jaw
Family and Other Interests: Outside of camp, Cam is a high school teacher in Montmartre, Saskatchewan. He enjoys graphic design, playing the keys, and reading interesting books. Whenever he's in Moose Jaw, Cam makes sure to visit his nieces and nephews.
Education/Experience: Cam has a Bachelor of Education (BEd.) from the University of Regina, and currently teaches in the Prairie Valley School Division. Passionate about youth ministry, Cam has been involved with KLC since 2014, and has been working at various Christian summer camps every summer since he was 16. Cam volunteers on the worship team for the Church of God in Moose Jaw and Bloom Church in Regina.
Jimmy Schimmel
Roles/Responsibilities: Board Member at large
Term: Second - Term Complete AGM 2027
Home Church: Bloom Church, Regina
Family and Other Interests: Is married to his wife Sarah, has two cats and always has a house renovation or project underway. Jimmy grew up attending various bible camps and has a deep passion for camp ministry.
Education/ Experience: Jimmy attended Briercrest College and has worked as an Associate Pastor at a local church. Also, he was the Student Ministries Director for Regina Youth for Christ, and the former Executive Director at KLC. Currently, Jimmy owns and operates a local small business in Regina.
Iyanu Adetogun
Roles/Responsibilities: Board Member at Large.
Term: First - Renewal AGM 2026
Home Church: Anchor Church, Regina
Family and Other Interests: Iyanu is the first of two children in her family, with a younger brother. Iyanu was involved with KLC in 2021 and absolutely loved being a cabin leader for both scamper and Junior teen. She loves all things crafts: embroidery, graphic arts, sticker making, polymer clay creations, t-shirt making, you name it!
Education/ Experience: Bachelors of Business Administration, Certificate in Non-profit Sector Leadership, and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Regina. Iyanu worked with Habitat for Humanity Saskatchewan as a Family Service Coordinator and recently finished a term with Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency and a Senior Planning, Performance and Improvement Consultant.
Owen Sudom
Roles and Responsibilities: Board Member at Large
Term: First - Renewal AGM 2027
Home Church: Bloom Church, Regina
Family and Other Interests: Owen has two older sisters and 4 nephews and a niece that he loves hanging out with. He is so excited to be getting married to his fiancée, Grace, in June of 2024. When he isn’t working he enjoys going to the gym and playing sports with friends, and he also enjoys leading different small groups at Bloom Church.
Education/Experience: Owen has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Regina with a Major in Finance and a Certificate in Ideation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship. He was an executive of the Hill Business Students’ Society and was involved in the investing program, the marketing program, and Western Canada’s biggest case competition while he completed his degree. Owen currently works as a financial advisor with Conexus Credit Union, and he has spent over 10 years attending, working for, and volunteering at KLC.
Staff
Payton Veltkamp
Title: Camp Director
Bio: Payton first got involved with KLC in 2003 as a camper, later going on to complete the LIT program. She joined the staff team in 2014 as a cabin leader, becoming the Assistant Program Coordinator in 2017. That same year, Payton started a 3 year journey as admin and school staff with Youth With A Mission where she met her husband, Ryan. She returned to KLC in 2020 as the Admin Assistant and Guest Services Coordinator, learning her new role while finding ways to serve through the pandemic. She became the Operations Manager in 2022 and is now serving as KLC’s full time Director.
Family and Other Interests: Payton is the oldest of 4 children (Ethan, Hannah, and Wyatt), all of whom have been involved with KLC. She is married to Ryan (who helps out with property and maintenance), and has a cat and dog at home. She’s a worship leader and Youth Director at Anchor Church in Regina.
Join our Team!
Our Board of Directors is a mighty group of dedicated people who are honoured to participate in God’s great plan for camp. We are looking for a few more faithful, passionate, skilled people to come along side us to further His kingdom.
We are looking for people who have experience, interest or skills in the following areas:
- Treasurer/ Bookkeeping
- Property Management
- Fundraising and Revenue Development
- Administration
- Communication and Promotion
If you are interested in learning more about the Board, please contact Lana Wilkinson, Board Chair (boardchair@katepwalakecamp.com).