Fr. Chris Shadid
Camp Director
Fr. Chris has been at AV since he was a 10 year-old camper in 1998. He loves the Village and especially loves playing angleball! In his free time, you can find him spending time with his wife, Sophia, his adorable dogs, Belle and Louie, and especially, Luke Gabriel and Baby Nora Marie.
Cade Scott
Director of Development
Cade hails from Alaska, the Last Frontier, the far North, the biggest State in the US, etc. When he isn’t busy running around helping campers and staff, you’ll almost always find him on the Basketball Courts or spending time with his wife Maria and their daughter Nina.
Michael Salem
Director of Programs
Michael’s journey with the Village has been nothing short of incredible. Starting as a dedicated volunteer, Michael quickly made his mark as a two-timer counselor, where he showed his passion and commitment to the mission. Furthermore, this summer he will be serving as Head Male Counselor, where he truly showcases his leadership, vision, and ability to connect with others.
Jessica Abughazaleh
Director of Communications
Jessica’s camping journey started at Camp St. Thekla, where she grew up attending and later serving as a counselor. Her passion for communication and her desire to grow in this field led her to pursue a career as our Director of Communications.
Nicholas Dujmovic
Director of Operations
Nick grew up just outside Washington DC and has returned to the Village as an intern after many years as a camper. Besides getting coffee for Cade, he works on fundraising and office management. Nick loves meeting new people at the Village and spending time with Fr. Chris’ dogs.
Ariel Yergo
Intern
Ariel has been a camper for all the years that she could. Raised in York, Pa, she has come back this year as an intern after recently graduating college. She is very grateful and excited to be a part of the AV community again. Ariel enjoys traveling to new places, and in her spare time she journals, cooks, and eats anything and everything!
Bobbie Gildroy
Manager of Housekeeping
Bobbie was born and raised in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. She moved to Southwest Pennsylvania in 1995 with her family. When Bobbie is not cleaning at Antiochian Village, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Jason, children, Alayna, Josiah, Autumn, Alex and her new grandbaby, Hadley. Autumn & Alex can also be seen helping clean around camp.
Amy Stiffler
Executive Director of Conference Center
Rebecka Daugherty
Controller
Contact Us
Regular business hours for the Antiochian Village Camp is Tuesday-Friday, 9-5pm. During programs, availability will range. Thank you.
| Name | Extension | |
|---|---|---|
| Fr. Chris Shadid | frchris@avcamp.org | 503 |
| Cade Scott | cade@avcamp.org | 502 |
| Michael Salem | programs@avcamp.org / bookstore@avcamp.org | 509 |
| Nick Dujmovic | operations@avcamp.org | 505 |
| Jessica Abughazaleh | communications@avcamp.org | 506 |
| Front Office | office@avcamp.org | 501 |
| Amy Stiffler | amy@avcenterpa.org | 402 |
| Allison Taylor | events@avcenterpa.org | 408 |
The Antiochian Village Council Members
The Right Reverend Bishop THOMAS
Bishop of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic, Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
Dimitri Zeidan
Village Council Chair & President of VIP Construction
Fawaz El Khoury
CEO CMRK Inc.
Salim Abboud
Senior Vice President Interaudi Bank
Michael Kaufman
Managing Director, Bridge Investment Group
Kelli Khouri
Owner/Designer, EUROPA Designs
Vicki Massad
Owner, American Liberties Hospitality Group
Mary Winstanley O’Connor
Attorney at Law
Rami Younes
Kyle Laham
Biographies
Fr. Chris Shadid
Fr. Chris was born and raised in Johnstown, PA, the son of Fr. Donald and Kh. Janet Shadid. He attended St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church where he was active as an altar boy, chanter, choir director, and Teen SOYO leader. Fr. Chris grew up playing soccer and was active in the Boy Scouts, earning the rank of Eagle Scout in 2004. He was always active on the regional and national levels of SOYO, serving as Eastern Region President (now Diocese of Oakland, Charleston, and the Mid-Atlantic) for 2 years, and as NAC Vice-President and President for 1 year each. He also grew up attending the Antiochian Village Camp as a camper from 1998-2005, CIT from 2005-2006, and as a staff member from 2007-2012, serving as a Counselor for 3 summers and as Head Counselor for 3 summers.
After graduating from high school, Fr. Chris graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Business, then attended Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA where he graduated with a Masters in Divinity (MDiv) in 2013. Upon graduating seminary, Fr. Chris spent the summer of 2013 assisting the Archdiocese’s Department of Camping by traveling around to several of the camping programs in the US and Canada, assessing the programs’ needs and reporting on best practices so the Camps could learn from each other.
in 2014, Fr. Chris began serving as an Assistant Camp Director at the Antiochian Village. He also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Camping from 2013-2020, assisting Fr. Anthony Yazge in working with all of the Archdiocese’s camping programs. While working at AV, Fr. Chris returned to the University of Pittsburgh where he earned his Masters in Social Work (MSW) in 2017. He now serves as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW), working with clients of all ages and backgrounds suffering from various mental health disorders.
Fr. Chris married his wife Sophia in 2018, then was ordained a Deacon in April 2019 and a priest in June 2019. In 2020 he was assigned as the Camp Director of the Antiochian Village Camp where he currently serves. He, Sophia, their son Luke, their daughter Nora, and (as of January 2024!) Baby Shadid live at AV with their two adorable puppies, Belle and Louie.
Cade Scott
Cade Scott was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and is the son of Timothy and Lajarle Scott. Cade grew up attending St. John Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral in Eagle, River Alaska. Faith played an integral role in Cade’s life from the time that he was young, so much so that he attended an Orthodox Christian Private school from Kindergarten to 6th grade. He credits that strong foundation for his desire to live a life in the Church.
Camp has always been a huge part of Cade’s life, and he attended St. John Orthodox Camp in Willow, Alaska every August. That was where Cade really fell in love with camp, and although the camp he grew up at was much more modest then the Antiochian Village it had just as big an impact for him personally.
After graduating Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska Cade went on to attend the University of Alaska Anchorage on an academic scholarship. Cade always had a love for history and decided to work toward an undergraduate degree in History. After finishing his program and earning an undergraduate degree in 2015, he decided to start at master’s program through the University of Alaska Southeast based out of Juneau, Alaska. Cade was able to complete the program while living in Anchorage and was able to do all his student teaching at Lake Hood Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska. Cade had a focus on behavioral support, and worked with young people implementing different behavioral strategies, which in turn helped them reach higher academic achievement in the classroom.
When Cade was a Junior in College, he met Fr. Chris Shadid while working as a counselor at St. John Camp in Alaska. Fr. Chris was doing work for the Antiochian Archdiocese certifying every camping program across the country. Cade decided to apply for a counselor position at the Village after meeting Fr. Chris and was fortunate enough to get on staff the following summer. After working as a counselor for two summers at the Antiochian Village, Cade spent one summer at our sister camp, Camp St. Thekla in South Carolina. He then came back to the Village in 2017 as the afternoon program coordinator. After the summer of 2017 Cade was offered an internship position with the Village, which turned into a full-time position at the Antiochian Village in 2018, and he has been here ever since.
In Cade’s spare time he loves to go on adventures with his wife Maria Scott, also a former staff member at the Antiochian Village. Cade and Maria love hiking and spending time with their daughter Nina Lucia. He loves to hike, ski, play basketball, and works on keeping up his teaching license and continuing his education. Most importantly he loves working at the Antiochian Village and working with the youth of the Church and helping them on their journey toward the Kingdom. In his mind there is nothing more important. Cade currently is the point person on alumni relations and fundraising, and he cannot wait to work with our wonderful Village Family moving forward.
Michael Salem
Bio coming soon! 🙂
Jessica Abughazaleh
Bio coming soon! 🙂
Nicholas Dujmovic
Nick grew up in Vienna, Virginia, a suburb in northern Virginia just outside of Washington, DC. Nick and his family have attended the Protection of the Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church in Falls Church, VA, since 2004. His parents, Deacon Nicholas and Catherine, both converted to Orthodoxy, his father having done so after a visit to the relics of St. Herman in Kodiak, Alaska.
Nick attended camp at the Village for about 10 years, mostly in Session 2, and was a CIT in 2018. His brother John served on the Village staff as a counselor in summer 2023.
He graduated from the Catholic University of America in 2022 with a degree in politics. He worked at a junk hauling, donation and recycling company for the next year.
Nick continues his internship at the Village in September 2024 and has loved his time here so far. He is currently working in the operations department at the Village.