Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Amy Kagan
Associate Director - Camp Harlam
Amy began her involvement with Harlam as a camper in 1992, and subsequently served as a seasonal staff member, Assistant Unit Head, and as the Athletic Supervisor in 2000.
In Amy’s position, she focuses on the various operational areas of camp’s program including food and health services, security, transportation and hospitality, and the oversight and planning related to year-round retreat business on our Kunkletown, PA site.
Amy earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island in 2001, and her Master of Social Work from Dominican University in 2007. Prior to this position, Amy served as the Summer Assistant Director at the URJ Kutz Camp in Warwick, NY for four years. In this role, she oversaw the camp’s Gibush program for teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder and served as the director of the Wellness Team to support the social and emotional needs of teen participants. In addition, Amy worked as a school social worker for 13 years in New Jersey. Before that, Amy also worked for the URJ (2001-05) as Regional Director for NFTY GER.
Amy and her husband, Jeffrey (a former counselor at Harlam) live in Westfield, NJ with their children, Sophie and Noah. She feels blessed to return home and to serve a community that has helped shape the adult and the Jew that she is today. She is excited about the opportunity to empower new generations of campers to find that same meaning and joy at Harlam.
Jeremy Wasserman
Business Manager - Camp Harlam
Jeremy came to camp as the new Bookkeeper in the summer of 2014 and became the Business Manager in 2017. Jeremy’s two children attended Camp Harlam for the first time in the summer of 2013, and after witnessing how camp charged their Jewish “ruach batteries,” he jumped at the opportunity to become part of the Camp Harlam team in a meaningful way.
Jeremy brings a variety of skills to Camp Harlam. Prior to joining the team, Jeremy worked in the accounts payable department for an international homeopathic medication manufacturer. He has also owned or been a partial owner of 2 businesses. On his own, he manufactured and distributed handmade chocolate truffles and caramels. With his brother, he grew and managed a wholesale food distributing company in New Jersey.
In Jeremy’s role, he attends to all areas related to camp’s accounts (payable and receivable), budgeting and staff payroll, and the coordination of various business activities.
Jeremy is a member of, and very active in, his congregation in King of Prussia, PA, where he has been a member of the Temple Brith Achim religious school advisory committee. Jeremy lives in Phoenixville, PA and has been elected to his homeowners’ association executive board (since 2009) and has had various roles including treasurer and vice president.