Our Board of Directors

Christina Beckwith, PharmD
President, Executive Director
Wapiti Mama has almost 30 years of experience working with Camp Hobé and has been Executive Director since 2003, overseeing all our programs. She caught the volunteer bug as a teenager and has also volunteered for the 2002 Summer Games and at camps for kids with asthma and muscular dystrophy. She believes that Camp Hobé is the best place on Earth!

Mary Ann Owens, MSW, MBA
Vice President
Mary Ann joined the Camp Hobé board in 2018 and is excited to join the team. She has held clinical and operations leadership positions with healthcare management organizations including Aetna, ActiveHealth Management, Human Affairs International and Magellan. Mary Ann is married with two children. She and her family enjoy skiing, hiking, sailing, traveling and walking their dogs. Mary Ann’s community involvement includes Girl Scouts of Utah camps and as a long-time sponsor family for the Niños of Skis program. She has also participated in corporate sponsorships supporting the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the American Lung Association in Utah. Originally from Upstate New York, Mary Ann has lived in Park City for 30 years.

Kathy Boben, RN
Board Chair
Kathy joined the Board in 2009 and has been the board Chairperson since 2016. She is Registered Nurse at Primary Children’s Hospital in the Immunocompromised Care (ICS) Unit. She has also become a familiar face at Camp Hobé , volunteering her time there as part of the onsite medical staff, beginning in 1995. She has also been a volunteer at Operation Sunshine since 2007. Kathy received her BSN from St. Joseph’s College in Maine. One of her favorite activities is hiking in Utah.

Drey Bigney
Member-at-Large
Drey joined the Camp Hobé Board in 2020. A one-time hacker turned professional engineer, Drey now manages an engineering team focused on innovation in the Higher Education space. As a former camper and cancer survivor, he’s passionate about helping others navigate the challenges and uncertainty that arise from being diagnosed with cancer as a teenager.

Kellie Bower
Member-at-Large
Kellie is the Office Manager of a local custom software development firm in Salt Lake City. She attended Camp Hobé as a sibling camper in the early 1990’s and has always held a special place for Camp Hobé in her heart. She is excited to have joined the board in 2020.

Mark Christensen
Member-at-Large
Mark joined our board in 2019. He is currently the Executive Director of Supply Chain at Mity Lite inc in Orem Utah. He has over 25 years of experience in Supply Chain with multiple international companies in Utah where he has been instrumental in developing strategy, implementing complex sourcing initiatives, improving supplier relationships, developing Lean methodology for the office, overseeing the purchasing and inventory of millions of dollars of inventory, and executing strategy to improve the Total Cost of Ownership to the organization. Mark is active in his profession as a volunteer leader, currently the local Chapter President for APICS/ASM the association for Supply Management, he holds 2 professional certifications; CPIM Certified Production Inventory Control with APICS and CPM- Certified Purchasing Manager with the Institute of Supply Management. He is also on the Board of Directors for the Nebo Credit Union located in Utah County. He graduated with a BA in Management from the University of Phoenix. Mark currently lives in West Mountain with his wife Kristin, they enjoy outdoors while horse riding and raising animals on the farm. They have two married daughters and one grand-daughter with another grand-baby on the way.

Garrett Harding
Member-at-Large
Garrett joined our board in 2019. He is the Community Outreach Manager of Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. His program assesses need for, implements, and evaluates cancer prevention education and community engagement efforts across Utah and the Mountain West. Garrett collaborates with internal clinical and research programs and external community partners to educate and address health equity in targeted populations with projects ranging from radon awareness and tobacco policy, to cancer screening, sun safety, and lifestyle factors related to primary prevention. Garrett received a bachelor of science in Public Health and a minor in Communications from Brigham Young University. He is a trained patient navigator, certified tobacco cessation facilitator, and is fluent in Spanish. In addition to his role at HCI, he serves on the executive committee of the Utah Cancer Action Network and as Vice-Chair of the Utah Tobacco Free Alliance.

Robert Julian
Member-at-Large
Robert is the Chief Financial Officer of Sportsman’s Warehouse, an outdoor sporting goods retailer. He has over 30 years of financial management experience, in both public and private companies, ranging in size from small-cap enterprises to Fortune 100 companies. Robert earned a BA in Finance, with Honors, from Michigan State University, and an MBA in Finance from The University of Michigan. He joined our team in 2020 and looks forward to serving our campers.

Allison Knudson
Treasurer
Allison joined our Board in January 2017. She is the Vice President Branch Manager at Capital Community Bank. She has been in the banking business in Utah since 1993, working for various financial institutions. In addition to volunteering at Camp Hobé, Allison has served on the Board of Community Health Charities and is a President’s Ambassador for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Kameron Leon, LCSW
Member-at-Large
Kameron received his Master of Social Work degree and Graduate Certificate in Women’s Health from the University of Utah. He is an Oncology Social Worker at Primary Children’s Hospital. Kameron has a special interest working with Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) and is currently collaborating on the AYA planning committee of an Intermountain Healthcare/Huntsman Cancer Institute collaboration. Kameron co-created the first AYA Connections group which incorporates social and educational activities for the AYA cancer community. Kameron has presented at the national conference of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers on mindfulness meditation as well as his experience as a graduate student on a training grant from the American Cancer Society. He has won numerous awards for his work and enjoys being an advocate for all.

Austin Long
Member-at-Large
Austin is the CEO of RetouchUp, a photo editing company serving photographers and photo labs nationwide. He has an MBA from UVU, and a BA in Spanish. He attended Camp Hobé as a sibling camper in 1994. He joined the Camp Hobé board in 2018.

Stephanie Pugsley, JD, CIPP/US
Member-at-Large
Stephanie joined the Board of Directors of Camp Hobé in 2020. Stephanie is senior in-house corporate counsel with a global contact center company where she negotiates large multinational agreements. She is also a certified data privacy lawyer. When not working, she thoroughly enjoys all that Utah has to offer, including skiing and hiking. She is the mother of four grown kids.

Rebecca Smyrniotopoulous
Secretary
Rebecca joined the Camp Hobé board in 2018. She was born and raised in northern Virginia but has lived in Utah for about 25 years. She is a graduate of the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and has worked in human resources her entire career, currently at the State of Utah legislative branch. Rebecca is the mom of four kids and stepmom to two more. After many years of one-off volunteering for various organizations, she is looking forward to dedicating her spare time to one worthy cause.

Belinda “Bel” Thayn, CCLS
Member-at-Large
Bel joined our board in 2020. She is the Certified Child Life Specialist at Castleview Hospital in Price, Utah. After graduating from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Studies, she saw a need for psychosocial care for children in rural Utah and worked to create the first child life program in Eastern Utah. She is passionate about helping children cope with hospitalization, procedures, illness and injury. Belinda is also actively involved with the Life Is Good Foundation as a LIG Playmaker, and The PeaceLove Foundation as a Certified PeaceLove Creator. These associations help her bring playfulness, joy and peace of mind to both her patients and community members.

Cory Wright
Member-at-Large
Cory joined our board in 2019 as a Parent Representative. He is a Mechanical Engineer who is active in the commercial construction industry as Technical Sales Engineer. All four of his children have been campers at Camp Hobe and two have been volunteer counselors in training – Tim (a pediatric cancer survivor) and Makayla. He brings a unique perspective to the board regarding the difficulties the campers and their families face.