Wellspring Directors
David M. Boeke is Executive Director of Wellspring Family Camp and Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas. With 16 years experience helping young people develop better habits and life skills, David knows that success comes from a positive relationship between children and adults that is based on love, care and support. David believes providing youth with internal and external motivation for change through understandable and predictable practices will produce positive results. Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, David moved to Western North Carolina to help struggling families, and has made it his home due to the exceptional people and natural surroundings. David enjoys spending his time exploring the outdoors with his family, whether it be hiking, biking or canoeing.
Email: dboeke@wellspringcamps.com
Susan Borgman, LCSW, Director of Wellspring Family Camp and Clinical Director of Wellspring Academy of the Carolinas. Susan brings over 20 years of experience providing counseling and encouragement to children and their families in a variety of settings including schools, community mental health agencies and family therapy organizations. She holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Central Florida and is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina and New Hampshire. Susan has studied nutrition, exercise and healthy living throughout her career and incorporated this knowledge into counseling children, adolescents and families. Building self esteem, personal responsibility, respect for self and others and a positive attitude using cognitive behavioral and client centered therapy are a cornerstone of Susan’s therapeutic practice. Susan enjoys basketball, volleyball, softball, hiking, kayaking, and horseback riding as part of an active, healthy lifestyle. She has been Clinical Director at Wellspring Family Camp for the past three years.
Email: sborgman@wellspringcamps.com
Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Ph.D., is Clinical Director of Wellspring and a professor at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He has developed several very successful weight loss programs affiliated with hospitals, has been a consultant for the U.S. Olympic Committee, Weight Watchers, Novartis Nutrition, and is a Past President of the Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Kirschenbaum is the author of over 100 articles in scientific journals and eight books, including Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity and The 9 Truths About Weight Loss, the latter unanimously endorsed by the Board of Directors of the American Council on Exercise as "the best book ever written for the public on how to lose weight and keep it off."
E-mail: dkirschenbaum@wellspringcamps.com
