
Our Team

Kurran Bishop
President of ARISE Camps, Kurran is an Elder and Director of Operations at SPAN Ministries. He is a Kent State University graduate with a Masters Degree in Architecture where he also ran Track. Elder Kurran is responsible for making sure everything runs smoothly & forming relationships with the parents and kids.

Jaeda Dancy
Director of Volleyball Camp, Jaeda earned a Masters of Public Administration degree at The University of Akron graduate. She is living her passion and purpose by leading an educational institution that seeks to serve the underserved population of inner-city youth and young adults. She helps oversee the vollyeball operations of Camp.

Jason Wagner
Director of Finance. Jason is a Financial officer at SPAN Ministries and Manager at Third Federal Bank. He is responsible for finding innovative new ways to raise funds for the camp so that we can offer scholarships to as many children as possible.

Dan Markiewicz
Director of Operations, A Kent State University graduate where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Dan works behind the scenes of the camp making sure that all supplies and equipment are in order.

Chris Wiggins
Director of Personell, Chris is a Deacon at SPAN Ministries who graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where he was a 4 year letterman in football. After Graduation he answered the call to impact the lives of children as a professional educator and currently is an administrator at Lorain Schools.

