Valerie Hund is one of the original ENN founding board members. In the early years, Valerie served as the camp director and has served as the board President for the last 8 years.  Valerie raised a son with autism for 16 years until he unfortunately passed in 2011. Since then, Valerie’s passion remains to be active in the special need’s community.  Valerie and her family created a scholarship in her son’s memory, at Las Positas College in Livermore, to assist students pursuing a career in the special need’s community, or a student on the autism spectrum seeking to complete a college education. Valerie’s favorite part of camp is the talent show. Seeing our campers express their creativity and talents amongst their peers without any fears of being judged. Valerie lives in Livermore and has two daughters, that have been activity aides and counselors.

Kirsten has been a part of ENN since 2001. Next to her family, ENN is the most important part of her life. She loves nothing more than helping to provide a very special camp for the kids and respite for the parents. She lives in Livermore with her husband and two kids, both of which are counselors at ENN camp.

Lisa has always been a part of the special needs community as an advocate and caretaker for her brother.  Family and friends is what she cherishes most and hearing how the families spent their respite days and seeing the lifelong friendships made at camp will always be her most favorite parts about camp. She enjoys helping with fundraising events for ENN, live concerts, and discovering new hiking trails with her Golden Doodle, Marley.

Ashley started camp in 2010 as a counselor and now fulfill a director position as well as the nutrition liaison. She has been a moderate/severe special education teacher since 2011. She looks forward to camp every year to be able to see all our returning campers and all the new faces! “Camp is special to me because I met my husband at camp and we now have three children; one of whom is named after my very first camper.”

Laura worked in special education for over 15 years with the Pleasanton Unified School District in moderate/severe classrooms. She has been a board member for 15 years, and also served as our Camp Director for 13 years. Laura still enjoys being at camp and seeing all of the familiar faces, especially on the dance nights! Although she now works full time at the District Office of Pleasanton Unified, she remains passionate about her work with the community and supporting people with special needs. Laura lives in Livermore and enjoys spending her free time with her 2 daughters and 3 grandkids.

Wendy joined ENN 17 years ago. She has 2 daughters. Her oldest daughter is on the autism spectrum and has been a camper until she aged out at 22.  Her younger daughter has been an activity aide and a counselor.  Wendy continues to help with fundraising and helps set up at camp.

Anna has been a member of the ENN community since 2015 when she became a camp counselor. She was an ABA therapist working with children and young adults with special needs for four years before having her son. Every year Anna is excited to come to camp and see all of the amazing campers and staff. When she is not at camp Anna loves to be with her son, fiancé and family! 

Kerri has been a camp counselor since 2019 and fell in love with everything camp has to offer. She has worked with students of all ages with special needs, both verbal and non-verbal. Kerri loves hiking and spending time with her 3 dogs when she has free time.