Rick Benefield
Rick Benfield
Chief Financial Officer
Joining us in 2017 as Chief Financial Officer, Rick is a successful executive and versatile leader with extensive experience leading large and small organizations across multiple industries. As an experienced entrepreneur, Rick owned his own day camp and has been a Horner family friend for over two decades. Most recently he spent 8 years as CFO of a non-profit independent school with 500 students. In addition to supervising finance and accounting for Tom Sawyer Camps & Catalina Island Camps, he is responsible for helping us enhance operational efficiency, achieve sustainable growth, and implement our strategic vision. Rick has served as President of the American Camp Association (“ACA”) SoCal/Hawaii, Chair of CA Collaboration for Youth, member of the ACA National Audit & Finance Committee, and Legislative Chair for the Western Association of Independent Camps.