Staff

Susannah Craig

Executive Director

I have been with Camp Bon Coeur since 1999, recently completing my 25th summer camp at CBC!

Shana Zanyk

Head Nurse

I have been a camp nurse at Camp Bon Coeur since 2005. I volunteered for 3 shifts the first year and was amazed at the atmosphere. Everyone was so energetic, caring, and fun to be around that I started volunteering every year. I have enjoyed watching the campers grow into strong, resilient, self-reliant adults. A few years later, I joined CBC’s Executive Board of Directors. It is an honor to be a part of something that can help so many children with congenital heart defects.

Since I have been a member of the CBC team so long, I have known some campers since they were 1 year old. Watching the children grow and learn how to exceed their own expectations is one of the best things about Camp Bon Coeur.

I have been a nurse for 25 years and have worked in ICU, an ambulatory surgery center, Burn ICU and now at the Heart Hospital of Lafayette. I am married and have 4 children. CBC is an important part of my life.

"MerBen" Handley

Archery/Canoeing Instructor

I have been with Camp Bon Coeur for the last 15 years in many different roles. I am a biologist by training, and a geologist and erstwhile puzzle designer by trade. I enjoy the outdoors, reading, learning, playing games, and socializing. I spent a couple of years growing up within a few hundred yards of the Panama Canal and have lived in Louisiana almost half my life, but I will always consider Virginia home.

The best thing for me at camp is seeing kids grow beyond their conditions and develop over the years as individuals. Knowing that I have played a part in helping heart kids find out who they are as people instead of who they are as conditions is incredibly fulfilling.