YMCA Camp Ocoee Leadership Staff
B.J. Davis, Executive Director
bdavis@ymcachattanooga.org
B.J. joined the Camp Ocoee staff in November of 2011. He has been involved in YMCA camping since 1993, when he was a cabin counselor at Camp Ocoee. Since 1993, B.J. has been the Assistant Director at Camp Ocoee, the Resident Camp Director at YMCA Camp Thunderbird in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Associate Executive Director at YMCA Camp Widjiwagan in Nashville, Tennessee. B.J. earned his B.S. degree in Outdoor Recreation from Middle Tennessee State University.
John Ordway, Senior Program Director
John Ordway joined Camp Ocoee's team in December of 2024. His camp experience with Camp Ocoee goes back to his youth as both a camper and a counselor throughout the 2010's. John attended the University of Alabama where he attained a degree in Communication Studies in 2021. Post graduation, John moved to Colorado where he worked as the Cabin Leader Coordinator and Pathfinders Program Director for YMCA Camp Santa Maria. John also helped opened a brand new Summer Adventure Day Camp in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, YMCA Camp Tumbleson Lake. He is excited and thankful to be back in the Tennessee mountains.
Diana Kroening, Office Manager
campocoee@ymcachattanooga.org
Diana Kroening joined Camp Ocoee staff in March of 2023. Diana has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Alabama Business School. She is married to Robert and they have raised 5 active girls who have all graduated. Her family moved a number of times in the military but settled in Polk county about 9 years ago and love it. Diana and girls have rode and showed horses and are excited about Camp Ocoee for family reunions with it's lodge, cabins and lovely setting.
Bobby Daniell, Maintenance Director
Bobby joined our staff May 2012. He is originally from Atlanta, GA. Bobby spent time living in Ocoee working at an outfitter prior to moving to the Outer Banks in North Carolina for a number of years. He is very happy to be back in the Tennessee mountains.
