Ruth Needleman

Ruth Needleman

Associate Director/Wilderness Trip Program Director

Ruth Needleman is an NCC Associate Director and the Wilderness Trip Program Director for Lincoln and Whippoorwill. She was a camper for six years and has spent more than 20 summers working at both camps in various roles including cabin counselor, section head, trip leader and 14 years as the Lincoln Program Director. She works part-time for NCC in the off-season. Both of her children were campers and staff members. Ruth is the chair of the North Country Camps Foundation Alumni Committee and has served on the Gucker Campership Fund Board of Directors for over 30 years, many of those years as the Assistant Treasurer. She is a New York State Licensed Guide and an avid hiker who recently climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and has completed three rounds of the Adirondack 46.