Our full-time staff work year-round to develop a program and hire and train staff that will guide campers to discover their greatness both on and off the soccer field.
Soccer Director
Isa Zanzini joined the Berkshire Soccer Academy as an Assistant Coach in 2018 and spent the following summer as a head coach. Since 2021, she has served as Soccer Coordinator overseeing all soccer programming. Isa, who is Brazilian, played collegiate soccer at Hannibal-LaGrange University in Missouri, where she later served as a student coach. She currently serves as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Smith College in Massachusetts. She is also a certified sports performance specialist.
Program Director
Ainslie Mellon joined the Academy’s staff in 2017 as a cabin counselor and lifeguard. Since then, she has been a Residential Life Leader, guiding, mentoring, and assisting cabin counselors. She has also overseen special events, communicated with parents, worked closely with the health team, and addressed interpersonal issues.
Executive Directors
Katy Kreiner is the year-round Executive Director of the Berkshire Soccer Academy on Plunkett Lake and the on-site, year-round Director of the Berkshire Soccer Academy in Otis, Massachusetts, where she oversees residential life, camper health and well-being and the soccer program. She has directed the Otis program since 2018.
Katy is responsible for recruiting and communicating with all Plunket Lake campers, developing the program and assists with soccer-staff hiring. While her primary summer responsibilities are in Otis, she is always available to lend her advice and expertise to Plunket Lake’s directors.
In the off-season, Katy lives in Monroe, Connecticut, with her three children: Jayden, Devon, and Kaylen. Katy graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in English and Psychology. She earned a Master’s Degree in Special Education and Secondary Education from Dowling College.
Paul Titley is the Executive Director of the Berkshire Soccer Academy on Plunkett Lake. He oversees all Plunket Lake staff recruiting, oversees facility preparation and organizes the food service, housekeeping and bridge programs. Paul is also an on-site Director of the Berkshire Soccer Academy in Otis, where he oversees operations and non-soccer programming. Paul has been a director since 2018. He joined the Academy in 2017 and, prior to that time, spent 8 years working at other high-quality camps.
Paul received both his B.S. and his Masters at Loughborough University in England. Paul met his wife, Mandie, at camp. Paul and Mandie live in Waterloo, Iowa with their son, James and daughter Lucy.
Founder & President
Dan Zenkel was moved by his experiences as a summer camp professional and as the father of a soccer-loving daughter to found the Berkshire Soccer Academy for Girls in 2011. Between 1998 and 2009, Dan founded and ran CampGroup, LLC, the country’s largest owner of private summer camps. During that period, Dan’s daughter, Nikki, played travel soccer for Eastern F.C. and attended both a traditional overnight summer camp and the Eastern F.C. Overnight Soccer Camp, then held at the Williston Northampton School. After observing both camps, Dan recognized a need for a girls’ soccer camp that offered high-quality instruction in a traditional camp setting. From there, the Berkshire Soccer Academy was born.
In addition to working with Berky’s leadership team, Dan spends time on a variety of camp-related endeavors. He is a partner in The Camp Professionals, LLC, which offers comprehensive consulting services to camp owners and operators. He speaks at industry conferences and writes articles for camp industry publications.
Before entering the camp world, Dan practiced law and was active in real estate development and management.
