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Craig Meisner
Executive Director

Craig Meisner has been the Executive Director of CampInteractive (CI) since January 2003. Under his leadership, CI has gone from being exclusively a summer program to a year round youth empowerment program with a center in the Bronx. Prior to joining CampInteractive, Craig ran his own outdoor education company called ProActive Events; a company dedicated to creating outdoor experiences, curricula, and mission-centric fundraising events for corporations and community-based organizations. Before founding ProActive Events, Craig was an active part of his family business that manufactures bronze and acrylic sculptures and represents artists from all over the world. Craig is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Policy Studies and Management.

Jesus Galvez
Director of Technology

Jesus Galvez is the first Director of Technology for CampInteractive. He is essential to bringing CampInteractive’s technology center to life, and has been involved with CampInteractive since its inception in 2001, as one of the program’s first students. Since 2001, Jesus has been actively involved in all of CampInteractive’s year-round programs. In 2006, Jesus was named Director of Technology and is responsible for running the summer technology sessions and overseeing year round technology classes. He also serves as an educator for students in advanced scholastic subjects. Prior to becoming the Director of Technology, Jesus interned at MaximumGraphx, a computer graphics design company, where he began to develop his skills as a computer graphics artist.

Alexandra Carelli
Development Director

Alexandra is joining Camp Interactive (CI) as Development Director with a unique combination of nonprofit and for profit experience. As a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in English Literature, Alexandra has been able to harness her skills and ideas to impact the social sector.

Most recently, she worked as the Development Director of Abriendo Mentes (AM), a community development project in Playa Potrero, Costa Rica. With AM, Alexandra secured thousands of dollars in funding through ePhilanthropy, expanded the reach of the programs, and streamlined the organization’s back office management through implementing best practices.

Prior to her work with AM, Alexandra spent time with Knowledge Capital Group (KCG), a nonprofit consulting firm in Charleston, South Carolina. With KCG, Alexandra learned how to view a nonprofit from a macro perspective, and was instrumental in leveraging the latest ideas in nonprofit thought leadership to help organizations achieve sustainability.

In addition to her nonprofit work, Alexandra has written for news publications both internationally and domestically including: The San Francisco Chronicle, The Charleston City Paper, and InsideCostaRica.com.