Meet The Directors

Ok, so here’s the thing…our directors are just as cool as our counselors and cannot wait to hang out with you. In fact, they’re already doing extra cartwheels to make sure your upcoming summer camp is a dream come true. Being called director at Huawni is a big deal, mostly because we’ve been blessed with so many amazing leaders, like the famous David McGinnis, Fred Jackson, Chris Watlington, and Rob Payne. We like to say “we’re standing on the shoulders of those who’ve come before us,” meaning that our job is to serve you and serve our counselors until we’re blue in the face.

Our family has been running Camp Huawni since Daddy Earl turned his dream into reality in 1965. We take great pride in making sure your Camp Huawni experience continues to get better and better every summer. Meet our A-Team!

Travis Adams

Director and CEO of Fun

Travis is the 32-year-old kid who carries the torch that his grandfather, Earl Adams, lit in 1965. Travis will be the one singing about Mimi’s cornbread at your Sing Songs, pulling you on the tractor for truck rides, instigating watermelon fights on the Sunday Hike, and talking with you about life on Flag Pole Hill after supper. Travis graduated from Texas Christian University in 2003 and received his MBA in Entrepreneurship from the Acton School of Business in 2009. Travis’s passion is impacting youth, just like you, in a profound, positive, and truthful way. “Love the kids” is more than Camp’s mission to Travis, it’s his calling. Whether it’s implementing a way for you to grade your counselors or creating new cabin traditions, Travis is constantly looking at ways to improve your Huawni experience. This will be Travis’s 33rd summer at Camp Huawni and yes, just like you, he’s still a kid at heart.

Pam Adams

Director and Camp Mom

Pam is your official Camp mom. Pam Adams fell in love at Camp and married owner Mike Adams back in 1976. Pam sets the pace for what it means to serve and literally does it all – cooking your birthday cakes, running errands, and pouring her wisdom into the Huawni Staff on a regular basis. She’s fun loving, loves Huawni tradition and kids’ camping, and makes sure you get the BEST selection of healthy-fresh foods during meals. You can find Pam taking jogs down the camp road and often listening intently to you about how your day went. Pam epitomizes Mark 9:35, which says, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” This will be Pam’s 40th summer at Camp Huawni, and she’s still in love with the husband and Camp she fell in love with so many years ago. She’ll soon be your summer camp mom too!

Mike Adams

Director Emeritus

Mike is the one person at Camp you hope to have a conversation with. He’s the veteran on campus, and leading Sing Songs, Truck Rides, and Sunday Hike are just a few of his favorite past times. Mike has been an integral part of making Huawni the special safe haven summer camp that it is today, and he’s a huge servant and advocate for the entire Huawni family. Mike is hoping to see you this summer so he can meet the one and only you!

Camp Huawni was established in 1965 and is still owned and operated by the founding Adams family.

Caleb Homer

Staff Director and Captain Smiles

Caleb Homer eats and breathes Camp Huawni, as he’s been a counselor, wrangler, and now staff director. Caleb is a handy man and can build you just about anything; just as sensational is his ability to get to know you on a personal level. His genuine care for you and gregarious demeanor are fun things to be around. Caleb can be found doing just about anything – from helping you untangle your fishing line to putting on a comedy act on stage, he is a constant source of energy. Caleb sets the records daily for SOYFs (smiles on your face), has his TWCL (Texas Watermelon Cutting License), and his favorite activity is tossing flour on you during water balloon fights. Caleb thrives at building relationships, which ties into one of his favorite verses, Matthew 4:19, which says, “And Jesus said, come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Caleb graduated from Texas Christian University in 2011 and this will be Caleb’s 9th summer at Camp Huawni. Caleb Homer puts the “CH” in Camp Huawni, loves kids’ camping, and will soon be your favorite director…we’re sure of it!

Austin Adams

Session Director and Leadership Chief

At 6 feet, 5 inches, Austin is your easiest director to spot at Camp. His passion is pretty tall as well, which is to encourage you to be at your best. You’ll love being around Austin; he loves to laugh and is always doing something crazy, like driving a bus or building really cool fires. His favorite activity is tug-o-war, where you’ll find him passionately encouraging everyone involved. Austin is always carving out time to talk life with our counselors, running alongside and encouraging you while you compete in Run for the Roses, and even carving up leadership plans for our full-time team during the year. This will be Austin’s 28th summer at Camp Huawni being silly and loving life as he invests in your summer.

Ashley Hamilton

Administrative Assistant and #1 Team Player

Ashley joined the Camp Huawni team in 2011 and finds joy in seeing you thrive in life. She constantly serves our team and Camp Huawni families and is ridiculously excited about coming back down the Camp Road for her 2nd summer at Huawni. Parents – Ashley is your voice to the inside world of Huawni during summer camp, and her job is to serve you like a Ritz-Carlton butler. Ashley graduated from Texas A&M University in 2006 and can’t wait to join you campers in a Pinson Creek mud fight!

Ms. Ada Earl

Camp Chef & Queen of the Dining Hall

Miss Ada might soon be your favorite person at Camp. Ada’s favorite ingredient is “love,” and we’re still trying to figure out how she serves it to you with every summer meal. She has a servant’s heart and is such a blessing to all of Camp. If there’s just one reason for you to go to Camp, it’s to eat Miss Ada’s famous, famous, most famous fried chicken served the first evening at Camp. Your friends who already go to Camp crave it year round! We only get it once a session, but it sure is hard to forget.

Heard enough about the directors? So have we. Want to check out how they all got to Camp?

Show Me Huawni’s History