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Rick McClintock
Program Director
Rick "Tick" McClintock is a 28-year veteran of Wilderness, Residential, and Re-ED programming and is the Program Director at the Youth Academy.
Rick hails from Markleysburg PA, just across the border from Bruceton Mills WV.
He is a graduate of Clarion University with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Medical Technology and completed a Master's Degree in Counseling at West Virginia University. Rick spent 28 years with a Wilderness Program in Ohiopyle, PA serving as a Teacher/Counselor, Supervisor, and spent his last 14 years as Program Director.
Known by many as "Tick", his nickname is derived from his experience as a wilderness counselor and nightly readings to his campers of Rudyard Kipling stories, especially the Mongoose and Cobra story, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Kids loved the moralistic stories where animals were personified.
Tick has had the past pleasure of mentoring with Campbell Loughmiller himself, and spent many days taking a "ramble with Campbell". Campbell's positive presence and message of the worth of a boy has guided Tick down many a trail. Tick has also had the unique experience of working with the Ministry of Justice of Portugal to open Portugal's first Therapeutic Wilderness Camp at the Villa De Fernando.
Tick is the former Executive Director of the National Association of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping (NATWC) and sat on the editorial board for the Journal of Therapeutic Wilderness Camping.
Tick has spent a life-time committed to the outdoors and making them meaningful in the life of a child. He maintains a trout rearing program on his own farm and is a bit of an authority on trout fishing and other outdoor sports. Tick is an avid golfer and a huge fan of The Three Stooges.
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