Camp Trinity Biographies

Penn Perry
Penn Perry has been the Executive Director of Trinity Center since 2007. Penn is a long time staff member of Camp Trinity, the residential summer camping program of the Diocese of East Carolina and Trinity Center. He served on the Camp Trinity staff from 1988-2000, and he was the Director of Camp Trinity and Episcopal Youth Coordinator at Trinity Center from 2001-2006. Penn is a firm believer in the many benefits of residential community-based programming, and he advocates for all children to have access to the various programs of Trinity Center. His passions are movies, literature, and poetry; in fact, in his prior life he was an Instructor for the English Department of the University of Georgia. Penn anticipates the challenges of maintaining and eventually expanding the many ministries of Trinity Center, and he is dedicated to protecting this fragile environment of natural beauty and spiritual access for all who come to partake of it.

Mary Beth Gay
Mary Beth Gay is the Director of Camp Trinity. Mary Beth is a long time camper and staff member of Camp Trinity, as well as being a child of the Diocese of East Carolina. She is a graduate of East Carolina University (go Pirates!) and holds a Bachelors degree in Child Development and Family Relations. Mary Beth currently resides in Morehead City, and she enjoys sailing, baseball, fishing, and playing with her puppy, Mollie. She is excited to continue serving the children of Camp Trinity and looks forward to seeing returning campers and meeting new ones!

Stephanie Rudolph
Stephanie was born and bred in the triad of North Carolina. She studied Education and Social work at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she met her husband Greg "Rudi" Rudolph. Following college, they decided to head east so that Rudi could pursue his master's degree from East Carolina University. They finally landed on Emerald Isle where they had vacationed as newly weds. This is where they have lived and raised their son for the past 10 years. Stephanie joined our team in 2009 as the Trinity Center Registrar where she helps keep the booking process moving smoothly. More importantly her office is a safe haven for the office cat and any Sound to Sea staff looking for a warm place to rest. In her free time she helps her husband run the local surf shop they own. She also enjoys time on the beach with her family, reading a good book or playing board games on the screened porch.

2011 Camp Trinity Staff