Director | Guy Korngold | guy@ckb.ca | Biluim 1985
Guy Korngold spent three years as a camper at Camp Kinneret and then became a Biluim camper in 1985. In 1986 he participated in Biluim Israel and then returned to Camp Kinneret the following summer. Guy spent the next six summers at Camp Kinneret and ultimately served as the Program Director in 1991 and 1992. In 1993 and 1994, Guy spent his summers in Israel guiding teenagers throughout the Israeli landscape. He enjoyed this experience immensely and therefore chose to stay in Israel for the year and serve as a madrich and coordinator for the Young Judaea Year Course Program.
This experience led him to New York City where he spent the next three years as the National Director of Hamagshimim, the college and university expression of Hadassah. Summers were spent coordinating activity at the Hadassah leadership camp in Upstate New York. Guy has a BA in Anthropology and a diploma in Early Childhood Education. Guy is married to Erica Rubin (also a former Kinneret/Biluim camper and staff member) and they have two children. Guy started to play guitar at the age of sixteen while a camper at Biluim and lists canoeing and camping among his great passions. Guy has been happily serving as the Camp Kinneret-Biluim Director since 1999.
Associate Director | Sierra Leibner | Sierra@ckb.ca | Biluim 2014
Sierra began her experience at Camp Kinneret-Biluim in 2009 when she was 11 years old. Sierra graduated from Kinneret as a LIT camper in 2013 and continued on to Camp Biluim in 2014 and Camp Biluim Israel in 2015. In 2016, Sierra returned to Kinneret as a Goshrim cabin staff member and then transitioned to Camp Biluim as Rosh Avodah & Biluim staff in 2017 and 2018. While Sierra pursued internships towards her degree the following summers, nothing could hold her back and in the summers of 2021 and 2022, Sierra served as CKB’s Infirmary Manager.
In 2020, Sierra received her Bachelor’s of Commerce degree from McGill University at the Desautels Faculty of Management. After pursuing a double concentration in Marketing and Finance, Sierra worked in business development for a clinical research firm. In the city, you can find Sierra cooking, practicing yoga, dancing, reading, cross country skiing, and snowboarding. In the summer, you will find Sierra hanging out at the docks or on a lake swim, loving Shira and Rikud on Shabbat, and playing every sport!
Sierra loves working with kids and teens and is passionate about helping others realize their potential. Sierra loved how camp allowed her to safely explore challenges that were outside of her comfort zone and credits these experiences for nurturing her own personal growth and development. Sierra is beyond excited to foster such an environment for all of her Kinneret/Biluim campers.