Kathleen Giorgio, Executive Director
Kathleen Giorgio has been Executive Director of Dream Day since March, 2007. Giorgio is a Masters-level Social Worker with experience in clinical, community, and organizational settings. After receiving her Bachelors in Social Work from Providence College in 1997, Giorgio gave a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in San Diego. Giorgio achieved her Masters degree in Clinical Social Work from Boston College, with a clinical practicum experience at the intensive Stone Center Counseling Program at Wellesley College.
Moved by the unique social challenges faced by Cape families, Giorgio relocated to the area in 2003.She has worked in a range of settings on the Cape, providing more focused youth and family assistance within public schools and also in community youth development.
Today, as Dream Day Executive Director, Giorgio seeks to carry out founder Margaret Kennedy’s incredible vision and commitment to families: providing a ray of Cape Cod sunshine to sick children and their families. With the backing of a supportive Board of Directors, a talented camp staff, and a dedicated base of community loyalty, she is proud of the accomplishments met in recent years. Giorgio welcomes more families, more opportunity, and more SUNSHINE in years to come.
Julie Lindstrom, Camp Director
Julie Lindstrom is excited to begin her inaugural season as Camp Director for Dream Day on Cape Cod.
Julie has been connected to the world of summer camps since childhood. As a camper, counselor, waterfront director, camp nurse and camp administrator, she has developed a love of all things “camp”. A graduate of Boston University and Boston College with degrees in nursing and advanced practice pediatric nursing. Julie has worked as an ER nurse at Children’s Hospital, a primary care nurse practitioner, a nurse educator and private duty nurse for medically complex children and their families. For the past 15 years she has devoted her time to school and camp health. She is currently the Upper School Nurse at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge MA.
A native of Duxbury MA, Julie fell in love with camping while working as a counselor at Camp Wing-Duxbury Stockade. Serving a population of urban youth, it was there where she truly learned the powerful impact that the camp experience. From 1988-2010 she worked at the Cape Cod Sea Camps, just a short distance from Nan-Ke-Rafe. Her love of the Cape equals her love of camp!
Julie is both humbled and honored with the opportunity to work in such a special environment. She truly believes that camp is a magical place!
Christine MacArthur, Administrative Assistant
