Staff

We love our team.  Read about them here and you’ll probably love them too.

	Kristi Collins is the Assistant Director of Camp KidJam and also helps to plan the Orange Tour. She received her BA in Musical Theatre from Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. While at Samford, Kristi worked with the Summer Theatre Camp for three years and had the opportunity to teach Creative Drama and perform at several Birmingham City schools. Kristi currently lives in Atlanta with her husband, JR. Her life-long dream is to start a performing arts center for under-priveledged kids in downtown Atlanta. And one last thing, GO DAWGS!!
	Adam Duckworth has been involved in family ministry for nearly ten years beginning right out of high school. Adam completed a Language Arts and Public Relations degree from the University of Toledo and then went directly into full-time ministry in Michigan. He is currently the Minister to Children and Families at First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. In the summertime, you can find Adam hosting and teaching at Camp KidJam. He and his wife, Katelyn, love to spend their free time fueling their obsession with all things Disney.
	Terry Scalzitti is Associate Pastor for Adult and Family Ministries at First Baptist Fort Lauderdale, a fast-growing downtown multi-cultural church with more than 70 nations represented. Terry and his team have spent the last six years transitioning the church to the Orange Strategy. A focus of that initiative emphasizes leveraging Orange principles for parents who are not yet connected to the local church. During the summer, Terry provides leadership training at Camp KidJam. He and his wife Jennifer have a son, Connor, and spend their free time enjoying the outdoors and watching Terry’s beloved Chicago Cubs.
	Brandon O’Dell is a professional actor with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Shorter College. He has been performing as host of Kidstuf at Buckhead Church and Browns Bridge Community Church for six years. He began writing Family Production as a freelance writer before joining Orange in 2007. He currently writes Family Production scripts, Large Group curriculum, and the scripts for Studio 252. In August 2009, Brandon and his wife, Rachel, welcomed their first daughter, Lydia Jane, into the Orange family.
	Dan Scott recently joined the creative team at Orange. While he’s got hands in all sort of creative endeavors, he primarily serves as the Art Director for 252Basics, Executive Producer of GetReel 2.0 videos and hosts some weeks of Camp KidJam. Dan has worn several hats through the years including camp director, elementary teacher, children’s pastor, and semi-pro blogger and speaker. He loves all things kidmin and was recently named one of Children’s Ministry Magazines’ 20 leaders to watch. Dan is crazy about music. He literally needs a dedicated hard-drive for the 350+ GB of music for his iTunes. Dan and his wife Jenna live in Cumming, GA and have four amazing kids: Liam, Ellison, Addison, and Taye.
	Colette (Coco) Taylor is the Executive Production Director and the Director of Camp KidJam at Orange. She was the Director of Family Ministry at North Point Community Church for 10 years. She oversaw all of the Grow Up conferences and played an integral part in developing all of the family ministry environments. She produces the Orange Conference and produced Catalyst in Atlanta this past October. Coco has two beautifully talented daughters; Kristi is 27 (and writing this bio) and Jessica who is 18. She lives in North Georgia with my dad… I mean, her husband, of 28 years.
	Michael Wahl is the proud father of three amazing girls, Brittney (11), Bailey (9), and Bethany (7). He has been married to his best friend Starla for 13 years. Michael served in the Army and somewhere between the Army and college, he lost his hair (if you find it please let him know). He’s currently the Family Pastor at Hope Church in Dallas, Ga, where he is the proud mastermind behind hundreds of pranks, has created crazy games, and has been relating to children and sudents for over 15 years. Michael loves to skydive, scuba dive, and sometimes he even likes to do the swan dive. But, most of all he loves to share the love of Christ in a relevant and fun way.
	Lauren Wood is the Production Assistant of Camp KidJam. She moved to Atlanta from Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2 years ago. While living in Florida, Lauren was on staff at the First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale in their children’s ministry in the area of production. Lauren brings a great deal of production skill and knowledge to the team, as well as being our resident “sticky note”. She misses her family in Florida, especially her dog, Sprite, but loves living in GA. Luckily, even though she is from FL, she is not a Gators fan and Kristi has been training her by getting her acclimated to the most important statement for residents of GA... GO DAWGS!!
	Ricky Wise has worked in youth ministry for over ten years and it’s because of his passion for lovin’ on kids on behalf of Jesus Christ and sharing the gospel. Because of his passion, he was sucked into the Orange bubble when he met Colette and Kristi in 2008. He officially joined Orange in 2009 as the Assistant Camp Director of Camp KidJam. He’s married to the lovely Jasmine Wise and they have a beautiful daughter Gabriella (3) and a son Josiah (brand spanking new).