Our director ...
Nat Shed, has many years of experience in the youth camping profession and a long history with Friends Camp. He began work at youth camps during college, when he was a waterfront director; years later, he spent seven years as director of a Unitarian Universalist camp in New York before coming to Friends Camp. He has also worked as the Director of Development for the Family Planning Association of Maine, the Executive Director for the Boys and Girls Club in Waterville, the Director of the Foster Grandparent Program in Portland, Maine and as director of Camp Ketcha in Scarborough, Maine.

Nat's connection with Friends Camp started over twenty-five years ago when his daughter Kelty attended Friends Camp in the early 1980s; his daughter Erica attended camp in the late 1990s. He served on the Camp Committee from 1996 to 2000. During his time on the Camp Committee, he worked with former Friends Camp director, Susan Morris, and rest of the Camp Committee on the fundraising campaign for Aviary Hall. His relationship with Quakers started with his attendance at the Dover Friends Meeting when he was a student at the University of New Hampshire. For seven years, he was active in the life of the Portland Friends Meeting. Nat and his partner, Julie de Sherbinin, have been active in a local Unitarian Universalist church. They now attend Vassalboro Meeting and enjoy visiting Mt. Toby Meeting and Portland Meeting.

Nat's philosophy and his focus in working with the young people at Friends Camp are founded in his belief in the Light of God that is in each young person, and his belief in the Quaker values of community, equality, integrity, peace, and simplicity. By letting young people have some control over daily programming at Friends Camp and by empowering them to help solve problems that come up in the cabins and throughout camp, he believes that Friends Camp helps campers grow into wonderful and self-aware adults.