Board of directors

Gregory Fox, MD, FAAP

Dr. Gregory Fox is the President of the Camp Surefire Foundation and one of the founders of the Camp Surefire Foundation. Dr. Fox is a Pediatrician and Pediatric Endocrinologist. He has practiced at Pediatric Associates, Inc. in East Providence, RI since completing his fellowship at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in 2003. In addition to camp activities, Dr. Fox serves on the Executive Board of the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, serves as the school physician for the RI League of Charter Schools, and is a founding member of the Bristol Blues Base Ball Club.

Anna Bertorelli, MBA, RD, CDE

Anna is a founding member of the Camp Surefire Foundation Board of Directors.  She has dedicated her professional career to working with families with diabetes, including work at several diabetes camps. In addition to Camp Surefire, Anna works closely with the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Belle Channell

Belle joined the board in March 2017. She first attended Camp Surefire as a camper back in 2007, two years after she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Since then she has gone through the LIT program and is currently a counselor. Belle attended Moses Brown, where she worked with the girls basketball team to host a fundraiser in which all of the profits were donated to Camp Surefire for “camperships.” She is now a student at URI and is studying to become a physician’s assistant.

Tara Higgins

Tara Higgins, PharmD, CDOE, CVDOE is a Pharmacy Benefits Consultant with Pharmaceutical Strategies Group with 25 years of pharmacy experience including working in ambulatory care, managed care and long-term care. She has been a diabetes educator for 20 years with individual patient, and group classes experience as well as teaching other health care providers about diabetes and how to provide diabetes education to patients. In her current role she works with large national employer groups in managing their pharmacy costs and trend. She provides strategic input and clinical direction to assist in their pharmacy benefit decisions.

Rick Kearns

Rick joined the board in January 2012.  Rick’s son is a diabetic and started attending Camp Surefire in the summer of 2011, the same year his daughter Jocelyn started volunteering as a camp counselor.  Rick works in the resort real estate business and coaches youth basketball for Portsmouth and CYO.  Rick and his wife Jill generously hosted the annual “Afternoon by the Campfire” event at their home in Portsmouth, RI for three years.

Colleen McCarthy

Colleen is a founding member of the Camp Surefire Foundation.  Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a teenager, Colleen attended another diabetes camp for many summers and has a deep-rooted passion in helping others live well with diabetes.  In addition to her involvement with Camp Surefire, Colleen is the Secretary of the JDRF Rhode Island branch and serves as Advisor to the Diabetes and Education Camping Association (DECA).

Cara Moeller

Cara Moeller joined the board in 2017 and has volunteered at Camp Surefire since 2011.  Cara is a Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator and has been a Type 1 diabetic herself for over 20 years.  She serves as a JDRF team captain and has a strong desire to help all people with diabetes live long, healthy and happy lives.

David Zapatka

David joined the board in 2009.  He became involved with Camp Surefire when his son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 16 and Dr. Fox was his physician.  In addition to his involvement with Camp Surefire, David is the President of the non-profit Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse in North Kingstown.  He is a national Emmy-winning freelance network television cameraman. David has generously volunteered his time to capture the spirit of Camp Surefire on film.