Meet Our Staff
Hope Springs Institute’s dedicated staff is motivated to create a sacred space for people that hold our community on spiritual, physical, emotional, and sensory levels. We work together to ensure guests and program leaders are happy and have experiences that bring them back to Hope Springs year after year.
Victoria Brown
Executive Director
Betsy Pourvakil
Operations Coordinator
Chip Blount
Land Manager
Javan Pourvakil
Staff-Land
Scotty Claypool
Head Chef
Conni Thorpe
Artisan Center & Gift Shop Manager
Carolina Zinn
Staff - Housekeeping
Winter Dryden
Staff - Housekeeping