Mike McMillan
David Pate
CEO
COO
Began coming to camp in 1989. He joined the All Summer Staff as an AC in 1996 where he met his wife, MeLisa. He became the Senior Counselor of the Mustang Bunkhouse and continued to work, during the summer months on the Administration team. He was a basketball coach and principal of a school for 17 years before becoming the full time CEO of Brookhill in 2018. He and MeLisa have been married for 20 years and have 2 teenage children. David oversees the hiring of staff and the ranch budget. He spends a lot of his time connecting, leading, and challenging people to understand their purpose, develop character, and grow the gifts they have been given.
Mike was a camper from 1988 to 1991. He realized early on that his love for Brookhill was focused toward the land and its care and maintenance so he took a job as a ranch hand throughout the remainder of his high school years. He and Lynlee got married in 2004, moved to the ranch and began working at the ranch. In 2018, he became the COO of Brookhill. Mike now oversees all of the land maintenance, animal care, building projects and maintenance and the facilities. Mike is also the CEO of 4M Cattle Company which raises and sells premium beef.
His takes pride in making the ranch a peaceful and beautiful place to be and his favorite thing to do is work with his Hereford cattle.
Lynlee McMillan
Melisa Pate
Property Manager
Executive Director
MeLisa is the 2nd oldest granddaughter of Don and Hettie Brooks and has been raised on Brookhill Ranch. She began working when she was 5 years old serving cokes and picking up trash around the camp. She worked several summers in the kitchen, then became an AC before she was the Senior Counselor of the Galcenios Bunkhouse. After she married David, she began working in the camp office. She is the mother of their 2 children and does a great job of being a mother to the staff who works during the summer months. In 2018, she began working full time as the Property Manager for Brookhill. She runs the VRBO, decorates all of the properties, and is the creative visionary behind the Brookhill Market as well as a few other endeavors. She also does bunkhouse assignments for camp and oversees the First Aid Department.
Lynlee is the oldest granddaughter of Don and Hettie Brooks, the founders of Brookhill Ranch. She grew up on the ranch and began working when she was 5 years old, picking up tennis balls after the activities. She then worked her way up to serving cokes and being a JC in Archery. Her 9th grade year, she graduated Camp 1 and then became an AC. She became Camp Director at 17. Lynlee received her Bachelor of Arts in Camp Administration from Oral Roberts University. She married Mike in 2004, had their daughter in 2007 and their son in 2010. She became the Executive Director in 2018 where she creates the camp schedules, staff schedules, writes contracts and policies, organizes the Brookhill Market and works closely with the media department designing the web site and social media posts.
Katy Beth Smith
Kelle Stahl
CFO
Office Manager
Kelle began working in the Camp office as the secretary in 2000 and in 2018, she became the CFO for the company. She has done everything from activity assignments, to bunkhouse assignments, answering the phones, to ordering camp and ranch supplies and everything in between. She now spends her time managing the budget, paying bills and making payroll. Her and her husband, Greg, have been married for 42 years and have 1 son, who just retired from the Air Force National Guard after 2 tours and 20 years of service to our country.
Katie Beth was a camper from 1999-2003, the Senior counselor of the Thoroughbreds in 2010, the First Aid counselor from 2011-2015 and on the Admin team since 2013. She began working full time as the Office Manager in the spring of 2021. She answers the phones, responds to emails, runs the Camp Wise Registration and staff application process, schedules campers activities and bunkhouses, manages the waitlist and organizes the intern office staff.
She met her husband, Andrew, while at Brookhill where he was the Senior Counselor of the Bronco bunkhouse. They have one son.
Her favorite part of her job is making campers' dreams come true while at camp. (Waitlist, bunkhouses, activities)
Tyler Fincher
Jason Ross
Camp Director
Media Director
Jason began working as a Senior Counselor of the Buckskins bunkhouse in 2010. In 2014, he joined the Administration staff as the Camp Director part time. He was a Children’s Pastor for 7 years before beginning his full time employment at Brookhill in 2020. In addition to being the Camp Director, he travels to and hosts the Brookhill Bible studies, hosts the Brookhill Devos every other week, is a speaker and worship leader at Turkey Day and the staff liaison. During his time as a Senior Counselor, he worked with his wife, Sydney, where she was the Senior Counselor of his sister cabin, the Palominos. Sydney works part time as the graphic designer for Brookhill Ranch and stays home to raise their 3 children.
Tyler was a camper from 2001 to 2007. He then became the Senior Counselor of the Morgans, Broncos and Applesoosas before joining the Administration team as a part of the Media Team in 2018. He joined the full time staff in 2020 as the Media Director. Tyler designs the web site, runs the Brookhill social media, is in charge of tech for the ranch and oversees the camp media team.
Austin Sligh
Ranch Manager
Austin began working on the ranch doing construction with his dad when he was a teenager. After he graduated high school, he received his EMT license and began working in the ER at CHI St Vincent. After a couple of years of the healthcare profession, he went to work full time for Sligh and Sons Construction. In 2021, he took a full time position at Brookhill Ranch as the ranch manager. Austin is charged with taking care of the livestock, running work crews on the ranch, winterizing and de winterizing the facilities. He works alongside Mike in construction and demolition projects, ranch maintenance, facility readiness for events, running heavy machinery and ranch equipment care.
To contact any of our admin staff please call 501-623-5983
You may also reach us by email: info@brookhillranch.com
