Meet The Team
The team behind Hidden Paradise is dedicated to creating a welcoming, medically accessible space for Idaho’s children and families to experience healing in the great outdoors.
If you are interested in joining the team at Hidden Paradise, please visit our Job Opportunities page.
Elizabeth Lizberg +
Camp Rainbow Gold and Hidden Paradise CEO/Executive Director Elizabeth Lizberg joined Camp Rainbow Gold in 2007 when it was a program of the American Cancer Society. Over her 16-year tenure, she has guided the organization through incredible growth, change, and service.
In 2014, Camp Rainbow Gold became its own independent nonprofit organization under Elizabeth’s leadership. In 2019 she oversaw the purchase of Camp Rainbow Gold’s own property and she is currently leading the charge to build Hidden Paradise, Idaho’s first medical camp.
Elizabeth embraces Idaho’s children diagnosed with cancer with an unrivaled passion. She works to leave a lasting, positive imprint on each family she has the honor of knowing through Camp Rainbow Gold. She believes the key to the success of Camp Rainbow Gold is the love, hope, and fun given by volunteers and supporters.
Prior to Camp Rainbow Gold, Elizabeth worked for St. Luke’s Regional Medical for Children at Risk Evaluation Services (CARES). During this time, she was instrumental in creating the Family and Children Evaluation Services (FACES) Center in Boise and co-founded the Idaho Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. Elizabeth was an Idaho Business Review Women of the Year nominee in 2014 and was recognized as a CEO of Influence in 2017.
Brett Frostenson +
Brett was invited to join Hidden Paradise as director of operations in 2024. This was an exciting departure from his previous leadership roles which had always been associated with the engineering field, including attending the Colorado School of Mines, proudly serving in the U.S. Navy, and leading manufacturing teams.
One of Brett’s lifelong goals was to become part of something that benefited and served others, but he had almost always been with for-profit organizations. When the opportunity presented itself to serve Hidden Paradise, practically in his backyard, he immediately knew it might be the answer to his search and prayers.
Brett was born in Spokane, Washington, but has lived throughout the United States. Most of his life was spent in West Michigan along the sandy beaches and beautiful forests of Lake Michigan. Tucson, Arizona, was the next destination, where he fell in love with the desert, Southwestern culture, and year-round outdoor activities. He left Tucson to build a home in Fairfield, where he currently resides with his wife, Kathy. Camas Prairie is where his family homesteaded in the early 1900s and where he spent the summers of his youth working on his grandfather’s farm.
Brett has two daughters and four grandchildren. In his free time, he loves visiting family, traveling, biking, hiking, camping, and skiing as well as cultural events and being active in his church. His favorite football team is the Green Bay Packers…GO PACK GO!
Two truths and a lie from Brett:
- I've escaped a charging herd of bison while biking in North Dakota
- I have dived Lake Superior to explore the Edmund Fitzgerald
- I've been chased by Killer Whales while kayaking in B.C.
John Donkersloot +
John grew up along the muddy banks of the Naknek River in Alaska. He had a rambunctious upbringing, learning the ways of the land in a harsh and isolated territory. As a young man seeking adventure, he traveled up the Kvichak River to Iliamna Lake. While there, he continued to live off the land as he had learned from his upbringing. He spent years focused on roots country music. He was honored to have played with some of the most famous elders in the region. However, most days were spent playing guitar for his old dog, all the while staring out at Lake Iliamna's ever-changing waters.
A few years later, John found himself ready for a new adventure. He went north to the interior of Alaska; again, he was in an isolated territory and, for the most part, playing music alone in a cold and dry cabin. But this time he had to brave the most brutal winter seasons he had ever come to meet. John heard stories about the beauty of Southern Idaho’s Camas Prairie and how high adventure awaited those brave enough to go. The ghostly tales of the prairie never bothered him much, so he set out West in pursuit of the unknown. He learned of Camp Rainbow Gold, and how the organization recently bought a property in the foothills to serve as the Camp's forever home for their summer camp facility.
His rambunctiousness and wanderlust landed him at Hidden Paradise in 2020. John found work repairing cabins and picking rocks at the camp and enjoys being part of the Hidden Paradise and Camp Rainbow Gold team.