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.
Marty Beck +
Marty was born and raised in Boise, Idaho and started as the Operations Director for Hidden Paradise at the start of 2023. He earned his BA in Recreation Management from Metropolitan University in Denver, Colorado where he served as the President of The Society for Recreation Students and Chair of the Special Events Committee for the Recreation Department. Before he joined the team with Camp Rainbow Gold, he was the Executive Director of Paradise Point Summer Camp in McCall, Idaho for 14 years. Prior to that he directed summer camps for eight years for New York City’s YMCA Camp in Huguenot, New York.
Marty currently serves as the Standard’s Chair on Oregon Trail’s Local Council of Leaders for the American Camp Association, as well as a standards instructor and accreditation visitor. He has also served as a Board Member for International Student Exchange, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Babylon, New York.
During the summer camping season, Marty lives on-site at Hidden Paradise and works in Boise during the winter. His daughter Harper and their two indoor tabby cats will also join him for the fun this summer. In the offseason, Marty enjoys spending time with his daughter by taking advantage of the Idaho snowfall as a skier, and slowly remolding his 1950’s brick home on the Boise bench.
John Donkersloot +
John grew up along the muddy banks of the Naknek River. 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.