Meet the BridgeCamp Team

DAN GRAY - co-founder, licensed psychotherapist

Dan is an author, licensed psychotherapist and lecturer. He co-founded the LifeStar Network, an internationally known program designed to help individuals, couples and families who have been impacted by a family member’s unwanted compulsive or addictive behaviors. Dan mostly loves being a husband, dad and grandpa, while helping other men become stronger and more loving leaders and mentors in their homes.

DAVE GRAY - co-founder

Dave’s greatest passion is being a father to his two kids. He coaches their teams, volunteers in their classes, and strives to connect with them and be involved in their lives. Dave has an entrepreneur spirit and has enjoyed careers in the real estate and mental health fields. He believes in the symbiotic connection between the relationships we have with those around us, and the choices we make in our lives. He passionately cherishes his relationships with others, especially his close family and friends and specifically with his kids. Understanding and recognizing the importance of relationships led to the creation BridgeCamp.

Dave couldn’t be more excited to be directing programs for BridgeCamp…. creating powerful and unique opportunities for parents and their kids to make deep and meaningful connections with one another.

DENNIS GHOLSON - director of operations

Dennis is a Retired Army Command Sergeant Major, High school track and cross country coach, Military association board member, an athlete and a father of 3. He has a passion for building leaders, developing young minds and helping others learn and grow. Dennis joined the Bridge Camp staff to help make a difference in other people’s lives and to continue a life of service to others.

SHANA GAILBRAITH - staff

Shana is a licensed clinical professional counselor, specializing in marriage and family counseling, as well as trauma informed mental health counseling. She's always had a passion for understanding people and relationship dynamics, and loves facilitating mental health groups. She joined the Bridge Camp staff because she believed in their mission of creating connections to foster meaningful lives, and also to prevent the long-term effects of trauma that come when we lack connections. Shana is a firm believer in the mind-body connection and coaches fitness classes in her spare time. She has 2 teenagers of her own, and loves the time she gets to connect with them.

PEYTON AND WENDY SMITH - staff

Peyton is a retired law firm and district court administrator. Throughout his professional career, Peyton worked with a variety of organizations and charities in helping strengthen and encouraging youth and families. He served as Director for the Bridge of Love, a foundation that helps abandoned Romanian children. He was an Adjunct Chaplain at Primary Children’s Hospital and volunteered with Make A Wish. Wendy’s background is in Family and Human Development. She served on a foster care review board helping and advocating for children. She mentored teenage mothers and worked as a University of Utah advisor. Both Peyton and Wendy worked with jail inmates in Addiction Recovery programs. They also volunteer at the Food Pantry and Road Home. They enjoy spending time with their family and traveling. They feel that a major key to happiness and success comes from within families. They are excited to be part of Bridge Camp that is helping to connect and strengthen families.

STEVE AGBOR - staff

When Stephen Agbor was 11 years old his teacher, Mrs. Woodland, taught the class about the concept of the renaissance man. At that time he decided that this was what he was going to become. In his youth he worked tirelessly to hone his mind, his body, and his art.

While in college, Steve taught General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Anatomy, and Histology. However, Steve was not satisfied with just academics. Under the guidance of Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Shultz, Steve Wrestled for the 15th ranked wrestling team in the country, where he became a two time wrestling academic national champion. He Also played flanker for the #1 Rugby team in the country, and sang Bass for Mac Wilberg in the #1 Men's Chorus in the country.

Following his College career, Steve attended 2 years at Dartmouth Medical School. However, growing tired of spending years in the dark studying death, he left the Ivy League to pursue a more balanced life as a scientist. Under the umbrella of Senator Bob Bennet, Steve was a pioneer in the field of pharmaco-epidemiology where he devised methods to create scientific studies using data from Electronic Medical Records. After becoming disenchanted with the practices of the pharmaceutical industry, Steve left science to work in technology, where he became an early investor in Bitcoin. Finding that the business practices in his company of employment were just as unscrupulous as his previous work in pharma, Steve decided to leave the rat race all together. He currently lives in the mountains as a super hippie, where spends his time following technology, economics, and world politics; while dabbling in Breathwork, Meditation, and practicing Mysticism.