Rev. Kent Shrader has directed Mount Shepherd Retreat Center full-time since 1989.  He is a “Certified Camp Director” of the American Camp Association and has received certification in camp and retreat ministries from the United Methodist Church.  Kent is a graduate of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta and is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church.  He and his wife, Robin, live on-site with their adopted cats “Buster” "Ginny" and "Lucy".