Get to know The Chief

Hello Everyone! For those of you who may not know me my name is Corey Casteel and I am your 2025 Ittawamba Lodge Chief. To give a background on myself I started in scouting when I was young working my way from joining as a Tiger Cub when I was 5 or 6. Then getting my Eagle Scout in December of 2019. I joined the Order of the Arrow in 2018 and then served in the kitchen when we hosted just a few weeks after my Ordeal. I later became a Lodge Secretary in 2019 after getting my brotherhood and then served as the Lodge Vice Chief of service in 2021 and 2022. I worked Summer Camp at CMM for 3 years in 2020-22. I have also been through and staffed both NYLT and Woodbadge. I now am currently working at the Summit Bechtel Reserve and am serving as your 2025 Lodge Chief.

Our Lodge team this year is super excited to get to work. We have been diligently working since our Officers Retreat in December and feel that we have an amazing plan set in place for the 2025 year. If you have not already I encourage you to go ahead and register for WinterFest so you can be there for our call-out ceremony. Also if you have not already please be sure you have turned in your unit candidate elections. We can't wait to see you all there!

Also if you ever have any questions please feel free to reach out to me at:

Cell: 731.220.5241

Email: corey.casteel@scouting.org

I will try and respond to everyone as quickly as possible.

Thank you all and we look forward to an amazing year!