Finn Paisley

Hometown: Hong Kong

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Three things I love to do: Comb the Bay for creatively-flavored ice cream; stage shows with the Stanford Shakespeare Company; bathe in motor oil beneath busted BMWs!

I could talk all day about... How wonderful my wonderful co-workers are; classic cars and curvy roads; streamlined steam trains; Art Nouveau architecture; why I’m addicted to Craigslist; esoteric history; the growth mindset; the American Dream and the call of California!

I would love to connect with folks who work in fields related to or share an interest in... Design and manufacturing; energy and climate solutions; infrastructure and civil engineering projects; law; movie-making; any and everyone who loves what they do!

More about Finn: Bewildered that he has been invited back to be Bumper Boat Co-ordinator at the world’s best summer camp, Finn is excited to continue to learn how to sail… while trying to teach guests just that! Hailing from Hong Kong - but with British and Aussie roots - he’ll show you how to hustle a Hobie or leeshore land a Laser; he’ll serenade you with his saxophone (poorly) or sing you a sonnet (also poorly); and with you he’ll talk or go for a walk! When not at Camp or attempting to alliterate, Finn spends his time convincing himself he can graduate from Stanford with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (often in doubt, as being a frosh RA, running a racing team and going on adventures typically gets in the way). He adores music (esp. jazz, classic rock, 80s Brazilian disco) and theatre, loves classics and film - and can’t wait to learn what it is that you adore, too. You’ll find him in the lake, on the lake, along the lake or by DOPO - mending his inevitably-broken beige Bimmer!