Eric Naftulin is an entrepreneur, marketer, and industry leader in the summer camp space, best known for building one of the nation’s most influential camp fair networks and digital camp discovery platforms.
With over 35 years of experience, Eric specializes in SEO, directory strategy, and high-performance event marketing for summer camps and youth programs. He is the founder of Camp Marketing News, a long-running marketing resource for camp professionals, and the creator of one of the most active online communities for camp marketing.
Eric is the driving force behind Coast to Coast Camp Fairs, one of the largest and fastest-growing networks of in-person summer camp fairs in the United States. His events take place in major markets across the country and at high-profile venues including UCLA in Los Angeles, Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY, and UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, among others, connecting thousands of families with top camps each year. His fairs are widely recognized for their strong attendance, professional execution, and measurable results for exhibitors.
In parallel, Eric is building a powerful network of online camp directories, including CampSearch.com and LAsummercamps.com, designed to dominate local search and help families find the right programs quickly. His platforms focus heavily on SEO-driven visibility, category optimization, and high-conversion listing structures.
Eric is also an experienced camp operator, having owned and managed multiple day and sleepaway camps since 1999. He is the founder of Aloha Beach Camp, an American Camp Association-accredited beach and surf day camp in Los Angeles, as well as a sleepaway program on the North Shore of Oahu.
Today, Eric’s primary focus is expanding his national camp fair network, launching new verticals such as private school and pre-college fairs, and building scalable digital platforms that reshape how families discover summer programs.
He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and is the proud father of three adult children.