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Our Mission: To be a community cornerstone that puts Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, body and mind for all.
Our Leadership Team
Administration
- Joe Debney, Chief Executive Officer
- Catherine Black, Chief Financial Officer
- Kimberly Howell, VP of Community Relations
- Bianca McCoy, Director of Human Resources
Downtown
- Melissa Hope, Downtown Executive Director
- Kyle Giffen, Wellness Director
- Hannah Silvia, Director of Community Health
- Jordan Devlin, Gymnastics Director
The Ponds
- Jill Lewellyn, Ponds & Oakbrook Executive Director
- Tyler Reed, Wellness Director
- Drew Heschmeyer, Sports & Program Director
Oakbrook
- Jill Lewellyn, Ponds & Oakbrook Executive Director
- Andrea Dorman, Family Programs Director
- Barbara Gonzalez, Programs Assistant & Adult Sports Coordinator
- Stephanie Adams, Oakbrook Sports Director
2021 Board of Directors
Chairman and CVO- Nick Nydegger
Vice Chairman- Penny Merriman
Treasurer, President Elect- Charles Hudgens
Secretary- Amanda Metzger
- Ryan McElheny
- Tim Kennedy
- Greg Jones
- Steve Smith
- Chris Ackerman
- Lisa Tupper
- Corey Greene
- Sherry Ensley
- Katie McCravy
- Marianne Weinsten
- Nelson Akwari
Our Focus
The Summerville Family YMCA is and will be always be here for good. We are dedicated to building healthy, confident and connected children, adults and families. Every day our impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy lifestyle choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when our community comes together for the common good.
Non-Profit
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Y provides crucial programs and services to more than 230,000 people every year. With the help of generous donors, we are able to provide more than 250 homeless youth safe, stable housing, 115,000 healthy meals to school-age youth, and more than $9.5 million in financial assistance to more than 27,000 people to ensure everyone has a chance to succeed and belong at the Y.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
The Y is made up of people of all ages and from every walk of life working side by side to strengthen communities. Together we work to ensure that everyone, regardless of ability, age, cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender identity, ideology, income, national origin, race or sexual orientation has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity. Our core values are caring, honesty, respect and responsibility—they guide everything we do.