CEO

Sheboygan County YMCA’s Board of Directors is seeking a cause driven, energetic, innovative and visionary leader to serve as the new CEO.
Job Description The Sheboygan County YMCA's Board of Directors is seeking a cause-driven, energetic, innovative, and visionary leader to serve as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Applicants should have competencies in fiscal mangement, building relationships, advancing the YMCA mission, leading operations, fundraising, and inspiring our volunteers, YMCA employees and our community.
The incoming CEO will be an experienced leader with a background and qualities to achieve excellence in operational management.
The CEO will possess a strong business sense coupled with outstanding interpersonal skills and a desire to become involved in our community.
As a prominent provider of youth, adult and family programs, our Y is a leader in health, fitness and wellness.
If you are a leader with a passion for the YMCA mission, community enrichment and youth and family development, we invite you to be part of our YMCA's future.
Our Mission To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement Our Y is a diverse organization of people joined together by a shared commitment to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.
Cause-driven YMCAs are led by staff and volunteers who intentionally and continuously strive to promote an inclusive organizational culture that values all dimensions of diversity, strengthens inclusion, and builds global community in the U.
S.
and abroad.
By prioritizing diversity, inclusion, and global work, we seek to ensure that all segments of society have access to the Y and feel welcome and are fully engaged as participants, members, staff, and volunteers.
Our Y is a force for building bridges among all people to advance our cause of strengthening community.
Sheboygan County YMCA Facts Sheboygan County YMCA was founded in 1939, celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2024.
The Sheboygan Y Branch, built in 1954, sits on the banks of Lake Michigan and serves as the association’s main branch and headquarters.
The Sheboygan Y offers a full 125,000 square foot facility of program areas, locker rooms and administrative space.
Two additional Y branches are located in Sheboygan Falls, the Sheboygan Falls Y Branch, founded in 1976 and Camp Y-Koda, founded in 1969.
The Sheboygan County Y completed a major capital expansion in 2013 in all three Y branches.
The Sheboygan Falls Y, 7 miles from Sheboygan, sits on the Sheboygan River, the facility includes a gymnasium, child care center, multi- purpose room, locker rooms, outdoor program space and offices.
The Y contracts with the Sheboygan Falls School District to provide swimming pool access to Y members as well as two classrooms to house the Y’s before/after school 4K child care center.
The Y also contracts with General Capital to rent the Berkshire Gymnasium for additional program space.
Sheboygan Falls Y is the association’s 24/7 site.
Camp Y-Koda, an 80 acre parcel, is located on the Sheboygan River 10 miles from the Sheboygan Y.
Camp Y-Koda offers summer day camp, outdoor education, community events, and weeks of resident camp and adventure trips.
The camp includes a four acre pond, shallow, outdoor pool, main lodge with offices, kitchen, two large conference rooms, a meeting room and four bunk rooms.
Additional buildings include three large activity centers, a maintenance building, program support building with bathrooms, classroom and outdoor pavilion, and the Lohmann Lodge with a meeting room, kitchenette, and two bunk rooms.
Camp Y-Koda has a memorandum of understanding to offer programming at the Sheboygan Broughton Marsh and Maywood Environmental Park, City of Sheboygan.
The CEO supervises and manages the association’s three branch Ys.
An administrative team that includes the Finance Director, Business Manager, Facility Manager, and Membership Services Director serve the three Y branches.
Sheboygan Falls Y's and Camp Y-Koda’s leadership teams include an onsite Branch Executive Director program directors and support staff.
Sheboygan Y’s leadership team includes the program directors and support staff.
Y Membership 2023 Membership Income $1,647,000 Total Membership Units 6,800 18% Family Units 33% Individual Adult Units 32% Senior Adult Units 17% Youth Units Y 2023 Financial Assistance for Membership $32,500 Y 2023 Annual Campaign $175,000 Y Corporate Board of Directors 18 Directors Each of our three Y branches has a Board of Managers.
The Chairman of each Board of Managers serves as a director on the corporate Y Board of Directors.
Current Employees 50 Full time 250 Part time CEO Direct Reports Finance Director Facility Manager Membership Services Director Human Resource Director Falls Y and Camp Y-Koda Branch Executives Y Financial Condition Balanced Operating Budget for 66 years, Sheboygan County YMCA is debt free.
2024 Operating Budget $5,300,000 Y Endowment Valued at $5,500,000 Qualifications CEO Qualifications Minimum Candidate Criteria: 1.
Personal values and ethics consistent with the YMCA mission.
2.
Accredited 4-year college degree 3.
Minimum five years of successful experience in a senior branch management role, preferably as a CEO, with a YMCA or related experience at a comparable organization.
4.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Experience in sound business management with a conservative fiscal philosophy.
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Proven ability to develop and strengthen community relationships.
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Proven ability to develop new programs and review and enhance programs being offered or considered, for both economy and the effectiveness in broadening our engagement in the communities we serve.
Preferred Candidate Criteria: 1.
YMCA Organizational Leader Certification.
2.
Proven experience in strategic planning development and implementation.
3.
Proven experience in fundraising: annual campaign, major gift solicitation, and capital campaigns.
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Proven experience with facility upkeep, project management, capital projects, including new facility construction and remodeling.
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Proven record of successful budgetary and fiscal management.
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Proven experience with the development of organizational planning, promotional planning, implementation of plans and plan critique.
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Distinguished record in operational excellence, team leadership and fund development.
Essential Functions Strong Fiscal Management Skills Accompanied by a Conservative Fiscal Philosophy: Our YMCA is debt-free, and while we operate with a progressive programmatic style, we understand our strength lies in our ability to be financially sound.
Our new CEO must be able to: Partner with the Y Board of Directors to develop and manage the annual budget while accomplishing the determined annual goals.
Demonstrate financial expertise necessary to forecast financial trends while leading the organization to balance or surplus operations by growing earned revenue and controlling costs.
Demonstrate previous successful experience in making sound financial decisions.
Remain informed on operational issues, with the ability to quickly address any issues that might arise as well as forecast future needs.
Leadership Skills: Our CEO must take a “lead by example” approach in order to: Maintain a culture around the YMCA core values, with trust and commitment to our vision to achieve high-quality results.
Demonstrate leadership skills while creating an energetic, engaging work environment to attract and retain employees and volunteers.
Strong Community Collaborations: Our YMCA has worked diligently to develop strong, lasting relationships and collaborations in our community.
Going forward,we expect the new CEO will: Maintain and grow the strong relationships our YMCA has with our community partners.
Continue to advance the reputation of the YMCA as a leader in our community.
Remain visible and active in the development of meaningful community partnerships, positioning our Y as a strong philanthropic partner while maintaining the wants and needs of our community.
Establish programs as identified in the strategic plan that impact community needs and solidify organizational sustainability, leading to superior results in programs, membership, and community engagement.
Strategic Planning: Our CEO must be able to articulate our vision through a strategic plan.
Our CEO will also be expected to: Show experience in developing and implementing a strategic plan of action to address specific needs and goals of our Y, community collaboration, future facility growth and other important needs that impact our YMCA and our community.
Our YMCA has completed implementation of the last strategic plan and will need to develop and launch a new plan.
Continue to address critical needs within our YMCA and the community.
Represent our YMCA in community wide efforts that will foster ongoing health and a well Sheboygan County.
Fundraising and Strong Donor Relations: Our YMCA is looking for a CEO who can continue to maintain and strengthen our donor relationships and develop new relationships.
A leader with the ability to raise donated funds through a comprehensive approach, which includes: Knowledge and proven experience with annual campaigns, procuring grants, major gifts, capital giving and organizing special events.
Ability to maintain and develop strong community financial support.
Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies The CEO will be a cause-driven leader having the skills, competencies and ability in the following areas: Advancing Our Mission & Cause; engaging community, volunteerism, philanthropy and change leadership.
Building Relationships: inclusion, communication and influence, and collaboration.
Leading Operations; critical thinking and decision making, program/project management, innovation, fiscal management, and functional expertise.
Developing & Inspiring People, emotional maturity, developing self and others.