Darryl Head
President / CEO
YMCA of Northwest North Carolina
Darryl joined the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina in 2006 as Vice President of Operations and Executive Director of the William G. White, Jr. Family YMCA, providing leadership to many of the membership branches within the Association. In this role, he also worked with staff and boards on membership service and sales, program development, and the Annual Giving Campaign. In 2013, he became Senior Vice President and was named Chief Operating Officer in January of 2015. In 2022, he was named President and CEO. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Growing up in YMCA programs like Adventure Guides (formerly Indian Guides) and youth sports, Darryl’s first job was as a lifeguard and sports official in 1987 at his local YMCA. He has been working for the Y ever since, holding many positions throughout high school and college, as well as working summers as a counselor at YMCA Camp Sea Gull. His professional career with the Y has spanned 20 years and various positions at YMCAs in Nashville, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem.
With a long dedication to youth development, Darryl often volunteers to coach youth sports teams, including basketball, flag football, and soccer. He currently coaches basketball at the Y, as well as lacrosse and football in community leagues.
Darryl and his wife, Karin, live in Winston-Salem with their two children, Reed and Hayden.
336.777.6231
Donna Rodgers
Executive Vice President/COO/CFO
Donna Rodgers joined the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina in June of 2004 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and became a Senior Vice President in 2009. In her role, she has provided leadership and guidance to the organization in fiscal management, budget and forecast development, strategic planning, and enterprise risk management. She holds a bachelor of science in business (major – accounting) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Donna began her career in public accounting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1989. Since serving in both the audit and tax divisions of Price Waterhouse, she has held various financial manager positions in both employee benefit administrative and consulting companies, as well as financial reporting and management positions with large manufacturing corporations, both privately and publicly held. During her tenure with employee benefits administration, she obtained her Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation, and served on retirement investment committees overseeing the investments and administration of a $700M master trust. Her current responsibilities also include overseeing Information Technology, Human Resources, and Payroll for the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina.
Donna resides in Kernersville, North Carolina, with her husband, Brad, and their two children, Rob and Beth.
336.777.6232
Amanda Hurley
Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer
336.777.6249
Adam McIver
Senior Vice President of Growth
336.777.6240
Jordan Lloyd
Senior Vice President of Operations and Infrastructure
336.777.6225
Joe Peele
District Vice President
336.245.7201
Kim McClure
Vice President, Youth Development and Aquatics
336.245.7226
Shon Gilmore
Vice President of Branding
Richard Daniels, Sr.
Vice President of Community Engagement\Executive Director
336.721.2100 ext. 6272
Amy Cook
Executive Assistant
336.777.6221
For questions and more information about your membership, please call 336.777.8055 option 8 or email memberservice@ymcanwnc.org. Please note that answers to questions may be delayed Saturday & Sunday due to calls only being answered at the branches and emails are only monitored Monday-Friday from 7:00am-5:00pm.
Association Office
Address (Not a branch location):
Winston Tower, 301 N. Main Street, Suite 1900
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Phone
336.777.8055
Fax
336.777.6345
For Media Inquiries only, please contact:
Lucy Berres
Communications Director
l.berres@ymcanwnc.org
336 777 6252
For all other questions, please contact memberservice@ymcanwnc.org.
Executive Staff
2024 Association Board Of Directors
Officers
Chief Volunteer Officer, Board Chair: Hernan Sabio
Vice Chair: Ashley Kohlrus
Treasurer: Simpson (Skip) Brown
Secretary: Julia Clinard Townsend
Immediate Past Chair: J. Wesley Davis
Branch Leadership Council Representative to the Board of Directors
*currently open*
Branch Leadership Council Members
Alexander County Board Chair: Gary Herman
Davie Board Chair: Dawn Highsmith
Jerry Long Board Chair: Dawnielle Grace
Kernersville Board Chair: Rishado Robinson
Robinhood Board Chair: Annette Lynch
Statesville Board Chair: Tori Cearlock
Stokes Board Chairs: Jared Jones
Wilkes Board Chair: David Doyle
William G. White, Jr. Board Chairs: Thad Brown
Winston Lake Board Chair: Derek Wilson
Yadkin Board Chairs: Holly Myers
YMCA Camp Hanes Board Chair: Ksenia Richards
YMCA Youth Development: Hayluri "Luly" Beckles
Committee Chairs
Audit: David Hinton
Branding: Open
Finance: Simpson (Skip) Brown
Financial Development: Joyce Mounce
People and Culture: Kevin Williams
At Large Association Board Members
Curtis Bland
Randell Cain, Jr.
Michael Clements
Ashleigh Craven
The Honorable Chester Davis (retired)
Rob Davis
Courtney Driver
Margaret Elliott
Dr. Anthony Graham
Laura Holby
Victor Isler
Jim Lawton
Duane Long
Dr. Todd Martin
Sylvia Oberle
Christopher Pedersen
Chief William Penn
Max Smith
David Spross
Dr. Fabby Williams
Linda Wood
David Zimmer