Staff & Volunteers

Staff

Adam Cardwell
Executive Director
336 996 2231 x6405
a.cardwell@ymcanwnc.org

Travis Erickson
Director of Member Experience
336 661 1093 x6414
t.erickson@ymcanwnc.org 

Anthony Sturdivant
Member Experience Lead
336 996 2231 x6406
a.sturdivant@ymcanwnc.org 

Scarlett Dahmer
Member Experience Lead/Financial Assistance
336 996 2231 x6406
s.dahmer@ymcanwnc.org 

Norman Rowdy
Member Experience Lead
336 996 2231 x6412
n.rowdy@ymcanwnc.org

Debra Chandler
Kids Zone Coordinator
336 996 2231 x6415
d.chandler@ymcanwnc.org

Sabrina Lawrence
Senior Regional Director - Wellness Experience
336 996 2231 x6423
s.lawrence@ymcanwnc.org

Carrie Lessard
Regional Director - Wellness Experience 
336 996 2231 x6408
c.lessard@ymcanwnc.org

Cameron Sato
Wellness Experience Lead
336 996 2231 x6402
c.sato@ymcanwnc.org 

Susanna O’Connell
Executive Director - Wellness Experience
336 251 1090 x6570
s.oconnell@ymcanwnc.org

Katie Searles
Director of Aquatics
336 996 2231 x6422
k.searles@ymcanwnc.org 

Austin Cassidy
Associate Director of Aquatics
336 996 2231 x6419
a.cassidy@ymcanwnc.org 

Jenna Patton
Association Director of Aquatics
336 712 2000 x6565
j.patton@ymcanwnc.org 

James McCorkle
Regional Sports Director
336 996 2231 x6404
j.mccorkle@ymcanwnc.org

Alec Matulia
Youth Development Director
336 996 2231 
a.matulia@ymcanwnc.org

Nathan Smith
Facilities Director
336 996 2231 x6409
n.smith@ymcanwnc.org 

Jamie Post
District Administrative Assistant
336 245 7206 x6306
j.post@ymcanwnc.org

2025 Board of Advisors

Suzanne Hill, Chair
Ashley Sinclair, Vice Chair
Rishado Robinson, Past Board Chair
Whitney Hunter, AIF Co-Chair and Capital Campaign Chair
Lory Brummel, AIF Co-Chair
Naomi Burks
Destiny Chapman
Bill DiIanni
Jim Fradenburg
Laura Fuller
Tony Gill
AJ Hall
Larry Johnson
Steven Keil
Mark Key
Duane Long
Kevin Masten
Darryl Moore
Casie Pegg
Dalton Pike
Josh Pratt
Sandra Smothers
Mike Sowards
Etienne Thomas