Retiring Foundation YMCA CEO Kathie Davis has overseen lots of changes in her 20-year career with the nonprofit, including a move across town to a brand new facility and a four-fold increase in membership.
“My first day was in October of 2004,” Davis said. “The day before, I’d stopped working at First Presbyterian Church as the business administrator. I didn’t take even one day off. I was so anxious to get to the Y. I got there very early in the morning. I was a little bit like deer in the headlights. I was confident that I could do the work, but not coming from a Y background, I didn’t know exactly everything it entailed.”
Davis said reflecting on where she started and where she is now, the growth and change over time has been unbelievable…