President and CEO

Location

Nashville, TN 37203-3418

Job Description

Mission Statement: Our Mission: A worldwide charitable fellowship united by a common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of helping people grow in spirit, mind and body.

Inclusion Statement: Simply put the Y is for everyone. Inspired by our Christian mission, we believe that keeping our doors open to all only strengthens our YMCA and its ability to meet the needs of the communities we serve. In an increasingly global society, fortifying our commitment to inclusive behaviors, policies, and environments is more important than ever. The YMCA values and respects the diverse nature of the individuals and communities we serve, and chooses to be inclusive through its acceptance of all individuals.

YMCA Core Values: Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility

Position Description and Board Expectations: The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the YMCA of Middle Tennessee reports to the Association Board of Directors and has leadership responsibility for the Association’s vision, strategic direction and organizational planning, mission and guiding principles, growth, financial stability, community and philanthropic relations, financial development, staffing and operations.

The CEO should be readily capable of becoming a recognized and visible leader in the community, highly knowledgeable about its opportunities, challenges, needs and resources and have (or be able to develop) a broad knowledge of the YMCA locally, nationally and globally.

This position requires an inspiring leader who can collaborate effectively with staff, the board, community and local government leaders, members, donors and volunteers. The CEO will be a visionary with a demonstrated history of forming partnerships, creating unity and leading successfully in challenging times. He or she will champion and position the YMCA as a partner, implementing strategies to deliver on our mission with greater impact for our community. This position requires experience leading well-established teams and the skill sets and expertise to successfully navigate a multi-site, multi-program, complex organization through these pandemic-impacted times and beyond.

YMCA of Middle Tennessee Association Facts:
About Our Y: A group of forward-thinking community leaders in Nashville sought to provide safe environments and wholesome alternatives to the sometimes mean streets of a growing city. Like their London counterparts who founded the YMCA movement, those Nashville visionaries founded a local chapter of the YMCA in 1875 with a desire to nurture strong Christian character in young men and raised the funds necessary to construct the Y’s first building, located on Church Street at the corner of then College and Cherry Streets.

What began as a few men coming together for the common good grew into one of the nation’s largest YMCA association. Today, the YMCA of Middle Tennessee reaches over 250,000 people annually, nearly a third of those being youth. Through its commitment to Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility, the Y continues to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve health and well-being and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors in need.

The YMCA of Middle Tennessee reaches out to residents with fourteen full-facility branches over a six-county service area, including Davidson, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner and Williamson Counties. In addition to being one of the top ten largest YMCAs in the country in terms of annual operating revenues, the Y ranks eighth in the country in terms of philanthropic support and third in terms of total members. In 2019, our Open Doors charitable assistance program provided $3.8 million in financial assistance supporting more than 90,000 men, women and children in our community.

Programs vary by location and include, but are not limited to:

Youth Sports & Rec Programs

After Breast Cancer

Diverse Abilities Programs

Weight Loss Programs

Spirit-Mind Small Groups

YMCA’s Corporate Partnerships

YMCA Race Series

Silver&Fit participating fitness facility. Silver&Fit is designed specifically to help older adults achieve better health through regular exercise and health education.

The YMCA of Middle Tennessee is the region’s largest provider of holistic health and wellness services, before-and after-school childcare, and swim lessons. The Y also nurtures the potential of thousands of youth in its sports programs, Camp Widjiwagan / Joe C. Davis Outdoor Center day and resident camps and community outreach programs aimed at fostering learning and life skills development.

YMCA Fun Company provides a safe place for thousands of students in four Middle Tennessee counties to learn, grow and thrive in the critical hours before school, after school and during the summer. YMCA Fun Company provides safe, quality care at more than 120 sites throughout the Middle Tennessee area, serving kids ages 3 to 14. Each year, the program nurtures the development of more than 78,000 youth and teens throughout greater Nashville area – 176,426 meals were served to kids in before-and after-school care and summer programs, many of whom face hunger and food insecurity. As part of our community response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through a generous partnership with Tennessee Department of Human Services, YMCA Fun Company is providing care for free for kids of essential workers, ages 5-12 at select sites in their program.

Camp Widjiwagan / Joe C. Davis Outdoor Center creates a safe, fun, magical and educational experience for all guests and children who come to the outdoor center, including Center Day Camps for boys and girls ages 4-16; Overnight Camp for boys and girls ages 4-17; Ranch Camps for boys and girls ages 5-17; Family Camps for kids and grown-ups and Conference Facilities for group events. As part of our COVID response, YMCA Camp Widjiwagan hosted Widji U Study, a week-long day camp with two main components: a supervised, facilitated study time in the morning, followed by a hot lunch in the dining hall and then afternoon camp activities that is free for kids of essential workers, ages 5-12 through the same partnership with the Tennessee Department of Human Services.

Youth Development

The YMCA Community Action Program (Y-CAP) is in Davidson, Robertson and Williamson Counties. YCAP of Davidson County helps at-risk and underserved youth achieve their brightest possible future by closing the opportunity gap. We serve students through mentoring and coaching, literacy tutoring, intervention and prevention programs, and college access and readiness resources—all at no cost. Our goal is to model the love of Christ by offering support and encouragement to youth from adults who care.

Our K-12 umbrella currently covers more than 1,200 students from 10 middle schools, 12 high schools and 42 elementary schools in the Metro Nashville Public School district.

Our Achievers programs focus on high school students, Positive Beginnings and Z Program reach middle schoolers and Y-Literacy serves elementary school students. The YMCA Center for Civic Engagement is a statewide leadership development and civics program designed to give over 6,000 students ages 11-19 a hands-on experience with the processes of government.

Governance: The YMCA of Middle Tennessee Board consists of 59 members, of which 20 are female / 39 are male; 9 are African American / 50 are Caucasian; ages are as follows:

30 – 54 26

55 – 64 15

65+ 18

Volunteers engaged (other than Board of Directors) 1,906 (from 2020 Annual Rept.)

Staff: The YMCA consists of 2460 total staff: 224 exempt, 196 FT hourly and 2040 PT hourly. Our staff demographics (2020 EEO data) are as follows:

Female 72.6%

Male 27.4%

White 67.3%

Black/African American 24.2%

Hispanic/Latino 4.1%

Two or More Races 1.9%

Asian 2.1%

Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.02%

Native Amican/Alaskan 0.3%

Led by Y employees, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are spaces for Y employees and volunteers to network, mentor one another, share knowledge and experiences, participate in professional development, and enhance leadership skills.

African-American Resource Network (AARN)

Emerging Leaders Resource Network (ELRN)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Resource Network (LGBTQRN)

Women’s Leadership Resource Network (WLRN)

The Hope Fund relies on donations from fellow employees and provides assistance to employees and retirees in crisis. Assistance is granted through paid time off (PTO) and/ or monetary awards; awards are granted for catastrophic, unexpected hardships caused by devastating life events.

Financial Position: The overall consequences of COVID-19 on a national, regional and local level are unknown, but it has clearly shown a significant economic impact. The precise impact of this situation on the Association and its future results and financial position are not presently determinable. That being said, we are stronger than most similar-sized YMCAs. We have about $5 million in cash reserves. Our interest-bearing debt is approximately $38 million. Our affiliated foundation has assets of about $10 million.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made a significant impact on the YMCA of Middle Tennessee membership and programming. However, membership units have grown by roughly 3% in the first quarter of 2021 and as of March 2021, membership has stabilized at 57% of its pre-COVID level.

Membership Units by Branch

Green Hills 6228

Downtown 4699

Donelson 4482

Bellevue 4596

Md Farms 4222

Brentwood 4133

Sumner 3931

Maddox 3220

N. Rutherford 3020

Franklin 2744

Robertson 2326

Clarksville 2195

Northwest 1909

Christ Church 1222

TOTAL 48,927

Revenue

2017 Actual $76.4 million

2018 Actual $78.3 million

2019 Actual $82.8 million

2020 Actual $54.0 million.

2021 Budget $63.9 million

Fiscal year ends December 31.

Four-year performance:
2017 – Surplus of $1,871,668 transferred to reserves

2018 – Surplus of $1,817,121; $1,250,000 transferred to reserves

2019 – Surplus of $587,917 transferred to reserves

2020 – Loss of $3,307,796, after much painful cost cutting

Philanthropy: The YMCA is a leading charity in Middle Tennessee with over 4,000 individual donors giving annually and key partnerships established with area foundations and corporations.

Annual Campaign

2020: $5.5M Raised – including significant one-time emergency response funding (exceeded annual goal by 120%)

2021: $4.4M goal

Government Grants Contracts

2020: $10.2M secured through State and Federal funding sources

Capital Campaign

New Century Vision Campaign (1990-2000) – $36M

Included: 7 new facilities and regional camp

Vision 2020 (2000-2010) – $40M

Included: enhancements for existing branches and camp

Recent Capital Projects/Goals (2010-2021) – $20M

Over $12M secured – campaigns ongoing

Included: enhancements and expansions of existing branches

Other: YMCA of Middle Tennessee was among the 43 Y associations to which philanthropist MacKenzie Scott made generous gifts and was awarded $18 million in December 2020. In March 2021, YMCA of Middle Tennessee received $8.9 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.

Community and Advantages to Area: The ten-county Nashville Economic Market includes a population of 1.9 million and is currently the largest metropolitan area within a five-state region. The region shares assets such as workforce, infrastructure, and quality-of-life amenities. The strength of Nashville/Davidson County, coupled with the amenities and attractiveness of the surrounding counties, has resulted in a region that is able to compete in the global economy. With a diverse mix of industries and a broad base of regional stakeholders, Middle Tennessee is well-positioned for future prosperity. The Nashville region is home to ten Fortune 1000 companies including five Fortune 500 headquarters. Nashville is also a major center for the healthcare, publishing, private prison, banking, automotive, and transportation industries.

Nashville is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee with a population 694,144 people; the city is the county seat of Davidson County and is located on the Cumberland River. It is the 23rd largest city in the United States. Spanning over 497 miles, Nashville has a population density of 1,416 people per square mile; more than 80 people move to this community every day.

Age Group Percent of Total Population

0-19 25.8%

20-34 21.7%

35-54 27.0%

55-74 20.5%

75+ 5.1%

The median age in Nashville is 34.2 years.

Race or Ethnicity Percent of Total Population

White 79.3%

Black/African American 16.6%

Hispanic/Latino (of any race) 7.4%

Asian 3.5%

Other/Two or More Races 2.7%

American Indian/Alaska Native 0.8%

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0.2%

In the Nashville Metropolitan area, 13.9% of the population is foreign-born. International migration accounted for more than 20% of Nashville’s net in-migration from 2010 to 2019 and 1 in 8 Davidson County residents is foreign-born. According to World Population Review, the city is home to large populations of Mexicans, Kurds, Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians, Arabs and Bantus; there are also small communities of Pashtuns from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Nashville is home to the largest population of Kurdish people in the country (estimated at 15,000 to 20,000, according to Bloomberg), while many of around 60,000 Bhutanese refugees admitted to the country settled in the area.

59.6% of people in Nashville claim religious affiliation according to information compiled by Sperling’s BestPlaces. The dominant religion in Nashville is Christianity, comprising 57.7% of the population. The Christian population is broken down into 20.6% Baptists, 6.2% Catholics, 5.6% Methodists, 3.4% Pentecostals, 3.4% Presbyterians, 0.8% Mormons, and 0.5% Lutherans. 15.7% identify with other forms of Christianity, including the Orthodox Church and Disciples of Christ. Islam is the second largest religion, comprising 0.8% of the population. 0.6% of the population adhere to eastern religions such as Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism and Hinduism, and 0.3% follow Judaism.

The median household income in the Nashville area is $63,939. A new report (July 27, 2020) from real estate investing platform Roofstock.com finds that the Nashville-Davidson, Murfreesboro and Franklin area is among the 10th fastest growing metros in the United States. The median rental cost is $1,033 per month, and the median house price is $287,300.

The city is served by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, also referred to as Metro Schools. This district is the second largest school district in Tennessee, the 42nd largest school district in the country and enrolls approximately 86,000 students in the district’s 73 elementary schools, 33 middle schools, 25 high schools, 18 charter schools, and eight specialty schools. In addition, Nashville is home to numerous private schools. Combined, all of the private schools in Nashville enroll more than 15,000 students.

A major center for the music industry, especially country music, Nashville is commonly known as “Music City” and is sometimes referred to as “Athens of the South” due to the large number of educational institutions, including Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt University, Meharry Medical College, Belmont University, Fisk University, Trevecca Nazarene University, the American Baptist College and Lipscomb University. Much of the city’s cultural life has revolved around its large university community. Particularly significant in this respect were two groups of critics and writers who were associated with Vanderbilt University in the early 20th century: the Fugitives and the Agrarians, as well as The Fisk Jubilee Singers who are vocal artists and students at Fisk University who sing and travel worldwide.

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center is the major performing arts center of the city. It is the home of the Nashville Repertory Theatre, the Nashville Opera, the Music City Drum and Bugle Corps, and the Nashville Ballet. In September 2006, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center opened as the home of the Nashville Symphony. Nashville has an active theatre scene and is home to several professional and community theatre companies. Nashville Children’s Theatre, Nashville Repertory Theatre, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, the Dance Theatre of Tennessee and the Tennessee Women’s Theater Project are among the most prominent professional companies.

Nashville has many arts centers and museums, including the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, the Tennessee State Museum, the Johnny Cash Museum, Fisk University’s Van Vechten and Aaron Douglas Galleries, Vanderbilt University’s Fine Art Gallery and Sarratt Gallery, the National Museum of African American Music, and the full-scale replica of the Parthenon.

Tourist destinations include Fort Nashborough and Fort Negley, the Tennessee State Museum; and the Parthenon, a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. The Tennessee State Capitol is one of the oldest working state capitol buildings in the nation. The Hermitage, the former home of President Andrew Jackson, is one of the largest presidential homes open to the public, and also one of the most visited.

Nashville is home to four professional sports franchises. The Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL), the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL), and Nashville SC of Major League Soccer (MLS). The city is also home to one minor league team: the Nashville Sounds of Minor League Baseball’s Pacific Coast League (PCL). An investment group, Music City Baseball, seeks to secure a Major League Baseball expansion franchise or lure an existing team to the city.

Metro Board of Parks and Recreation oversees 15,134 acres of open space, including 178 parks and 99 miles of greenway. The Warner Parks are one of the largest municipally administered parks in Tennessee and together span more than 3,100 acres of forest and field, nine miles from downtown Nashville. The United States Army Corps of Engineers maintains parks on Old Hickory Lake and Percy Priest Lake (Home to 320 beautiful acres of Camp Widjiwagan).

Information Sites: Please click the links below to learn more about the YMCA of Middle Tennessee and the Nashville area.

https://ymcamidtn.org/

https://www.nashvillechamber.com/explore/live/relocate

https://www.nashvillechamber.com/economic-development/relocate-or-expand/why-nashville

Nashville Real Estate Market Ranks #3 In Nation

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/nashvilledavidsonbalancetennessee,davidsoncountytennessee/PST045219

http://maps.nashville.gov/NashvilleParksFinder/

https://www.visitmusiccity.com/things-to-do-in-nashville/food-drink

Other Sites for Information:
www.ymca.net

Qualifications

Minimum Criteria for Candidates:
A dynamic and visionary servant leader with exceptional skills in building relationships with people, demonstrated community collaborative work, asset development experience and the ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.

Commitment to the mission and cause of the YMCA and uphold its values and ethics.

Bachelor’s degree; related graduate degree preferred.

Strong preference for ten years prior experience in a senior leadership role with a YMCA or related experience at a comparable, complex organization with direct supervision of multiple levels of staff and employees. Experience must include strategic planning, board and volunteer development, philanthropic development (including annual campaigns and securing grants) and supervision of multi-site operations.

A proven track record of budgetary and fiscal management in excess of $25M or more annually; past success and experience raising significant contributed dollars.

Ability to speak any language in addition to English is a plus.

Essential Functions

The Board believes its new CEO should be an experienced leader who has the background and qualities that will permit him or her to achieve excellence in the following:

Demonstrating Mission/Purpose-Driven Leadership: Inspire and mobilize staff, volunteers, members, partners and the public to strengthen communities. Exhibit passion about giving the community a place to play, to learn, to be healthy and give back. Bring together people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and generations to ensure that all have access to the opportunities, relationships and resources necessary to learn, grow and thrive. Create a welcoming, genuine, hopeful, nurturing environment dedicated to making the community stronger. Champion a culture of equity, inclusion, integrity, character and lifelong learning within the Y organization that reinforces, encourages, and promotes values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. In alignment with the Y’s mission, seek to foster an environment where diversity is celebrated and where all staff, members, program participants and volunteers can reach their fullest potential. Foster a culture that encourages productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to advance the Y’s impact. Build a sense of purpose among leaders and hold them accountable for collaboration. Key competencies: values, community, volunteerism, inclusion, relationships, developing others, emotional intelligence and maturity, managerial courage, communication, self-development, change capacity, innovation, and philanthropy.

Realtime Strategic Planning: With the board, lead a collaborative process that rallies stakeholders to build upon our strategic roadmap that addresses the needs of the association through COVID pandemic, and the key issues that will make the Y successful in the post-pandemic environment. Lead staff in the refresh of a strategic plan that aligns with the mission and vision of the organization; adapting to meet the changing needs of the communities we serve through new programs and modifications to existing ones, including difficult choices regarding ongoing programs and services if necessary to ensure the long-term financial viability of the association. Lead volunteers in aligning committees and their charts of work to support the strategies and goals of the association. Serve as an innovator who drives bold impact to challenge competition in the market and to address the communities’ critical social issues while positioning the organization for sustained success and relevance. Keep pace with rapidly evolving Middle Tennessee communities and growth of Nashville. Grow partnership capacity with both internal and external stakeholders / public and private entities, e.g., government, universities, public schools, corporate, faith community. Align resources to support areas of most significant influence and impact. Key competencies: influence, communication, values, inclusion, project management, change management, openness to new approaches and philosophies that may be different than traditional YMCA paradigms and conventional wisdom, innovation, focus on results. Superior supervisory, team building and listening skills; sound judgment, initiative and independent thinking.

Advocating the Vision of the YMCA: Act as an ambassador for the Mission, cause, and vision of the YMCA within the community. Ensure the Y is a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening the community by connecting all people to their potential, purpose, and each other. Interact and communicate with Y members, donors, staff and volunteers and be seen as an active and integral member of the community. Develop and cultivate relationships with key stakeholders, while always upholding the highest standards of the values of the Y. Build on the Association’s public policy leadership role by expanding its level of advocacy with policymakers at all levels of government; engage appropriate board and staff in this advocacy. Create strategic, mutually beneficial relationships with influential local and state leaders, potential donors, members, and organizations in our communities. Key competencies: volunteerism, values, community-building, collaboration, communication, influence, ability to form and foster strategic relationships, ability to recruit, lead and inspire a diverse team of colleagues and community board members. Relationship skills that translate to building partnerships and support from outside the YMCA.

Fiscal Management: Ensure the Association’s financial resources are properly managed and effectively report its financial position to all relevant stakeholders. Use a high level of financial analysis to forecast economic trends, growth, and stability while consistently leading organization to balance or surplus operations by growing earned revenue, contributions and controlling costs. Empower and guide staff leaders to lead their departments/branches to successful financial operation. Employ sophisticated financial analysis to evaluate risks, growth opportunities, specific projects, and financing strategies in developing short- and long-term business plans. The CEO will demonstrate a clear understanding of key financial drivers, including philanthropy and stewardship as key components of our financial model. Key competencies: decision-making, project management, finance, quality results, functional expertise, developing others, consistent metric improvement, fundraising, financial acumen.

Position the Y as a Charity of Choice: Serve as the Association’s clear leader in fundraising and instill excitement/passion for the work of the YMCA with multiple stakeholder groups. Lead the organization to a new level of impact in annual giving, capital development, grants and endowment. Build trusted relationships with philanthropic leaders on the Board who can provide visiablity and credibility for the YMCA’s strategic initiatives. Establish a plan for increasing contributed dollars to support service growth and program affordability for all and continued facility improvements and expansion. Instill confidence, credibility, and trust in the Y with community leaders and donors. Commit to extraordinary strewardship through effective and transparent communication and reporting to philanthropic investors. Provide leadership to a culture of philanthropy and drive operational accountability for meeting fundraising goals and key performance indicators. Key competencies: strategic, creative, big picture thinking. Collaborative spirit with knowledge and understanding of community resources and the ability to engage and partner these resources with the YMCA to meet strategic objectives. Ability to instill excitement and passion for the work of the YMCA with multiple stakeholder groups. Quality results, philanthropy, relationship, influence, emotional maturity, community, communication.

Leading the Staff Team: Lead with integrity, demonstrating high regard for honesty and courage. Possess an engaging, open, positive and inclusive leadership style to create a spirit of camaraderie and a sense of Mission/purpose. Establish a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion; drive an organizational imperative for talent, ensuring investment in attracting, developing, motivating, mentoring, engaging, empowering and retaining diverse talent to meet strategic priorities. Ensure that an equitable talent development system is in place to build a diverse, outstanding, dedicated and culturally competent staff team. Create a learning organization to achieve the highest potential of staff. Cultivate an organizational culture of high expectations and accountability for critical objectives at all levels in a positive and productive manner. Model professional trust with all staff to ensure openness to innovation and to foster cross-functional collaboration. Key competencies: Transparency, humility, courage, personal integrity and values, empathy and compassion, relationship-building, developing others, emotional maturity, quality results, influence, change management, communication, developing and mentoring others, succession planning at all leadership levels.

Salary Range: $275 to $340K, DOE

Benefits: All benefits provided to all YMCA FT staff per the personnel policy (including health insurance, retirement, PTO, stipend for cell phone, plus others). Car allowance is provided; relocation allowance is negotiable.

Target Dates for the Search Process

Resumes accepted through: May 21, 2021

Preliminary interviews scheduled: Week of June 14, 2021

Final interviews: Week of July 5, 2021

CEO selection made: Week of July 12, 2021

New CEO on board (anticipated): August 16, 2021

To Apply

Candidates will apply via the following website: https://tinyurl.com/ymca-middle-tn-ceo

You will be requested to submit the following with your online application: A resume and cover letter, along with six professional references. Note: References will be checked on final candidates.

Questions Regarding This Position Should be Directed to:
Sal Cisneros

Senior Consultant

YMCA of the USA

[email protected]

Roland Lundy

Buffkin Baker

[email protected]

Salary

$275,000.00 – $340,000.00