Chief Executive Officer

EXECUTIVE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
SILVER BAY YMCA

Position: Chief Executive Officer

Address: 87 Silver Bay Road, Silver Bay, NY 12874

The Silver Bay YMCA is an equal opportunity employer. We work to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential with dignity.

THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE SILVER BAY YMCA
The Silver Bay YMCA ("Silver Bay") is seeking a mission driven, visionary Chief Executive Officer to lead one of the most historic and distinctive YMCAs in the country. Founded in 1902, Silver Bay is more than a YMCA (or "Y") campus. It is a place of renewal, reflection, learning, and connection that has shaped generations of families, faith communities, nonprofit leaders, educators, and youth.

Situated on a 650-acre campus with one mile of shoreline along Lake George, within New York's Adirondack Park, Silver Bay is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is consistently recognized as one of the premier family reunion and retreat destinations in the United States.

The next CEO will steward a complex, multi-dimensional organization that brings together hospitality, retreat services, youth development, spiritual life, and community engagement at scale. This leader will be responsible for honoring Silver Bay's historic legacy while guiding its continued evolution. That includes strengthening financial sustainability, investing in people and culture, modernizing operations and facilities where needed, and ensuring the mission remains central to every decision.

KEY SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF OUR NEXT CEO

The Board of Trustees (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 roles:

Collaborate with Board on Strategic Plan Development and Lead Implementation: Work effectively with the Board, volunteers, community leaders, and key staff, to create and develop a strategic plan that addresses the needs of the communities served by Silver Bay and includes defined organizational strategies, a clear implementation plan with deliverables, and measurable goals. Key competencies: Change Leadership, Communication & Influence, Critical Thinking & Decision Making, Program/Project Management

Fiscal Management: Use high-level financial analysis to forecast financial trends, growth, and stability, while consistently leading the organization to balanced or surplus results by growing operating revenue and contributions and controlling costs. Empower and guide staff leaders to lead their departments to successful financial operations. Develop and implement stewardship strategies. Key competencies: Fiscal Management, Critical Thinking & Decision Making, Developing Self & Others, Philanthropy

Build and Lead Staff: Ensure a talent development system is in place and executed effectively with cultural competence. Hire, motivate, nurture, retain, and hold staff accountable for key objectives. Work towards recruiting, retaining, developing, and promoting staff. Encourage the team by creating a spirit of camaraderie, connection, and sense of mission and purpose. Create a learning organization to help staff achieve their highest potential. Key competencies: Developing Self & Others, Inclusion, Emotional Maturity, Change Leadership

Improve Operating Performance: Engage the board and appropriate staff to develop and execute an annual tactical plan for identifying and achieving key goals and objectives towards operating with safe, relevant, and sustainable practices. Quickly address issues that may arise, forecast future needs, and manage and direct Silver Bay's operations and activities. Key competencies: Developing Self & Others, Critical Thinking & Decision Making, Innovation

Hospitality and Guest Satisfaction: Ensure that lodging, food service, conference, and recreational amenities are at a level sufficient to retain and attract new business and sustainably preserve Silver Bay as one of the Y's most unique and historic conference retreat sites. This includes, among other things, maintenance and development of facilities, and sound management of capital projects.

ABOUT THE YMCA OF SILVER BAY
For more than a century, Silver Bay has served as a gathering place where people step away from the pace of everyday life to reconnect with one another, with nature, and with purpose. Originally founded as a training center for YMCA and YWCA leaders, Silver Bay has grown into a year-round destination serving families, congregations, nonprofits, schools, and community groups from both the Lake George region as well as from across the country.

Today, Silver Bay operates as a destination-based YMCA offering conferences and retreats, family programs, youth development and education, spiritual life programming, arts and humanities experiences, extensive recreational activities on land and on water, and community focused initiatives. Thousands of day use guests and overnight visitors are welcomed each year, many returning generation after generation.

Equally central to Silver Bay's identity is its commitment to community benefit and access. Through scholarships, reduced rate stays, respite programs, youth development initiatives, emergency housing, and mission driven subsidies, Silver Bay ensures that its campus remains a place where people of all backgrounds and circumstances can find rest, renewal, and belonging. In addition, Silver Bay provides off-campus services in nearby communities.

Silver Bay is both a campus and a community. It is shaped by hospitality, stewardship, and service, and the CEO plays a critical role in sustaining and strengthening that culture.

Our Mission
To cultivate relationships, strengthen communities, and nurture spirit, mind, and body for all.

Our North Star
To be a leader in creating thriving, connected, and sustainable communities - to be a place where people grow, connect, and are inspired by nature, nurturing lifelong well-being.

Our Culture: The Y Experience The Y Experience is built from our mission and encompasses the values and philosophy by which we serve and operate. Welcoming We are open to all. We are a place where you can be yourself and find yourself in others. Genuine We value you and embrace your individuality. Hopeful We believe in you and your potential to do good in the world. Nurturing We support you as you become the best version of yourself. Determined We seek to strengthen relationships and community bonds, both on and off campus.

Current Key Strategic Initiatives:Embed belonging across Silver Bay's culture, programs, and guest experience to ensure all who come feel welcomed, connected, and valued.Strengthen fiscal sustainability by prioritizing data-driven investments, diversifying revenue through services, grants, and philanthropy, and closing the operational deficit through efficiencies and disciplined stewardship.Enhance and evolve programs, services, and facilities to remain relevant, high-quality, and aligned with changing guests, community, and organizational needs.Position Silver Bay as a trusted community hub by deepening partnerships that expands access, service, and impact across the region.Advance service and stewardship by caring for the natural environment, fostering spiritual growth, and developing youth leadership and character through mission-centered programming.

Membership:Total Number of Members: 1,283Total stays overnight (most recent year): 58,455Total distinct guests (most recent year): 13,010
Branch Information:Silver Bay operates as a single-campus association but also supports several youth programs in the local communities.

Core Programs:Conferences and retreats for faith-based, nonprofit, educational, and mission-aligned organizationsHospitality and lodging services for overnight guests, families, and groupsYouth development and education programs, including the Early Learning Center, youth swim lessons and teen programmingSpiritual life programming, retreats, and chapel servicesCommunity engagement programs and partnerships serving local residents and regional organizationsArts, humanities, aquatics, and recreational programming supporting lifelong learning and well-being

Annual Support Campaign:2026 Goal: $2,255,000 (excluding ongoing capital campaign)2025 Goal: $2,025,0002025 Progress Toward Goal: $2,100,000Total number of people receiving financial assistance prior year:
- Respite stays: $950,000
- Community memberships: $161,028
- Youth development operating support: $315,000
- Youth development scholarships: $105,000
- Emergency housing: $39,000
- Donations to partner nonprofits: $22,000

Recent Capital Campaign: A $5,000,000 campaign is underway

CEO Direct Reports (under Interim CEO, who is also the full-time Chief Operating Officer):Vice President Development & Governance Vice President Guest ExperienceVice President Sales & MarketingChief Financial Officer & Vice President Support ServicesVice President of ProgramDirector Spiritual LifeDirector FacilitiesRisk Manager

Board of Trustees: 19 members with the following standing committees:Chief Executive Officer Evaluation & Compensation CommitteeFinance, overseeing Audit & Investment SubcommitteesGovernance CommitteeStrategic Planning CommitteeOutreach & Engagement Committee

Financial Snapshot (as of 12/31/2025 unaudited):Current Annual Operating Expenses Size: $11,860,000Current Debt: $2,200,000Current Endowment: $19,000,000Last year operating net: $(1,970,000) unaudited/without depreciation . click apply for full job details