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Dustin Clark
Dustin Clark is Program Director of After-school Programs for East Valley Family YMCA. He began his YMCA career in 2003 as Site Director for the branch's after-school program at Russo and McEntee Academy, formerly known as Shields Elementary School. He received a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University. |
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Michelle Lennox
Michelle Lennox is Director of Youth and Family Services for East Valley Family YMCA. She began her YMCA career in 1997 as a Day Camp Leader. Over the years she has gained extensive experience working in day camp, youth sports, and grant-based community programs. |
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Jen Lewis
Jen Lewis is the Swimming and Aquatics Program Director at East Valley Family YMCA. She started her YMCA career in 1998 as a Swim Instructor, Lifeguard and Aquatics Coordinator at South Valley Family YMCA. She holds several certifications in lifeguard instruction, swim lesson instruction, emergency response instruction, and aquatics and inclusion programming. |
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David Monarrez
David Monarrez is the Health and Fitness Director for East Valley Family YMCA. He began his YMCA career in 1986 as a Swim Lessons Instructor. In 1997 he relocated to Tijuana, Mexico, as Director of the Casa YMCA. He returned to East Valley Family YMCA in 2001 as a Lifeguard before being named Associate Program Director of Aquatics and Aquatics Director. In 2008 he assumed responsibility for the branch's Group Exercise program. |
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Gary Pienkowski
Gary Pienkowski is Associate Executive Director for East Valley Family YMCA, directing activities for health and wellness, aquatics and youth sports programs. He began his YMCA career in San Francisco as the Health and Wellness Director for the Richmond District, Embarcadero and Central YMCAs. He also was the Associate Executive Director of the Chinatown and Embarcadero YMCAs. He received a master's degree in physical education. |
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Danielle Ramirez-King
Danielle Ramirez-King is Director of Administration and Support Services for East Valley Family YMCA. She began her YMCA career in 1999 as a Membership Representative at South Valley Family YMCA before transferring to the YMCA of Silicon Valley's Association Office in the Business Resource Center. From there, she moved to East Valley Family YMCA as Administrative Manager before assuming her current position. |
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Virginia Redd
Virginia Redd is Youth and Family Program Director for East Valley Family YMCA, directing activities for licensed child care and camp programs. She began her YMCA career in 1999 at Mt. Diablo Region YMCA working in summer day camp and preschool programs. She was named Program Director of Children and Family Services in 2001. She relocated to San Jose in 2005 as a Child Care Director and assumed her current position in 2007. |
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Angela Rodriguez
Angela Rodriguez is Program Director for After-school Programs at East Valley Family YMCA, with responsibility for YMCA after-school enrichment in the Alum Rock School District. She began her YMCA involvement as a volunteer and joined the staff in 1999. |
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Lupe Ruvalcaba
Lupe Ruvalcaba is Associate Executive Director of East Valley Family YMCA. She began her YMCA career in 1999 as a Noontime Sports Leader for the Mayfair Program before being named Youth Program Coordinator for its literacy program and the Mayfair Summer Day Camp Director. She served as Teen Director overseeing the branch's Y-Achievers Program and Youth and Government and opened a new Teen Center at the facility. Through the years, she has held a variety of positions, including Senior Program Director overseeing after-school enrichment programs, Associate Executive Director for Community Programs overseeing licensed child care, and roles in camp, youth sports, technology, marketing, and the branch's Arts and Humanities department. She is a recipient of the 2005 Portrait of Success: An Exemplary Leadership Award Honoring Hispanic Role Models. She received a bachelor's degree from San Jose State University and is currently pursuing a master's degree from Springfield College. |
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Kirsten Shaw
Kirsten Shaw is Program Director of After-school Programs for East Valley Family YMCA. She began her YMCA career in San Diego County as an after-school leader before being named Program Director. She relocated to the Bay Area in 2006 and joined the staff at East Valley Family YMCA in 2007. |
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Melanie Thelian
Melanie Thelian is the Health and Wellness Coordinator for East Valley Family YMCA. She began her YMCA career as the Courtesy Counter Associate Program Director and started working in the branch's Health and Wellness department in 2003. She is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified Personal Trainer and a certified Corrective Exercise Specialist. |
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Mario Vargas
Mario Vargas is Executive Director of East Valley Family YMCA. He has nearly three decades of experience with the YMCA. He began his YMCA involvement as a teen volunteer in youth sports and joined the YMCA staff as a Camp Leader for the Yolo County YMCA in Woodland, California. In 1985, he began working in the Greater Sacramento YMCA in various roles and branches. In 1991, he moved to the YMCA of San Diego County's Mission Valley YMCA as a Program Director before relocating to the Bay Area in 1997 as Associate Executive Director at Southwest YMCA in Saratoga. He was promoted to Executive Director at Southwest YMCA in 2002 and later assumed his current position at East Valley Family YMCA. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis. |
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Justin Yaeger
Justin Yaeger is Director of Marketing and Technology for East Valley Family YMCA. He oversees the Excellence in Engineering Enrichment program that supplies San Jose elementary school students with hands-on engineering, architecture, film and robotics lessons. He began his YMCA career leading an art and recreation day camp and after-school mentoring programs at Duluth YMCA in Duluth, Minnesota. He relocated to San Jose and assumed his current position in 2007. |
