Our Leadership

Sue Ball
Executive Director

Sue joined Northwest YMCA as Executive Director in 2011. She began her career in 1984 as a gymnastics coach at YMCA of Metropolitan Little Rock and quickly advanced to Program Director, Associate Executive, and Executive Director of the Downtown YMCA, where she hosted Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton as facility members.

Sue relocated to YMCA of Central Florida as Executive Director of Wayne Densch YMCA Family Center in Orlando, leading staff and board members through a capital development project resulting in a major renovation and expansion of the branch's programs and offerings.

Looking for a new challenge, Sue moved to YMCA of the Suncoast and once again embarked on major capital development efforts to expand and renovate facilities and triple membership. While there, she was promoted to District Vice President, responsible for three operating units in two counties. She also led the start-up and charter of a new YMCA in a community that had never had a Y.

As the recipient of several awards, including the Association of YMCA Professionals' Excellence in Budget Management, Financial Turn Around, and Excellence in Administrative Achievement, Sue was named "Woman of the Year" in her county in Florida.

Tim O'Connor
Associate Executive Director

Tim began his YMCA career in 1990. Prior to coming to Northwest in 2010, he spent 14 years in a variety of roles at YMCAs throughout Silicon Valley. Throughout his career, Tim has been a respected and recognized leader in Annual Giving Campaigns and in the Y's child care, youth sports, teen and parent-child programs, and day, resident and travel camps.

As Executive Director of two YMCAs in southern California, Tim moved into branch operations, gaining additional management experience in board development and in the Membership, Health and Wellness, Aquatics, and Facility Maintenance departments. He led efforts to revitalize and expand West Valley Family YMCA and improve facilities at Conejo Valley YMCA.

Tim was honored by the YMCA for excellence in fiscal management and earned the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Campaign Excellence Award. He remains active with the Northwest Y Service Club, Sunnyvale Rotary, Sunnyvale Challenge Team, and the Columbia Neighborhood Obesity Awareness Coalition.

Janice Prior
Administrative Director

Janice Prior is Administrative Director for Northwest YMCA. She began her YMCA career in 1990 and has held several administrative and operational positions at a number of branches. As a teenager, Janice actively participated in many YMCA programs, including Youth and Government, volleyball and camp. She also volunteered during the weekends.

James Kenoyer
Director of Aquatics and Risk Management

James began working for the YMCA in 2001 as a Lifeguard and instructor in the Aquatics department and was promoted to Lead Lifeguard in 2003. He also held positions as a Camp Leader and Camp Director. He worked as a Teen Center Leader at the Northwest facility before becoming the YMCA Teen Center Director at Miller Middle School during the 2006-2007 school year. James also serves as a Member Services Manager.

Mike Lusk
Director of Facilities

Mike oversees all aspects of the physical facility to ensure that our YMCA is safe and meets the needs of the community.

Jennifer Allivato
Director of Member Services

Jennifer Allivato is Director of Member Services at Northwest YMCA, where she oversees membership, the Welcome Center, and Child Watch. She began her YMCA career in 2001 as a Camp Leader and Member Services Associate at Mt. Madonna YMCA. She transferred to Northwest YMCA in 2006 as the Welcome Center Manager and was promoted to her current position several months later. Jennifer received a bachelor's degree in bible and theology with a minor in youth ministry.

Keiichiro Yoshida
Senior Program Director for Health and Wellness and Aquatics

Keiichiro Yoshida is Senior Program Director for Northwest YMCA's Health and Wellness and Aquatics departments. He began his YMCA career as a Program Director in the mid-1990s. He left the YMCA for a brief period to start a consulting company and returned to the YMCA in 2005. Keiichiro has a passion for training and coaching, as well as diversity and inclusion practices. He serves on the local board for the LiveStrong Challenge and Kids Foundation and is active with Saint Justin's Church in Santa Clara, Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, Project Joy, YMCA Asian Leadership Network, and YMCA Youth Leadership Council.

Sabrina Ippolito
Teen and Camp Program Director

Sabrina Ippolito is Teen and Camp Program Director for Northwest YMCA. She first experienced the YMCA as a teen leader in summer day camp. Since beginning her YMCA career in 1998, Sabrina has held a variety of positions, including serving as a Day Camp Director, Child Care Center Director, Teen Center Coordinator, and Teen Center Director. She has overseen the YMCA Youth and Government program and its Vistas and Teen Center program.

Scott Leong
Youth Sports and Physical Education/Noontime Activities Director

Scott Leong is the Youth Sports and Physical Education/Noontime Activities Director for Northwest YMCA. He began his YMCA career in 2002 in the Sports department at El Camino YMCA. While there, he worked in a variety of programs, including summer day camps and licensed child care, before transferring to Northwest YMCA to work in the after-school enrichment program with physical education and noontime activities for students.

Carla Guglielmelli
Associate Director of Total Health

Carla manages the group fitness and Reformer Pilates programs at Northwest YMCA. She began her YMCA career in 2006 as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor at Southwest YMCA before coming to Northwest YMCA in 2009. She assumed her current position in 2010. In addition to her leadership responsibilities, Carla teaches BodyPump, TRX and a variety of other classes and is a certified personal trainer.

Allan Jong Allan
Associate Director of Total Health

Allan manages personal training, small group training, Active Older Adult classes, youth fitness classes, and the entire fitness floor at Northwest YMCA. He came to the Y as a Wellness Coach in 2009 and assumed his current position in 2010. He is certified in TRX training and Reebok cycling and is a volunteer Ultimate Frisbee coach. He received a master's degree in kinesiology with a specialty in sports psychology.

Keith Marin
Associate Member Services Director

Keith supervises the front desk, program registration and member services. Prior to coming to the Y, Keith worked several years in the sports and fitness industry. He received a master's degree in sports management.

Shiel Brockbank
Child Care Program Director

She previously served as Center Director of the Y's child care site at Stevens Creek Elementary School. Prior to that, she served 15 years as a YMCA camp leader, a child care teacher and program director for the Y's youth and family programs. She received the YMCA Program Excellence Award in 2009.

Devan Velez Devan
Associate Director - Aquatics

Devan previously served as Aquatics Coordinator. He began his YMCA career in 2001 as one of the first staff members to lifeguard and teach lessons after the completion of the Northwest YMCA pool. Since then, he has devoted his career to building the program while holding a variety of positions. In addition to overseeing the department, he also teaches private swim lessons.