Leadership

Sandy holds a deep commitment to improving the quality of life for children, adults and families throughout Silicon Valley. With over 40 years of YMCA leadership experience, Sandy is a passionate believer that when youth have the support, access and opportunities they need to thrive, we are empowering the future generation that will make our community and our world stronger and healthier.

Mary has over 37 years of experience as a Y professional and volunteer. She currently oversees operations of several YMCA branches, the Youth Development team, and YMCA Project Cornerstone. She works collaboratively with school districts, funders, cities, counties, nonprofits and businesses to create programs that meet the needs of our community. Mary serves as a national leader for the YMCA movement in expanded learning programs and youth health and wellness. Mary is passionate about the programmatic magic in the intersection between youth development, education and healthy living creating impact for all members of our community.

Tony joined YMCA of Silicon Valley as Chief Development Officer in June of 2013 with more than 20 years of development experience from the YMCA and UC Berkeley. Most recently, Tony served as the Senior Director of Foundation Relations at YMCA of the USA. Tony has built a successful career at the Y and he believes our organization has the power and opportunity to create positive change in the lives of the people in our community.

Ira brings 20 years of CFO experience in the nonprofit sector from serving with the San Jose based Health Trust, where he developed and delivered CFO support and counsel to over 80 nonprofit organizations throughout California. Prior to joining the Health Trust, he spent 17 years at Good Samaritan Health System and Lockheed Corporation. Ira is a well-respected leader, coach, and educator in finance and strategic leadership. He is known and trusted for his guidance with boards, executives, and government entities throughout Silicon Valley.

Karla joined the YMCA of Silicon Valley’s Human Resources team in 2016 following 13 years at YMCA of the Triangle in Raleigh, North Carolina. With 20+ years of human resources and management experience, that spans for-profit to nonprofit, her extensive experience leading HR initiatives supports the vision of YMCA of Silicon Valley. Karla’s expertise includes policy design, compensation, performance management, recruiting, compliance reporting, HRIS implementations, HR workflow development, and benefits administration.

Leslie brings 20 years of experience building and scaling customer acquisition and revenue, for both complex matrixed Fortune500 companies, as well as new startups. During which time he has built and scaled over a dozen new marketing programs in the health and wellness and non-profit world, increasing demand, adding new sources of revenue, creating market growth and perfecting customer acquisition. His passion for leadership, wellness and the broader community draws him to this role at the Y. Currently he leads the execution of integrated programs across marketing strategy, member acquisition, and association communication.

Sujan brings 25 years of Information Technology experience and is responsible for leading the technology transformation at the YMCA of Silicon Valley.

Prior to joining YMCA of Silicon Valley, Sujan held senior leadership roles in several multinational and startup organizations in the Bay Area, focusing on IT business applications, networks, security, and compliance in the Contact Center and Software industries. Sujan is passionate about architecting solutions, driving efficiencies, delivering quality services, managing by metrics and spearheading change. He utilizes employee and customer centric focused management philosophies that compliment the Y's core values.