PROFESSIONAL STAFF
Brad Russell, CEO/Executive Director, brussell@rvymca.org, (541) 772-6295 x221
Jeni Beck, Fitness Director, jbeck@rvymca.org, x204
John Cerini, Business Operations Director, jcerini@rvymca.org, x216
Michele Hunt, Preschool & Afterschool Director, mhunt@rvymca.org, x208
Simone Kaiser, Development Director, skaiser@rvymca.org, x201
Debbie Rose, Youth & Family Director, drose@rvymca.org, x205
Gary Taylor, Camp & Sports Director, gtaylor@rvymca.org, x207
Holly Hawley, Aquatics Coordinator, hhawley@rvymca.org, x219
Kris Henning, Facilities Coordinator, maintenance@rvymca.org, x201
Rhiannon Oropallo, Membership Coordinator, roropallo@rvymca.org, x202
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BACKGROUND
The YMCA Board of Directors hired Brad Russell as their Executive Director who started in July of 2006. Brad received his Business Administration degree from the University of Maine and his Masters degree in Recreation Administration from Springfield College in Massachusetts. He began his YMCA career in 1990 as a Program Specialist at the YMCA of Greater Rochester in New York. He then took his first sabbatical to complete a 3,500 mile cross country bicycle trip from Maine to California. Brad went on to volunteer for one year teaching conversational English at a YMCA in the country of Taiwan where he met his wife, Stella.
In 1995, Brad became the Program Director at an ocean-front resident camp, YMCA Camp Surf, in San Diego, California. From 1999 to 2005, he was the Executive Director of the Monterey Peninsula and South County YMCAs in Monterey County, California. Brad then took his second sabbatical to hike the 2,650 mile long Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.
Brad volunteers for a non-profit organization in Oakland, California called OBUGS which provides community gardening to very low-income and high crime areas. As an avid traveler, he has visited YMCAs in more than 35 countries, speaks Mandarin Chinese and a bit of Spanish.
