Leadership

Our Leadership is made up of YWCA Staff and the members of the Board of Directors.

Women have held the leadership positions throughout the history of our organization. At the YWCA, most of the administration and program directors and all board members are women. We believe representation matters. Our leadership, along with the whole of the YWCA staff, reflects the efforts the YWCA makes to reach out to women, people of color and other underrepresented groups.

Beth Maczka, Chief Executive Officer | Ext. 201 | beth.maczka@ywcaofasheville.org

Administrative Team

Sala Menaya-Merritt, Chief Program Officer | Ext. 206 | sala.merritt@ywcaofasheville.org

Mary Beth Herman, Chief Operating Officer | Ext. 209 | marybeth.herman@ywcaofasheville.org

Wayne Hawkins, Chief Financial Officer | Ext. 208 | wayne.hawkins@ywcaofasheville.org

Jan Calder, Chief Health & Wellness Officer | Ext. 215 | jan.calder@ywcaofasheville.org

Management Team

Director of Women’s Empowerment | Ext. 116 |

Alesia Summey, Director of Empowerment Childcare | Ext. 113 | alesia.summey@ywcaofasheville.org

Denise Purcell, Director of Early Learning | Ext. 106 | denise.purcell@ywcaofasheville.org

Kitty Schmidt, Director of Aquatics | Ext. 110 | kschmidt@ywcaofasheville.org

Jodi Rhoden, Director of Marketing & Communications | Ext. 203 | jodi.rhoden@ywcaofasheville.org

Elizabeth Alvandi, Development Coordinator | Ext. 103 | elizabeth.alvandi@ywcaofasheville.org

Gerry Leonard, Racial Justice & Outreach Specialist | Ext. 219 | gerry.leonard@ywcaofasheville.org