Leadership Team

The Metropolitan Office, located in the Jessie Ball duPont Center at 40 East Adams Street, Suite 210, is home to all leadership staff, including President and CEO Darryl Head, the Advancement, Asset Management, Membership, Marketing & Communications, Risk Management, Human Resources, Accounting, First Impressions (member information) and Information Technology offices.

Darryl Head, President and CEO
Penny Zuber, Executive VP, COO-CFO
Michelle Moore, SVP, Chief Membership and Marketing Officer
Donna Pass, SVP, Human Resources and Leadership Development
Courtney Weatherby-Hunter, SVP, Chief Development Officer

Courtnie Breland, Executive Assistant to the CEO

Eleanor Blair, VP of Strategic Communications and Connections
Candace Burrows, VP of Programs & Risk
Tim Burrows, VP of Healthy Living and Operations
Kathy Cannon, VP of Membership and Experience
Delonyx Cortez, VP of Operations
Carly Moresco, VP of Finance
Jennifer Schoening, VP of Facilities
Chuck Steinfurth, VP of Youth Development (Out of School Time Programs)

Our association is governed by our Metropolitan Board of Directors and Board of Trustees that consists of volunteers from throughout the First Coast Community. Each neighborhood YMCA branch has its own volunteer Advisory Board which sets policy for its executive, who manages the operation with full-time and part-time staff and volunteer leaders. Advisory Board members also undergo Praesidium trainings to ensure and reinforce our commitment to abuse prevention.

Board of Directors

Pamela Smith, Chair
Ivan Gordon, Treasurer
Darryl Head, Secretary
John D. Baker (Ex-Officio Board Member)
Douglas M. Baer
Lauren Baker
Mark Bennett
Davis Berg
Sarah Bermudez
Michael Biagini
Henry Brown
Len Brown
Peggy Bryan
G. John Carey
Shantel Davis-Greene0
Josh Harrison
Michael D. Kelly
Marc Munago
Russell B. Newton, III
Jim O’Leary
Alexander Sifakis
Darnell Smith
Keith Tickell

Trustees

    • John D. Baker, II, Chairman
    • Mark F. Bailey
    • Willis M. Ball, III
    • J. F. Bryan, IV
    • Peggy Bryan
    • Stephen M. Buente
    • Carl N. Cannon
    • G. John Carey
    • Michael D. Kelly
    • Russell B. Newton, III
    • Edward White, Jr.
    • Hastings Williams, Jr.

    James H. Winston – Posthumous Emeritus
    John “Jack” H. Williams, Jr. – Posthumous Emeritus
    Christina H. Bryan – Posthumous Emeritus