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West Broad Street YMCA

Contact Norman JoynerWest Broad Street YMCA

Phone 912 233 1951

Fax 912 233 9698

PRESS RELEASE

West Broad Street YMCA names new CEO ZaDonna Slay Named New CEO of West Broad StreetYMCA, Savannah, GA, May 21, 2014

The West Broad Street YMCA is pleased to announceZaDonna Slay as its new Chief Executive Officer. Slaywas selected after an exhaustive nationwide searchled by YMCA of the USA search professionals and a

local selection committee. The selection committee was composed of members of theWest Broad Street YMCA Board of Directors and community leaders.

Slay is the current executive director of the Savannah-Chatham Court Appointed SpecialAdvocates (CASA). She is a graduate of Herschel V. Jenkins High School and SavannahState University, where she earned a Bachelors of Social Work. She earned a Mastersdegree in Social Work from the University of South Carolina. A Savannah native, Slay isinvolved in many local organizations including Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. and The Links,Incorporated. She has been named a top business leader under 40 by SavannahMagazine and Business in Savannah, a Woman of Influence by WTOC and a Person ofInterest by the Savannah Morning News. She is also a graduate of Leadership Savannahand the inaugural class of the Dale Carnegie Georgia CASA Leadership Academy.

We are very pleased to have ZaDonna lead this his toric Savannah organization. We areconfident she will continue to grow the West Broad Street YMCA and be a policy leaderon issues effecting our families, said David Sneed , the chairman of the West BroadStreet YMCA Board of Directors.

The West Broad Street YMCA is one of five remaining Heritage Ys in the country and islocated in downtown Savannah on May Street. It serves all of Savannah, but has a

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special mission for families of the Kayton and Frazier Public Housing Neighborhoods.There are over 500 children in the area from families with a median income of $8,200per year. The West Broad Street YMCA works to help these families end generationalpoverty through education and enrichment programs.

It is an honor and an extremely humbling opportunity to be selected to continue thehistorical legacy of the West Broad Street YMCA. I look forward to serving and workingwith community residents, neighboring businesses, churches, and partner agencies in acollaborative nature to meet the needs of our youth and families of the May Streetcorridor and beyond, said Slay of her new capacity.

Slay will join the West Broad Street YMCA on June 9, 2014.

For more information contact Norman Joyner at 912 233 1951 or w bsymca@gmail.com