About Us

Franzine Potts ​

CEO

Leonard Barnes

CVO

director of staff

YMCA of Grays Harbor director Staff

Franzine Potts ​

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
✉︎  fpotts@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 111

Dan Brown

Chief Operating Officer (COO)
✉︎  dbrown@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 109

Melissa Dahlstrom

Finance Director
✉︎  mdahlstrom@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 101

Keith Sedgwick

Facilities Maintenance Director
✉︎  ksedgwick@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 141

Leslie Goings

Dir. Community Engagement & HR
✉︎  lgoings@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 108

Nicole Evanson

Sr. Director of Aquatics & Safety
✉︎  nevanson@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 126

Dannielle Oliver

Sr. Dir., Licensed &
Unlicensed Programming
✉︎  doliver@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 104

Ryan Catron

Dir. Member Services & Camp Bishop
✉︎  rcatron@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 147

Daniel Chavez

Health & Wellness Director
✉︎  dchavez@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 105

Ryan Pickard

Director of Camp Building & Facilities
✉︎  rpickard@ghymca.net

Vanessa Berndt

Youth Programming Director
✉︎  vberndt@ghymca.net
☎︎  360.537.9622 x 124

Board members

YMCA of Grays Harbor board

Leonard Barnes (CVO)

Executive Director
Port of Grays Harbor

Arlene Torgerson (2nd VP)​

Board President
Family Promise

Pat Oleachea (Secretary)​

Managing Broker
Windermere Real Estate

Dean Brydon (Treasurer)

CEO
Timberland Bank

Moraya Wilson (Past Pres.)

General Manager / Treasurer
KD&S Environmental

Kenneth Albert

Retired Treasurer
Grays Harbor County

Josh Collette

Chief Financial Officer
WSSDA

Hannah Curley

Treasurer
Quinault Indian Nation

Jennifer Durney

Business Insurance Agent
Durney Insurance, Inc

Maggie May

Family Medicine, Harbor Regional

Lindsay Paylor Jones

SVP & Team Leader
Bank of the Pacific

Jody Pope

Director of Athletics Grays Harbor College

Alissa Shay

Deputy Director
Port of Grays Harbor

Jill Smith

Board Member
Grays Harbor College Foundation

Ruth Erwin-Svoboda

Principal
Central Park Elementary School


2025 Impact report

2024 impact report

strategy & vision