Leadership Team
Meet Our Staff

TONY CALABRESE
President & CEO
tcalabrese@dubuquey.org

MICHAEL LUEDTKE
Controller
mluedtke@dubuquey.org

DAVE BAKER
Branch Director
dbaker@dubuquey.org

ABBYE PORTZEN
Marketing and Fund Development Director
aportzen@dubuquey.org

BRANDI HENNEKE
Membership Director
bhenneke@dubuquey.org

KYLE HELBING
Senior Program Director
khelbing@dubuquey.org

MICHELLE ERNST
Crisis Services Director
mernst@dubuquey.org

SARAH KIMBLE
Business Administration Specialist
skimble@dubuquey.org

COURTNEY MORGAN
Director of Early Childhood
cmorgan@dubuquey.org

KELLEE PEIL-ROUSSEL
Director of School Age Programs
kroussel@dubuquey.org
Meet Our Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is made up of dedicated community leaders who use their diverse talents to help define the Y’s long-range strategic plan.
Each board member actively serves on the committees that implement the plan throughout our programs. Our board firmly believes that the Y plays a vital role in shaping children, supporting families, and providing people of all ages and abilities in our community with programs that can help them realize their full potentials.
John Cook
Board Chief Volunteer Officer (CVO)
Tri State Building Supply
Tara Duggan
Secretary
McDermott Excavating
Scott Steiner
Treasurer
Dubuque Bank & Trust
Becky Conlon
Governance
Conlon Construction
Steve Davis
Past CVO
Equity Real Estate Group
Gretchen Brown
Stonehill Communities
Dennis Buchheit
The New Eagle Group
John Darrah
Retired
Yindra Dixon
Craig Frederiksen
John Deere
Amy Hawkins
Dubuque Community School District
Bradley Kemp
MidWestOne Bank
Emily McCready
563 Design
Josh McQuillen
Capra Bank
Blake Molo
Molo Companies Inc.
Ed Raber
Dubuque County
Deb Siegworth
Retired
Randy Sirk
Pilot Meat and Seafood
Mark Sullivan
Reynolds & Kenline, LLP
Patrick Turpin
Turpin Dodge Chrysler Jeep
Austin Vogt
The Vogt Group
Ben Yunt
Kunkel & Associates, Inc.
Giving Back to the Community
Non-Profit
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, the Y provides crucial programs and services to the Dubuque community and surrounding areas. The YMCA is the leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community by empowering young people, improving the health and well-being of people of all ages, and inspiring action in and across communities.
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