Leadership Team

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Meet Our Staff

TONY CALABRESE
President & CEO
tcalabrese@dubuquey.org

MICHAEL LUEDTKE
Controller
mluedtke@dubuquey.org

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

DAVE BAKER
Branch Director
dbaker@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

Mark Dickson
Board Chief Volunteer Officer – Elect

John Deere Dubuque Works

Tara Duggan
Secretary
McDermott Excavating

Scott Steiner
Treasurer
Dubuque Bank & Trust

Becky Conlon
Governance
Conlon Construction

Steve Davis
Past CVO
Equity Real Estate Group

Dennis Buchheit
The New Eagle Group

John Darrah
Retired

Yindra Dixon

Amy Hawkins
Dubuque Community School District

Emily McCready
FEH Design

Josh McQuillen
Capra Bank

Blake Molo
Molo Companies Inc.

Codi Putnam
Origin Design

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
Honkamp, P.C.

Giving Back to the Community

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Through the Y, youth are cultivating the values, skills and relationships that lead to positive behaviors, better health and physical and academic achievement.

NEWS

As a mission-driven nonprofit centered on health and wellness, the Y brings people together by fostering connections through fitness, sports, education and fun.

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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