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The Two-Year Assignment That Became a 19-Year Mission: John Hoey and The Y in Central Maryland
🎙️ From For-Profit Executive to Nonprofit Turnaround Leader: John Hoey's 19-Year Journey Building The Y in Central Maryland
John Hoey, President and CEO of The Y in Central Maryland, shares his journey from running a division of a public education company as a single dad to accepting what he thought would be a two-year nonprofit turnaround role in 2006, tripling revenue, rebranding from YMCA to simply "The Y," and nearly losing everything to COVID before an unexpected $18 million gift from MacKenzie Scott saved the organization.
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Accepted the CEO role thinking it…
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