Heather Hughes

Heather serves as executor, change agent, operational leader and thought partner to the CEO’s executive team at Y-USA. She is responsible for executing network-wide priorities, leading organizational change initiatives and ensuring alignment across the Y’s Network.

Prior to her current role, Heather held other leadership roles at Y-USA including Deputy Director of the Membership and Programs department where she was responsible for executing departmental priorities, facilitating departmental change initiatives, and leading department operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. She also worked on the Training and Knowledge Management, Activate America and Health Innovation teams at Y-USA.

Before joining Y-USA, Heather worked at the Heritage YMCA in Naperville, Illinois, where she led the before- and afterschool programming in two school districts.

Heather holds both a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Aurora University.