Executive Director, Camp Collins

Mission

To put the Christian principles of love, respect, honesty, responsibility, and service into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Mission:
To put the Christian principles of love, respect, honesty, responsibility, and service into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

The Executive Director, Camp Collins provides strategic and operational leadership for YMCA Camp Collins, a premier resident camp and outdoor education center of the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role carries full accountability for program excellence, financial sustainability, property stewardship, safety oversight, philanthropic growth, and long-term asset strategy.

Camp Collins is one of the association’s most significant physical and brand assets. The Executive Director is responsible not only for annual performance, but for developing and advancing a long-term site and revenue vision that expands year-round utilization, strengthens retreat and rental growth, scales outdoor education partnerships, and sequences capital modernization responsibly.

As a member of the Association Leadership Team, the Executive Director balances strong site-level ownership with system-wide alignment, collaborates closely with peer Executive Directors, and contributes to enterprise-wide strategy and performance.

This position performs all other duties as assigned in support of the YMCA’s mission, strategic priorities, and operational needs.

The YMCA of Columbia-Willamette is grounded in love, integrity, and humility. We operate as one association, committed to accountability, creativity, and shared stewardship.

The Executive Director models the association’s Five Operating Tenets:
Love in Unity, Honesty in Insight, Responsibility in Action, Respect in Practice, and Service in Stewardship. Decisions are data-informed, equity-centered, risk-aware, and aligned with mission. This leader ensures consistent adherence to policies, safety standards, financial controls, and approved processes that protect campers, staff, volunteers, and the organization.

Within the first three years, the Executive Director is expected to:

• Increase resident camp enrollment and year-round program participation
• Expand retreat, rental, and conference center utilization to maximize year-round revenue
• Scale outdoor education partnerships with school districts and community organizations
• Develop and implement a long-term site and facility modernization plan aligned with association capital strategy
• Strengthen financial sustainability through disciplined revenue growth and expense management
• Grow philanthropic investment in camp programs, scholarships, endowment, and capital improvements
• Enhance camper experience, safety outcomes, and program quality
• Develop a strong leadership bench and seasonal talent pipeline

This role owns both the annual operating plan and the long-term strategic positioning of Camp Collins as a mission-driven and financially strong association asset.

The Executive Director operates within a clearly defined association operating framework that balances site-level ownership with system-wide alignment. In partnership with the Chief Operating Officer and peer Executive Directors, this leader ensures disciplined strategy execution and responsible stewardship of resources and facilities.

• Leads annual budgeting and long-range financial planning
• Develops multi-year revenue growth strategies across resident camp, outdoor education, retreats, rentals, and specialty programming
• Partners with the COO and CFO on financial reporting, forecasting, and capital planning
• Ensures consistent use of business case and pro forma processes for new initiatives and facility investments
• Evaluates program and revenue line performance using participation, margin, and mission impact data
• Oversees property stewardship, maintenance prioritization, and phased capital modernization planning
• Ensu…