Chief Executive Officer

Compensation: $140,000–$150,000

Motus Recruiting and Staffing is proud to partner with YWCA Clark County in its executive search for a Chief Executive Officer
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YWCA Clark County has served the community for more than 100 years, with programs focused on improving the daily lives of adults, children, and families; preventing violence in the home and community; and eliminating oppression wherever it is found.

Today, YWCA Clark County serves more than 12,000 individuals each year
, including victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, as well as preschool children in its therapeutic school.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) serves as the chief leader of YWCA Clark County, advancing the organization’s mission, vision, core values, and strategic priorities while preserving and strengthening its highly valued organizational culture.

The CEO will provide strategic, relationship-centered leadership that inspires trust, advances racial equity and social justice, cultivates philanthropic support, and positions YWCA Clark County as a leading voice for survivors, families, and underserved communities throughout Clark County.

Working closely with the Board of Directors, staff, community partners, donors, and public officials, the CEO will lead the organization through thoughtful innovation, operational excellence, financial sustainability, and community impact.

Reports to: Board President, on behalf of the Board of Directors

Supervises: Chief Operating Officer, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Assistant

• Lead organizational vision, long-term strategy, innovation, and organizational advancement.
• Balance strategic vision with strong day-to-day executive leadership and sound decision-making.
• Lead organizational growth and change through collaboration, transparency, relationship building, and accountability.

• Demonstrate a deep commitment to eliminating racism, empowering women, and advancing social justice.
• Embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility into strategy, operations, policies, workplace culture, partnerships, advocacy, and accountability.
• Champion YWCA Clark County’s Equity Goals and Racial Equity Policy.
• Partner with the Chief Philanthropy Officer and Board to ensure a diversified fund development strategy and organization-wide culture of philanthropy.
• Cultivate, solicit, and steward major donors.
• Expand sustainable revenue through major gifts, grants, foundations, government funding, corporations, and individual philanthropy.
• Build and strengthen long-term relationships with philanthropic partners.
• Help oversee the successful completion of the Empowerment Campus.
• Lead private fundraising efforts in partnership with the Board and Capital Campaign Committee.
• Secure transformational philanthropic investments and help achieve campaign goals.

• Lead, supervise, and develop the executive leadership team.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, accountable, and psychologically safe workplace.
• Promote employee engagement, wellness, work-life balance, leadership development, and succession planning.
• Lead with empathy, humility, curiosity, accountability, self-awareness, and continuous learning.

• Serve as YWCA Clark County’s trusted public voice, ambassador, and primary media spokesperson.
• Strengthen relationships with community organizations, donors, public officials, partners, and communities of color.
• Advance advocacy and public policy efforts supporting racial equity, gender equity, housing…