1. Rhonda R. Robson
308 S. 3rd Ave. W., Newton, Iowa, 50208
515­729­0746
rhonda.robson@dmymca.org
Personal Motto​:
To be the best that I can be at all times and in all circumstances while understanding successes, obstacles
and even failures are opportunities to strive towards excellence.
Work Experience
YMCA OF GREATER DES MOINES ­ ​ANKENY FAMILY YMCA, ANKENY, IA
Senior Program Director
August 2010 ­ Present
● Sets the vision for the branch in the areas of membership, customer service, wellness programing,
child care, summer day camp and family programing
● Develops the vision, structure and strategies that line up with the organization's strategic plan in
all areas of management
● Leads Wellness Association's Program Operational Group ­ APOG helps develop the vision of
the wellness while incumbassing the mission and the association's strategic plan
● Association's lead expert in the area of health and wellness
● Perform human resource duties, such as hiring non exempt and exempt staff, training and
evaluating work performance
● Drives the member service, member engagement and community involvement culture for the
Ankeny branch
● Organizes and plans multiple large annual fundraising events throughout the year
● Builds authentic relations with members, staff, coworkers, area business and community
leadership to advance the mission of the Y
● Works closely to recruit, develop and coordinate volunteer efforts
● Fully participants in the association’s Annual Support Campaign in raising philanthropic
awareness and dollars to support the mission and strategic plan
● Sits on multiple Association Program Operational Groups, committees and task forces to ensure
fluid communication for all branches and address best practices in all managed areas
● Association's trainer for full and part time staff in areas wellness and development of trainers
● Helps in analyzing the association’s training needs, to develop new training programs or modify
and improve existing ones
● Evaluates new and existing branch programs to assess the need for changes, using information
such as member surveys and general feedback from membership, staff and the community
● Analyze operations to evaluate the performance for departments in meeting objectives, determine
areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or procedure changes
● Prepares, directs and coordinates all departmental budgets for programming
● Monitors expenditures closely to ensure that they remain within budgetary limits

2. NEWTON YMCA​, NEWTON, IA
Wellness Director
January 2003 ­ August 2010
● Plan and schedule wellness programming and events based on community need, staff and time
availability, and member demographics
● Monitor and review programming to ensure that community needs are being met
● Direct and coordinate personnel engaged to offer the best level of wellness programming
● Establish wellness schedules and assign work to staff members
● Coordinate activities between departments to ensure all department's needs are met for
membership
● Perform personnel duties, such as hiring staff and evaluating work performance
● Evaluate new and existing programs to assess the need for changes, using information such as
member surveys and feedback
● Prepares, directs and coordinates wellness departmental budget activities
YMCA OF THE USA​, NEWTON, IA
Trainer and Faculty
January 2001 ­ Present
● Train and certify management and wellness staff throughout the United States and the world
GRINNELL COLLEGE​, GRINNELL, IA
Assistant Volleyball Coach Grinnell College
July 2009 ­ August 2010
NEWTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL​, NEWTON, IA
Head Sophomore Volleyball Coach Newton High School
July 2002 ­ May 2004
MARY KAY COSMETICS
Owner
August 1995 ­ January 2003
STAY AT HOME MOTHER
Stay at Home Mom
August 1991 ­ January 2003
Education
DRAKE UNIVERSITY​, DES MOINES, IA
BS ­ Management​ with Emphasis in Finance, Aug 1990
Certifications
● YMCA of the USA Organizational Leader
● CPR, AED, 1st Aid and BBP
● AFAA Certified Personal Trainers
● YMCA of the USA: Foundations of Strength and Conditioning, Group Exercise & more

3. Additional Skills
● Executes intentional leadership through observation, guidance and coaching
● Coachable ­ has a desire to learn from successes and failures
● Overcomes obstacles, assess plan, makes changes and continues to move forward
● Empowers leadership team
● Listens and expresses self effectively in a manner that reflects true understanding of the audience
● Fluent in multiple forms of communication; oral, written and electronic
● Excellent computer skills
● Demonstrates and fosters a strong commitment to achieving desired results
● Enjoys challenges and adapts well to new situations, obstacles and opportunities
● Values all people for their unique talents and supports diversity and inclusion
● Enthusiastic and energetic with an outstanding work ethic
● Hard worker ­ feels accomplished from knowing the project/job was done well
● Enjoys being a part of a team
● Self starter, takes initiative, decision maker, problem solver and is a go getter
● Organized and extremely professional
● Has a passion and drive for helping people
Professional References
Sheila Treu
YMCA of Greater Des Moines, YMCA Healthy Living Center Branch
sheila.treu@dmymca.org
515­645­3345
Marie Henderson
Group Fitness Instructor, Newton YMCA
henderson.marie.a@gmail.com
319­931­1889
Holly Vickers
YMCA of Greater Des Moines, Ankeny Family YMCA Branch
hrvickers@hotmail.com
515­250­0982
Lori McNew
Owner ­ Eclips
515­831­4755
Kathy Hermsen
Physical Education Teacher
515­669­8155
Becky Carkhuff
Customer Service
641­831­0630