Meet Our Leadership Team

Kirsten Sikkelee, YWCA CEO

KIRSTEN D. SIKKELEE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.”
– Sheryl Sandberg

Sarah Lanners Avinger, portrait, CPO, philanthropy, YWCA

SARAH LANNERS AVINGER, CFRE, MBA

CHIEF PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

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“Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world’s greatest need.”
– Frederick Buechner

JOLAINE ELIEN, MBA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become
more, then, you are an excellent leader.”
– Dolly Parton

Jeff Nerret, YWCA Fitness, Fitness Director, aquatics, swim teacher

JEFF NERRET

DIRECTOR OF FITNESS

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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Clinton Reynolds, Youth Programs Director, literacy support, YWCA

CLINTON L. REYNOLDS, MA

REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF YOUTH PROGRAMS

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“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.” 
– Marian Wright Edelman

Rebecca Stickel, YWCA Central Carolinas, YWCA Director of Women In Transition

REBECCA STICKEL, LCSW

DIRECTOR OF HOUSING

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“I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, but we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
– Maya Angelou