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Carolyn Creager           YMCA Director of Multicultural Development

 
 
Carolyn is responsible for the design and delivery of tools, processes and programs to assist in the identification, recruitment, development and retention of staff of color in the YMCA Movement. She provides leadership to the Multicultural Executive Development Program, a national executive leadership program. She has been central in the development of the program which identifies and works with emerging leaders for CEO or other senior executive level positions.

Ms. Creager’s introduction to the YMCA occurred in 1999 where she was the shared services Vice President of Human Resources for the YMCAs of Greater Saint Paul and Metropolitan Minneapolis.

Carolyn’s twenty plus years in human resources and diverse management positions focused on creating, changing and improving work environments. She was a Human Resources and Talent Management Consultant with Y/USA until 2008. She has also been director of Purchasing and Materials Management, director of Economic Development and president of a career transition consulting firm. Her career spans the private, non-profit, government and educational sectors.

Carolyn has been involved in community service for over 25 years. She founded the Jason Kenyon Creager Scholarship Fund in Madison, WI and was honored by the YMCA of Greater Saint Paul and the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis, who each established a Jason Kenyon Creager Scholarship Fund to send minority or new immigrant children to residential camp.
 
 
 
Multicutural Executive Development Program
The Multicultural Executive Development Program (MEDP) is a unique program focusing on identifying, developing and retaining senior-level professionals from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds. The YMCA is obligated to assure that talented individuals, representing the multicultural breadth within the movement, are included in the development of senior leadership. This program will ensure that the movement will have a rich pool of candidates equipped to assume pivotal leadership roles in the future.

  

 

YMCA Multicultural Mentoring Program

 
Then the Multicultural Mentoring Program (MMP) may be right for you! YMCA of the USA is pleased to offer the MMP—a new initiative that pairs YMCA Directors of color with volunteer mentors who are experienced YMCA senior leaders of color.
Mentor-mentee pairs meet periodically, primarily via phone and e-mail, based on availability and need of the mentee. In addition, both mentors and mentees are required to participate in three, one-hour Webinars and teleconferences each year to continue their personal and professional development while connecting with other participants in the program.