George Babish
George Babish serves as senior vice president of organizational advancement for The YMCA of Florida’s First Coast in Jacksonville, Florida. Babish is responsible for strategic planning, membership and program growth strategies, leadership development, and healthy living initiatives and partnerships. During the 11 years prior to joining The YMCA of Florida’s First Coast, Babish facilitated strategic plans, led successful CEO searches and helped nurture the Florida Alliance of YMCA’s to create a unified and cause driven group.He was instrumental in reshaping the strategic planning process that the national YMCA organization, YUSA, utilizes with local branches. In addition, Babish helped create the invaluable Real Time Strategic Planning toolkit and has served on numerous YUSA task forces and committees.
