{"id":6274,"date":"2016-01-14T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=6274"},"modified":"2016-01-14T11:03:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T16:03:45","slug":"ymca-hires-burns-as-development-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=6274","title":{"rendered":"YMCA hires Burns as development officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1259506\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mary-Burns-1-300x286.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1259506\" class=\"wp-image-1259506 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mary-Burns-1-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"Mary-Burns-(1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1259506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Burns<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WEST CHESTER \u2014 The YMCA of Greater Brandywine, a leading Chester County nonprofit charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of the community, announced the appointment of Mary Burns to the position of chief development officer. \u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith Mary joining our Y family, sharing her leadership, vision and direction, we will be able to leverage our resources for an even greater impact on Chester County and continue to advance the Y\u2019s mission,\u201d said Denise Day, CEO of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine. \u201cAs we enter 2016, we look forward to continuing our strong support of youth and families in Chester County with a deeper, fully-seasoned development team. We are thrilled to have her here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Burns hails from the Greater Burlington YMCA, where she had served as president and CEO since 2008 and established a firm reputation for fundraising. She first joined the Y in 1986, rising through the ranks to hold a host of senior level positions during her nearly 30-year career.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen you think about the impact that over 2,000 YMCAs can have on people\u2019s lives, it\u2019s like, \u2018What other organization can you work for?\u2019\u201d \u00a0Burns said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Burns holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in human services from Springfield College in Vermont and had been active on numerous not for profit boards as well as private and public boards.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Joe Tankle, who has served in the chief development post since 2015, will continue his 25-year career with the Y, now as director of planned giving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPlanned giving will play a critical role in serving the Y in perpetuity,\u201d Day said. \u201cJoe\u2019s knowledge of our community, dedication and relationships make him perfect for this, and for helping to position us well for this next chapter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST CHESTER \u2014 The YMCA of Greater Brandywine, a leading Chester County nonprofit charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of the community, announced the appointment of Mary Burns to the position of chief development officer. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3838,2357],"class_list":["post-6274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-new-hire","tag-ymca-brandywine-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}