Sarah Rae has been named district executive director of the Mathews and Middlesex YMCAs, replacing Buzz Lambert, who is now vice president of operations for the YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas.
A YMCA employee for the past 12 years, Rae started out as a group exercise instructor at the Middlesex Y. Since 2017, she has been working for both Middlesex and Mathews, first as membership director, then as senior membership and wellness director. Most recently, she has also been the associate wellness executive for the seven centers of the YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas’ upper region.
Rae said her new role is a shift from wellness to an executive position, supporting all operations of both centers and their advisory boards and growing programming for the two centers. With a strong background in operational leadership and development of staff, she said she’ll be looking to expand offerings to meet the needs of the two communities served.
Among the new offerings will be a Parkinson’s program t...