Wendy Waters-Connell

RN, MSN, LNHA, CEO

Wendy is an RN, a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, a Certified Risk Manager, and a Certified Fund Raiser with more than 25 years of experience as a non-profit CEO. Starting at YWCA Hamilton in 2018, Wendy reaffirmed the organization’s dedication to eliminating racism and empowering women, starting with the Board’s governance structures and diversity. She has led a strategic process to build a larger, brand-new campus with permanent supportive housing and emergency domestic violence shelter apartments. Wendy uses her intersectional identities to build collaborations which create a more equitable and inclusive community.

Welcome To Washington D.C.

National Conference isn’t about YWCA USA, it’s about our broad network of local YWCA associations that implement the work at the local level for women, families, and people of color every day. It’s a time for our Local Associations to share, as a community of learning, and to walk away inspired by each other and the work of the YWCA family. It is a time for the YWCA movement, united as One YWCA, to share and celebrate our history, our mission and impact, planning for the work ahead, and continuing to write our YWCA story.