GREENFIELD — With the CEO of Franklin County’s YMCA expected to retire June 30, the organization has selected Membership Director and Evidence-Based Program Coordinator Stacie Baumann to fill his role while a permanent replacement is sought.

“Stacie’s leadership and dedication make her the right person to keep our operations running smoothly during this transition,” Franklin County’s YMCA board of directors President Joseph Viadero said. “Her experience ensures we’ll stay on track while we search for a permanent CEO.”

Baumann, who joined the YMCA in 2004, said she worked alongside current CEO Grady Vigneau on the Y’s strategic planning initiative to expand membership during the pandemic. She said her primary goal during her time as interim CEO is to maintain the momentum the organization built toward expanding membership and services under Vigneau’s leadership.

In only three years, Vigneau said previously, the YMCA saw 54% growth in membership and 52% growth in programming. He said he took pride in his team’s ability to secure more than $1 million in grant funding over the course of four years.

“The goal is to just keep things moving forward so that we can focus on finding a new CEO that can then ultimately continue our organization’s vision and keep things moving in the direction that they have been,” Baumann said. “Keeping that momentum going during this time period is probably most important. Our biggest goal is to just work with the staff and just make sure that things continue along.”

Baumann, Viadero said, will serve as interim CEO for roughly three to six months as the national nonprofit YMCA of the USA works with the board of directors at Franklin County’s YMCA to find a permanent replacement.

In her more than 20-year tenure at the YMCA, Baumann has led numerous health and wellness initiatives in an effort to strengthen community connections. She said the Y has served as a meaningful place for her both professionally and personally.

“For the past 20 years or so, my children attended the preschool, they learned to swim here, they hosted birthday parties in both the gymnastics center and the gymnasium. When they got older and grew up, they also learned how to safely incorporate strength training into their exercise routines, working with our trainers,” Baumann said. “It’s always been a constant, and a home for myself and for my family. … I really am proud to see how we have impacted the community and moved the needle on improving the population’s health, and being that place that communities and members can come to and access different ways to improve their health and wellness overall.”

Anthony Cammalleri can be reached at acammalleri@recorder.com or 413-930-4429.