Bob Spencer
Consultant
Bob Spencer’s experience with the YMCA began in the fall of 1965 when he accepted a field work assignment at the Hyde Park branch of the YMCA of Greater Boston while he was in graduate school at Boston University. During the following five years while still in graduate school, Bob worked part time at the Y during the school year and full time as a resident camp director during the summer. Bob served as a day and resident camp director for the first nine years of his professional career with the Y. Following his positions as camp director, he served for ten years as the YMCA of Greater Boston’s District Vice President for Operations and supervised six branches, two mergers, as well as the construction of one new full facility Y.
Bob later became VP for Marketing and Membership Development and served in this position for the next ten years; during this time, Bob began using the original Participating Membership Accounting System [PMAS]. Bob provided marketing support and, along with Doug Goodfellow who also worked in Boston at the time, used PMAS to track pledges in the Boston Y’s eight million dollar capital campaign during the late 1980s. To complete his Y career, Bob served his final ten years in Boston with positions with Operations, Finance, and Information Systems. Subsequently, for the five year run of the YMCA Collaborative Advantage [YCA], Bob served as coordinator and project manager prior to retiring from the YMCA of Greater Boston and joining Symmetrical in 2006.