BERTRAM L. LAWSON, II

The YMCA of Central New York has named BERTRAM L. LAWSON, II the organization’s next president and CEO. He stepped into this role on Feb. 8. Lawson previously served as the chief operating officer for Mastery Charter Schools Network (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey), a $250 million nonprofit organization, overseeing all aspects of non-instructional school operations, school budgets, sports/extra-curricular programming, and student enrollment for 24 campuses. Prior to this role, he was recruited by the Y in Central Maryland to serve as its senior VP of operations providing leadership to three health/wellness centers, 20 camping (day & resident) locations, youth development, 20 community schools and mentoring programs while supervising two VPs and a district executive director. Lawson also served the Y for more than 21 years, including in Philadelphia, with significant operational, membership, grant delivery, partnership, fundraising, and program experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Lincoln University and is currently working toward an MBA from Wilmington University. Lawson holds multiple Y-USA certifications and is a graduate of Y-USA’s Multicultural Executive Development Institute and C-Suite Next Level Coaching Programs.