Nancy Owens

Nancy provides leadership for Y-USA to manage its resources responsibly by overseeing financial plans, policies and relationships. Her portfolio also includes the YMCA Employee Benefits Plan, Y-USA’s facilities, and Strategic Sourcing. She serves the strategic needs of the Movement by helping define and implement best practices for local YMCAs related to financial audits and IRS filing requirements. She is staff liaison to the Audit/Finance Committee and the Investment Committee and is the Assistant Treasurer of the Y-USA National Board of Directors. She also represents Y-USA as a member of the board of directors of 501c Agencies Trust, an unemployment trust that offers YMCAs and other nonprofits an alternative to funding state unemployment taxes.

Nancy joined Y-USA in 2001 as the Senior Director of Finance and Controller. Before that, she was the Senior V.P. and Chief Financial Officer of PGI, Inc., where she was responsible for the finance, human resources and information technology departments. She also played an integral role in the preparation and filing of the company’s S-1 in anticipation of an initial public offering. Prior to PGI, Nancy served as Director of Internal Audit at Borg-Warner Security Corporation, overseeing the audits of approximately 400 locations. She began her career as Staff Auditor with Touche Ross & Co. and was promoted to Senior Manager during her 10-year tenure. After the merger with Deloitte Haskins and Sells, she was selected to lead the implementation of the merged firm’s newly developed audit approach.

Nancy is a certified public accountant. She holds both a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.