Shaffer retires at Youngstown YWCA exec

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Constance Shaffer

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Constance Shaffer has retired as executive director of the YWCA of Youngstown after 20 years with the organization.

The YWCA Board of Directors named Leah Brooks, development director, as interim executive director while a search is conducted for a permanent replacement.

Shaffer said she plans to spend more time with her husband, children, and grandchildren. She is president of YWCA of Youngstown Housing LLC, however, and will continue in that capacity.

“Connie’s dynamic leadership over the years has transformed the YWCA from an agency on the brink of financial disaster to an organization capable of molding and moving in the direction of the community’s greatest need,” said Shirley Poindexter, president of the board of directors.

In her tenure as executive director, Shaffer has been at the forefront in identifying the needs of the women in the community and to find solutions to empower them.

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