Chris Ryan named YMCA Group VP, buildings and properties
Christopher Ryan has been promoted to group vice president for YMCA buildings and properties in Delaware.
"Chris Ryan’s leadership and organizational skills are superlative,” said Jim Kelly, vice president of operations for the YMCA of Delaware. “From day one, Chris was committed to enhancing the quality and safety of all our facilities.”
Ryan’s leadership centralized all facility operations organizationally, resulting in savings of over $1,500,000 in the first five years. He developed and implemented a comprehensive preventive maintenance program for the organization’s major mechanical systems that significantly improved the mechanical system’s operation and reliability. The organization’s annual HVAC service call expenses were reduced by over $100,000.
Ryan developed an organization-wide computerized maintenance work request system. Since its inception, over 43,700 work requests have been completed. His safety and training program led to a 98 percent reduction in expenses resulting from facilities employees' work-related injuries. Ryan implemented an Energy Management program that reduced the organization’s annual utility expenses by over $600,000 while utility rates increased regionally.
Ryan was deeply involved in managing the property-related insurance claims for Camp Tockwogh, the YMCA overnight camp in Worton, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay.
In summer 2012, the camp was crippled with $1,000,000 in property damage by an unexpected, ferocious storm. Camp remained operational during the entire rebuilding effort due to Ryan’s planning and strategic construction schedules.
Deborah Bagatta-Bowles, chief executive officer of the YMCA of Delaware, said, “Perhaps out of all of Chris’s accomplishments, and there are many, what’s most telling is that he reduced the Facilities Department employee annual turnover rate by 60 percent. Who he is as a person, a family man and a member of our community, is so admired. We are fortunate to have him, and this promotion is well deserved.”
Ryan was born and raised in Wilmington. He attended, among other institutions, Wilmington University and Delaware Technical Community College. Chris and Monica Bongarigo Ryan have been married for 25 years. They have a daughter at University of Delaware and a son in his junior year at Salesianum.
