Loretta Trapani provides leadership in staff development and training for the YMCA of Greater New York serving the needs of over 4,700 Association staff. In this role since January 2005, Loretta has developed NYC University, a training initiative spanning 21 distinct disciplines of YMCA work.Prior to her current role, Loretta spent 15 years in Branch operations, most recently as Executive Director of the Greenpoint YMCA. Her YMCA career began as a Youth Program Director at the Brooklyn Central YMCA (now Dodge YMCA) before moving up to Center Director and then Associate Executive Director at the Flushing YMCA. Loretta is a national trainer for YMCA of the USA.Loretta earned her undergraduate degree at Fairfield University, but cites a childhood spent in Brooklyn’s “school of hard knocks” as the beginning of a lifetime as a student of the world.