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Boyd Williams

Boyd Williams

President & CEO of the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region (Colorado Springs), a 30+ year YMCA leader featured on the Escape Your Limits/LIFTS podcast.

Sep 13, 2026

6:25
Is that your secret power?
6:27
Yeah, you know, I mean, like, we're a national brand, we're an international brand, right? I mean, third most recognized logo back in 2010 when we switched our logo across the world, only behind the Golden Arches and Coca-Cola.
6:39
Well, that's probably changed, you know, now with Under Armour, Nike, and, you know, all the other onset, Amazon, Google.
6:44
but we're still a well-known brand, but we are locally focused, right? So we're autonomous, we're a federated system.
6:50
So we're incorporated for the Pikes Peak region and we serve the needs of that community.
6:54
That would be much different than, you know, our sister YMCA to the south in Pueblo or Denver or Northern Colorado.
7:02
So we have to understand what are the needs in our community that are not being addressed or that we can run alongside with somebody because we do offer a lot of I think a lot of opportunities for individuals to get healthier.
7:55
Tell us a few of the, I guess, leadership things that you found to be really important as you have evolved your role within the YMCA, so both aligning their long-term vision with what you need to do to adapt to many of the changes that you see.

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