About Us | Boys & Girls Club of Stamford

Who We Are.

The Boys & Girls Club of Stamford is a dedicated youth facility that is open daily, managed by professional staff and made available and affordable to all youth. We serve more than 1,600 Children (ages 6-18), offering programs and services to promote and enhance their development. We inspire confidence, a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence in this POSITIVE PLACE FOR KIDS.

BGCS is located in census tract 214 on Stamford’s West side, where over 70% of the community is categorized as low income. With over 45% of our youth coming from single parent households, many of these young people have no adult supervision at home and spend each day at the Club until parents return from work. 42% of our youth are African American, 50% Hispanic, 4% Caucasian, 2% multi-racial and 2% from other races. Approximately 58% of the members are male and 42% are female.

The Boys & Girls Club of Stamford’s focus is to offer programming in the core areas of Character and Leadership Development, Education and Career Development, Health and Life Skills, The Arts, and Sports, Fitness and Recreation. The Boys & Girls Club has many committed partners who have supported and continue to support the many program offerings that are made available to our members.

Financials

Boys & Girls CLub of Stamford is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization.

Meet the Staff

Every staff member at the Boys and Girls Club of Stamford is a thought leader who has made significant contributions to our community, club and its members. Each one brings a unique set of skills and expertise to our organization.

Mary C. Rich Clubhouse

Rowena Track

Chief Executive Officer

Jeff Pytlak

Director of Operations
203-324-0594 (ext. 102)
jpytlak@bgcastamford.org

Sam Gordon

Director of Development
203-324-0594 (ext. 107)
sgordon@bgcastamford.org

James Kendall

Senior Program Director
203-324-0594 (ext. 103)
jkendall@bgcastamford.org

Barry Woods

Teen Program Director
203-324-0594 (ext. 112)
bwoods@bgcastamford.org

Sedera Jones

Membership Director
203-324-0594 (ext. 100) sjones@bgcastamford.org

Lamar Ranger

Education Director
203-324-0594 (ext. 104)
lranger@bgcastamford.org

Steve Basquiat

Sports Director
203-324-0594 (ext. 105)
sbasquiat@bgcastamford.org

Dale R. Holder

Assistant Director of Development
203-324-0594 (ext. 106)
dholder@bgcastamford.org

Megan Lillie

Marketing & Event Coordinator
203-324-0594 (ext. 108)
mlillie@bgcastamford.org

Glenda Loop

Administrative Assistant
203-324-0594 (ext. 109)
gloop@bgcastamford.org

Jennifer Rizzo

Bookkeeper
203-324-0594 (ext. 110)
jrizzo@bgcastamford.org

Amy Hermanns

Accountant
203-324-0594 (ext. 111)
ahermanns@bgcastamford.org

Yerwood Center

Maribel Sandalo

Yerwood Center Director
203-323-3547
msandalo@bgcastamford.org

Melissa Stanley

Yerwood Program Director
203-323-3547
mstanley@bgcastamford.org

Mike Halley

Yerwood Program Director
203-323-3547
mhalley@bgcastamford.org

Dwayne Stephenson

Alt. Yerwood Center Director
203-323-3547
dstephenson@bgcastamford.org

Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Andrew Zeitlin

Board President

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Karyn Ward

Vice President

The Ashforth Company

Fanny G. Ferreira

Board Secretary

People’s United Bank

Kit Thorpe

Board Treasurer

CFGI

Neil Frieser

Immediate Past Board President

Frontier Communications

DIRECTORS

Gayle Alswanger

Stamford Hospital

Matthew Blumenthal

Koskoff, Koskoff, & Bieder P.C.

Brian Carroll

PwC

Scott Centrella

Diserio, Martin, O’Connor & Castiglioni LLP

Katie Nyarady Clymer

The Siegfried Group

Jayar Donlan

WWE

Steve Elbaum

Robinson + Cole LLP

Amy George

Terex Corporation

Christopher Grundy

Avison Youn

Jenice Jeter

A+E Networks

Shahzad Khawaja

Xerox Corporation

Seth Lapine

Lapine Inc.

Bruce Moore, Jr.

Eastern Land Management, Inc.

Lauren Neubauer

Bridgewater Associates

Gregg Peters

Synchrony

Susan Pica

Vitesse Worldwide

Gary Purpura

Cohn Reznick LLP

Natasha Tomai

Signature Construction Group

Nancy Westington

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Joseph Zeni

KPMG

Please note that it is the policy of Boys & Girls Club of Stamford not to engage in political activity or endorse candidates for political office. Any endorsements expressed by individuals associated with Boys & Girls Club of Stamford are not those of the organization.