After more than four decades helping lead YMCAs across the country, including 14 years as president and CEO of the YMCA of Florida’s First Coast, Eric Mann is retiring in summer 2026, the YMCA announced Aug. 5.

He will continue in his current role and provide guidance throughout the transition period until his successor has been identified.

“Eric’s service to YMCAs across the country and his steadfast commitment and innovative approach to improving peoples’ lives across Northeast Florida is unmatched. We are a stronger community because of Eric, and that is truly the measure of his leadership,” said Gary Norcross, YMCA of Florida’s First Coast Metropolitan board of directors chair, in a news release.

During Mann’s tenure as president and CEO, membership grew 33% as the association expan

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