Sarah Floyd Reflects on 35 Years with the Club

Get ready for this unique opportunity to listen to history from the person who made it herself, our former Executive Director, Sarah Floyd. For 35 years, Sarah was involved in the Club in a variety of positions including coach, athletic director, associate executive director and finally executive director for her last five years. Sarah stepped down last year, winding down slowly as she helped our new executive director, Brian Krill, transition into the role. Our conversation is genuine, open and full of nostalgia for how much the club has evolved in the last four decades.

 

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Today we talk about the following and so much more:

• How it takes a little separation from a long career to figure out what buckets you need to fill - Sarah is working with kids & parents again, but in a different way - through our schools
• Team: this theme surfaces again and again. Sarah was a master of creating, nurturing and motivating the best possible team (and we're not necessarily talking about athletes here!)
• When you're submerged in a career, you often don't realize how consuming it is. The Club was "everything" to Sarah - her passion was to make it the best possible organization it could be.
• "The leader of the Club is simply a caretaker of the legacy." - Rick DeVos  It's about setting it up for success in the next decade, always looking forward.
• The struggle will always be to protect what we have while rolling with change...
• The leaders are there at the time they are supposed to be, to take the club to the next level for each phase of its evolution
• The Club is the Real Deal with these main objectives: 1) An experience for the kids, 2) A place to build friendships and memories, 3) Athletic development is a byproduct of the first two.
• Fun is still the key; fun is always the key. How you get your fun changes over time. 

Thank you, Sarah, for your contributions to the club. Your legacy continues!

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