WESTFIELD YMCA - Key Persons
Christine Sullivan is originally from Wisconsin (Go Packers), and has been living in Westfield since 2006. She has been teaching group exercise classes for 22 years. Christine has a dance degree (her first love) and started teaching many disciplines of dance in 1986. Her second passion is animals. She returned to college to obtain her Veterinary Science degree and, also works as a nurse at a local animal hospital. While she loves to read, she really enjoys spending time with her granddaughter.
Classes she currently teaches:
Body Shaping - pure muscle building and toning. Each class is different, so you will have plenty of variety. She utilizes not only the free weights (dumbbells), but stability balls, bands, medicine balls and weighted bars.
Diana DelMonte has been a member of the Y since 2003 and started as a substitute group cycling instructor in 2007. Currently, she teaches Group Cycling on Monday and Wednesday at 5:15 pm. This 45-minute class is for adults of all ages and fitness levels. Join her as you'll ride up and down hills, sprint, jump, and jog on your Keiser stationary bicycle to a variety of music from the 1960s to today. You will burn fat, build muscle and improve your endurance. It's easy on the joints, good for your heart, and will ease your stress. Don't forget your water bottle!
Diana was Program Volunteer of the Year at the YMCA in 2014 for her dedicated service to the Westfield YMCA gymnastics team. Outside of the Y, she works full time in broadcast operations at a local tv station. She is a big fan of the Olympics, enjoys summer and heading to the beach, going for rides on bike trails, and spending time with her family and friends.
Donna O'Connor has been teaching fitness classes since 1987! That's 30+ years, friends! And, she has loved every minute of it! She has always felt supported by, and so appreciative of, her YMCA family. "The Y is my second home and has been for many years. It's not only where I work out with my friends, but where I've loved and laughed and lived into so many moments of joy. When I arrive at class, I am greeted with such kindness and positive energy. It makes for a wonderful way to start a new day!"
Presently, Donna is teaching Stretch and Strengthen on Tuesday/Thursday from 8:00-9:00 am and on Saturdays from 9:00-10:00 am. Her motto is, "Do, but don't overdo". She encourages her participants to be very attentive to their bodies in motion and to honor their abilities in the moment. She was strongly influenced to create this class through the vision of Suzanne Marotta, a premier Yoga instructor in the area. Suzanne had a most unorthodox and wholly endearing way of teaching that engendered deep caring and respect from her students. She had an energy and light that left us all so sad and unbelieving when she passed in 2021.
Donna is a Spiritual Director and Focusing Facilitator at Genesis Spiritual Life Center. Her favorite pastimes include reading, walking/hiking in nature, and enjoying her two children and their lovely significant others. She and husband, Jim, (an even-longer member of the YMCA) are proud to call themselves "National Park Geeks". They will continue to vacation in the parks for as long as their bodies allow…healthy bodies being another major perk of YMCA membership! "
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- Immediate past President
- Member of the BOARD
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- Vice President of the BOARD
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- Program Operations Director
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- Youth Development Director
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- Health and Wellness Director
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- Associate Health and Wellness Director