Debbie MacDonald

Debbie Macdonald [she/her/hers] (Trustee) worked for the YMCA of San Diego County for 25 years. Debbie began her YMCA career at the East County YMCA as the director of child care services. Subsequently, Debbie was promoted to executive director of the YMCA Childcare Resource Service providing services to child care programs and low income families in San Diego County. As executive director, Debbie was responsible for a budget which included many federal, state and local government contracts. Debbie was active in state wide and federal advocacy and served on many state wide boards of directors.

Debbie graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in political science, San Francisco State University with a M.A. in child development and San Diego State with a MBA.

Debbie retired from the YMCA in 2014 and remains active in the community as a board member at Temple Emanu El, a board member for Osher, Life Long Learning Institute at UCSD, secretary of the Clairemont Democratic Club and co-chair of the leadership team of the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative (COI).

Debbie is married to Nancy Kossan and has two sons and a new granddaughter.