Rick Lewis has been the CEO of the Mid Island Y JCC (MIYJCC) since February, 2013 and the Suffolk YJCC since July, 2019. Prior to joining the MIYJCC, Rick spent thirty years working at the Samuel Field YM&YWHA (SFY) in Queens, NY. Rick started out working as a camp counselor and ended his 30 years as the Associate Executive Director, a position which encompassed overseeing the agency’s 30 off site programs, agency operations and much of the agencies daily programming. In his tenure at the SFY, Rick was instrumental in the merger with Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village and managing the operations of the Central Queens YM&YWHA, both UJA-Federation agencies that were struggling to maintain their operations. Rick has an MBA from Adelphi University and has completed the institute for Not-For-Profit Management from Columbia University. Rick was also a Chair of the Federation Agency Management Group at UJA-Federation of New York and President of the Northeast Region of the Association of Jewish Center Professionals.