Franco Savoia

Franco Savoia is serving as the volunteer chair of the Alberta Living Wage Network Council. He retired in September 2019 as Executive Director of Vibrant Communities Calgary, a not for profit stewarding Enough For All, Calgary’s poverty reduction strategy. He was the president and CEO of the Edmonton YMCA from 2000 to 2012. From 2009—2012 he also served as CEO of the Wood Buffalo YMCA. He retired in December 2012 after a 43-year career in the YMCA that began in 1969 at the Greater Toronto YMCA. Franco has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor and a Masters of Divinity from the Toronto School of Theology. In 2002, he completed a Master of Management from McGill University in the McGill/McConnell Program for Voluntary Sector Leaders. He is the Past President of the Canadian YMCA Alumni, an association of retired YMCA staff and long serving Y volunteers. He has been a Rotarian for 25 years in three different clubs. He has two adult children and two grand children. He is an active member of St. Peter’s Church community. Committed to his own health, he begins each day with a workout.