YMCA Southcoast recently announced the hiring of two new directors at the Gleason Family YMCA in Wareham. Kimberly Postler will be the new wellness director and Lyndsay Parnigoni will be the new child care director.

Postler just received her BS degree in applied exercise science with a business management minor from Springfield College. While there, Postler interned with the college recreation department in wellness programming and with canyon ranch in the fitness department. In addition, she was a physical therapist aide for five years at Active Physical Therapy in Bellingham, Mass. Postler's role as Wellness Director will be to develop and maintain programming that develops healthy living.

Parnigoni brings almost 10 years of child care experience as she comes to Wareham from Camp Watchaug in Charlestown RI, part of the Ocean Community YMCA. There she was the site director and counselor for nine years.

She worked for two years as the site director for afterschool care at the Arcadia YMCA. Parnigoni has experience formulating curriculum suitable for the preschool age, working at the Goddard School and Sweet Peas Village in Rhode Island. Her role as the child care director will be to develop and maintain programming that will engage youth development while fostering social responsibility of early learning and school age children.