In January of this year, Rev. Dr. Phyllis Hayes-Reams was nominated by the Board Governance Committee to replace outgoing Board Chair Kevin Peterson as the 34th Chair of the YMCA of Greater Long Beach Board of Directors.
Rev. Dr. Phyllis Hayes-Reams, was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She is a graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology from Stanford University, and Medical Doctorate from the Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program co-administered by Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and the UCLA School of Medicine.
In 1997, she joined the medical staff of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group at the Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center as its first full-time Staff Geriatrician. Dr. Hayes-Reams is currently Medical Director of Home Care Services, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center.
Rev. Dr. Hayes-Reams has a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, is an ordained minister/itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and is currently on the ministerial staff at New Philadelphia A.M.E Church in Long Beach.
Her public service affiliations include Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; National Council of Negro Women; Clarissa Manuel Foundation; and she is the current President of the Rotary Club of Signal Hill.
Her YMCA involvement includes past Chair of the Lakewood Family YMCA Branch Board during the renovation and construction of the Lakewood YMCA facility. She has been a member of the YMCA of Greater Long Beach Board of Directors since 2014, serving for two years as our Association Annual Campaign Chair exceeding $2Million in annual fund support. She also has served as a planning committee member of and a frequent speaker at the YMCA Good Friday Breakfast.
Rev. Dr. Hayes-Reams is married to Dr. Lester Reams. They have two children, Phyllisa, a recent graduate from Prairie View A&M University, and Alexander, a recent Poly High School graduate who will be attending Biola University this Fall.
