The head of the Boys & Girls Club of Central Oregon has resigned, the Bend-based club announced late Tuesday.

Lisa Maxwell had been the executive director of the local nonprofit, which organizes after-school programs for boys and girls, since 2008, according to the club’s website.

“I am grateful to the dedicated staff, committed volunteers, board members, generous donors and community partners I have worked alongside the last six years,” Maxwell said in a news release.

During her tenure, the club nearly closed some programs, only to be saved by bank donations, and dealt with a freak rainstorm that flooded the Boys & Girls Club of Bend’s downtown building.

In her biography on the Boys & Girls Club of Central Oregon website, Maxwell describes her time as executive director as “the most exciting roller coaster ride of all time — full of thrills, scares and excitement all at the same time.”

Maxwell plans to take a new job and return to her home state. The Boys & Girls Club of Central Oregon didn’t list where she’ll be moving.

Boys & Girls Club board president Jim Schell could not be reached for comment.

Before coming to Central Oregon, Maxwell spent 20 years with nonprofit groups in Salt Lake City, according to the club’s website. There she worked for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake, Ronald McDonald House Charities and the United Way of the Greater Salt Lake Area.

Transition

Until a new executive director is hired, Schell plans to cover the duties of the post, according to the Bend-based nonprofit. Schell has been in leadership roles at the City Club of Central Oregon, Looking Forward and the Humane Society.

The Boys & Girls Club of Central Oregon oversees clubs in southeast and downtown Bend, Redmond and Terrebonne.

— Reporter: 541-617-7812, ddarling@bendbulletin.com