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FFLC Names New Executive Director

April 06, 2010

For Immediate Release

 

Contact:  Dawn Marie Woodward  

541-913-5943

 

FOOD For Lane County names new Executive Director

New leader chosen with a unanimous vote by the board of directors.

 

FOOD For Lane County’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the hiring of its new Executive Director, Beverlee Hughes. 

 

“Beverlee is uniquely qualified to fulfill this role after working almost two years as part of the management team,” says Michael Drennan, FFLC Board Chair. “She has the proven skills, management ability, and leadership to solidify the organization’s past successes and a passion that will ensure a bright future for us.”

 

In the latter part of 2009, the Board of Directors contracted with Bob Hazen, the Executive Transition Services Director and a Senior Consultant with TACS in Portland, Oregon, to assist FFLC with a nationwide search.  “By mid-February we had fifty-four applications and we interviewed five exceptionally well qualified candidates,” says Drennan.  The internal search committee, led by Jon Texter, President of Essex Construction, conducted multiple interviews and last week the Board unanimously selected Hughes to assume the Executive Director position.

 

“I am honored to be selected as the new executive Director for FOOD For Lane County. Over the past 18 years, I have served as an Executive Director for four nonprofit organizations. During the last 20 months, I have served in the capacity of Development Director and a member of the FFLC management team. This experience has offered me an opportunity to really get to know the organization inside and out,” says Hughes.  “The passion for our mission runs deep throughout FFLC and I’m proud to become the public face of such a respected nonprofit organization.”

 

            Before coming to FOOD For Lane County, Hughes served as the Executive Director of the Salem-Keizer Community Development Corporation for nearly eight years.  But she may be best known for her role as President/Executive Director for the Free Willy Keiko Foundation, hired to return the famous killer whale to the waters of Iceland.  

 

            Hughes will start her Executive Director duties on April 15th.

 

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