BREAKING NEWS: Taveras Announces Search for Economic Development Director

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Providence Mayor Angel Taveras announced today he has formed a search committee to find a new cabinet-level economic development director for Providence.

The effort will be headed up by Mark Ryan, a local attorney and business leader who is currently the trustee of the Providence Performing Arts Center and Director and member of the Nominating and Legislative Committees of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.

“Mark Ryan and the members of this search committee understand the urgency of our mission: to help businesses prosper, create well-paying jobs, and put our City’s residents back to work,” Taveras said. “This talented consortium of partners represents many facets of our community, and each will bring an important perspective to our effort to recruit an economic development professional who can leverage our City’s assets and forge a new path toward economic prosperity.”

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The committee is hoping to identify a person for the position within 100 days.

Other committee members include: Chief of Staff J.R. Pagliarini; Andrew Cortes, Director of Building Futures; William Parsons, Deputy Director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation; Yahaira (Jay) Placencia, Senior Vice President and Senior Client Manager for Bank of America’s Business Banking Division; Jim Riley, Secretary-Treasurer for the UFCW New England Council; Allan Tear, founding partner of Betaspring, a Providence-based entrepreneurship accelerator; and Laurie White, President of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.

Applications can be sent to the Mayor’s Policy Director Matthew Stark at [email protected].
 

 

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