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Friday, February 12, 2021

Who Will be SRIA's Next Executive Director?

 



The Santa Rosa Island Authority met last week to pick their next Executive Director. 

Current Executive Director Paolo Ghio is retiring. 

The SRIA had a pool of 64 applicants from which to choose.

The final three candidates that comprised the short list had credentials that far exceeded the minimum including  MPA's and executive level governmental management.

It was briefly suggested that the pool of applicants be re-opened so that a larger number of these applicants could answer 3 questions instead of the final 7 being asked 22 questions.

District 2 Commissioner's Aide Jonathan Owens submitted his resume and was not selected, and did not make the short list.  Other local applicants were also in the mix, many of whom did not make the final cut either.

The selectee that was eventually picked from the top three candidates was initially notified--however it has since been determined that the vote was flawed.  Apparently-to advance any candidate forward the selectee must have at least 4 votes.  Apparently, of the 5 members that voted--this threshold was not met somehow.  

The SRIA will now have a special meeting next week to once again vote on a selectee for this position from the final three applicants.

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