The man who has been serving as the Acting Director of the Vermilion County Conservation District can drop the word ‘Acting’.
Jamie Pasquale has been selected as the district’s new executive director by members of the district’s board of trustees.
Pasquale has been serving as the acting director since Ken Konsis retired in March. Trustee Chuck Schroeder was a member of the Executive Search Committee and says 36 applications were received for the position. ”Jamie will be a great Director for the Conservation District. The Board is looking forward to great things under Jamie’s direction,” added Schroeder.
Pasquale started working for the Vermilion County Conservation District twenty years ago. He grew up in Georgetown and now lives in rural Danville. Pasquale began his full-time employment with the Vermilion County Conservation District in January of 1988 when he was named Site Superintendent of Lake Vermilion. He was promoted to Associate Director of Operations in 2001. Pasquale has also served as President of the Illinois Association of Conservation Districts and is a member of the Lake Vermilion Water Quality Coalition.
Jonathan Meyers, VCCD District Board President adds, ”Jamie brings experience and dedication to the position and the Board is confident in his ability to not only sustain, but also grow the reputation of our Parks as the crown jewel of the county.”
The Vermilion County Conservation District was formed in 1966 by a referendum vote of the citizens of Vermilion
County. The District manages about 5,000 acres at Forest Glen Preserve, Kennekuk County Park, Lake
Vermilion, and Heron County Park (where the boardwalk is located at the north edge of Lake Vermilion.)
[Pasquale is the man on the right in the photo reviewing plans for the Kickapoo Rail Trail.]
