Vermilion Advantage Board chairman T.J. Morris says the next CEO replacing the recently resigned Tim Dudley could be determined within the next few months. Morris, from Vermilion Advantage member Iroquois Federal Bank, says that while he cannot comment on Dudley’s recent resignation; he can say that the next CEO could come from within, around the state, or around the country.
AUDIO: I would say anything’s possible. We haven’t really discussed that at this point. We have a meeting coming up here in the next couple of weeks, and we’ll get to the details of the search and how we’ll go about that.
Morris says he does not see any changes to the philosophy or mission of Vermilion Advantage. He says Chamber Director Nicole Van Hyfte and the whole chamber team have done a great job getting new members, so that and work on economic development just need to keep rolling.
AUDIO: You know obviously we’ve made some great momentum here recently with the chamber side of things; new members of Vermilion Advantage and getting things back out there like Young Professionals Network and Business After Hours. But we certainly want to make sure we’re getting all the requests for proposals that come in from the state. We want to make sure those are getting responded to, and always make sure we’re focusing on economic development as well as the chamber.
Dudley stepped down as of this past Friday, September 8th. Former Vermilion Advantage CEO Todd Lee has stepped in as interim CEO.
