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THE Belmont County Department of Development / Community Improvement Corp. has a new Executive Director as of December 4, 2008.
Sue Douglass, a Belmont County native, was named to the position, according to an announcement by Terry Lee, CIC board president. Douglass had been hired to fill the role of associate director in January 2008.
“Sue has been extremely beneficial to Belmont County,” Lee said. “We have high hopes for our area and are confident she has what it takes to move the county forward.”
“This is an exciting extension of an opportunity to serve with the CIC in meeting the challenges facing Belmont County’s economic development,” Douglass said..
Douglass earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Ohio University and a master of science degree in administration from the University of Dayton. She was a teacher at St. Joseph Central, Wolfhurst, and at Union Local Elementary School, Morristown.
The executive director was instrumental in obtaining grant funding for the rehabilitation of the historic1828 Blaine Bridge. She was on the steering committee for Greater Ohio, a statewide economic growth initiative she continues to partner with, and was an officer and member of the Ohio National Road Association.
Douglass also is the founder and director of the Eastern Ohio Leadership Council, a nonprofit nonpartisan local group focusing on leadership models and building community connections.
A native of Blaine, Douglass has received many honors, and among them is the coveted the Liberty Bell Award which she received from the Belmont County Bar Association.
