PORT ANGELES — Jody Moss, executive director of United Way of Clallam County since 2005, tendered her resignation July 16, the agency announced Wednesday.
She will stay until Aug. 31.
“It’s a pretty intense job,” Moss said in a telephone interview.
“I still love the work, but it’s time for me to do something different.”
The United Way of Clallam County Board of Directors is looking for an interim director and plans to hire a fill-time chief executive officer within the next six months, board President Jo Johnston said.
“We will miss the positive energy Jody has brought to the United Way during her tenure as executive director,” Johnston said in a news release.
“We are proud of her many accomplishments and her vision, and we will miss her.”
Immediate plans
Moss, 62, said her immediate plan is to take a break for a couple of months and then look for other jobs.
She plans to remain in the Port Angeles area and continue her volunteer work in the community.
During her time at United Way of Clallam County, Moss helped raise more than $9.5 million through annual United Way campaigns, eclipsing the $1 million mark in 2006 and 2008.
The United Way of Clallam County also received a number of donations to the Clallam Community Foundation, including a $1.2 million McCool fund for early learning grants and the Ninke fund for low-income seniors with emergency needs, officials said.
United Way created and launched the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic in Port Angeles and added three new partner agencies during Moss’ time at the helm.
“Jody’s passion for the community is evident in the passion she has brought to working with partner agencies, working in early learning and developing community solutions initiatives,” Johnston said.
Looking back, Moss said her true expertise was helping to build community solutions initiatives and programs for things like early learning and adult tutoring.
“I hope that the community will continue the strong support for the United Way that they have always had, and to recognize that investing in the United Way puts the investment back into the community right where we live,” Moss said.
She added: “I know they’re going to find a great new executive in the future.”
Interim leader
The United Way of Clallam County board has begun a search for an interim leader as it “develops a strategy to embrace national United Way-standard staffing arrangements and hire a full-time chief executive officer,” the news release said.
“It’s time for us to do our strategic planning again,” Johnston said in a telephone interview.
United Way of Clallam County officials will examine the strategies and goals of other United Ways across the state and nation to “make sure we do the best we can do for Port Angeles and Clallam County,” Johnston said.
“We’ve been so blessed to have Jody for as long as we got her,” Johnston added.
“We just wish her the best. We really do.”
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