We have officially named our new Executive Director, he is (drumroll please) Steve Wade! Steve is 41 and moved to the area 8 years ago from Charleston, WV, and has been with Grace Episcopal Church as their lay ministry coordinator since 2001.
Steve earned a degree in social work in 1988 from Shepherd College, now Shephered University, in West Viriginia. In his career, Steve has worked with teenage and single parents, as a hospital social worker, for a nursing home trade association, and for a festival "not dissimilar from the Cherry Festival." He says his leadership style centers on collaboration and problem-solving. "It is not a dictatorial style. It is not an authoritarian style," he said "the primary thing that I am going to do is listen."
We're all excited to have Steve come aboard and look forward to working with him.
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