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MTPO board votes to offer executive director job to Whitfield after two-candidate interview
Summary
After interviewing two finalists, the Alachua County Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization voted unanimously to negotiate an employment offer with candidate Whitfield to serve as the agency's executive director, citing Whitfield's Florida local-government experience and ability to stand up the new organization.
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization voted Dec. 16 to authorize staff to negotiate an employment offer with candidate Whitfield for the position of executive director. The motion passed after a lengthy discussion that weighed Whitfield's local government and planning-management experience against the second finalist's technical transportation and grant-management background.
Jim Denene, the MGT consultant who led the recruitment, told the board the search produced nine resumes and a short list developed by a screening committee. "We received, 9 resumes," Denene said, summarizing the recruitment…
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