{"id":1931,"date":"2011-06-08T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/vlcia-hires-andrea-schuijer-from-albany.html"},"modified":"2011-06-08T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:44:00","slug":"vlcia-hires-andrea-schuijer-from-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/vlcia-hires-andrea-schuijer-from-albany.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA hires Andrea Schuijer from Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"According to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x1315242419\/Wiregrass-LLC-to-buy-unused-land-at-biomass-facility-site\">\nDavid Rodock in the VDT today:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.choosealbany.com\/edc_staff.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.choosealbany.com\/images\/Andrea-Shruijer.jpg\"><\/a>\n&#8230;a unanimous decision by board members to submit a formal offer to\nAndrea Schruijer for the position of executive director.\n<p>\nAbsent from the meeting was board member Roy Copeland.\n<p>\nAccording to Steve Gupton, authority attorney, the three-year contract\nwill include a salary of $100,000 per year. As with all its employees,\nthe authority will pay seven percent into a retirement fund and 75\npercent of health care insurance.\n<p>\nSchruijer, pending acceptance of the offer, will officially start\nemployment on July 8.\n<\/blockquote>\nShe&#8217;s a former hotel marketing person,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/profile\/view?id=23809673&#038;authType=NAME_SEARCH&#038;authToken=qFta&#038;locale=en_US&#038;srchid=579cbca0-803f-44e4-8556-645fd6f8339b-0&#038;srchindex=1&#038;srchtotal=2&#038;goback=.fps_PBCK_*1_+_Schruijer_*1_*1_*1_*1_*2_*1_Y_*1_*1_*1_false_1_R_true_*1_us%3A0_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2_*2&#038;pvs=ps&#038;trk=pp_profile_name_link\">\naccording to her LinkedIn account<\/a>:\n\n<!--more-->\n<table>\n<tr><td>Current<\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>\nSenior Vice President, Economic Development at Albany Dougherty Economic Development Commission\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Past<\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>\nSales Manager at The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans\n<li>\nConference Services Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Education<\/td><td>\n<ul>\n<li>\nGeorgia Southern University\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\nThey&#8217;re paying her less than Brad Lofton.\nWe&#8217;ll see if she&#8217;s any better.\n<p>\nMore from that story:\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;There were actually 11 people involved with the interview process,\nwith representatives from both the city and the county governments,&#8221;\nsaid Jerry Jennett, authority chairman. &#8220;Out of five candidates, two\nwere not from Georgia, which was probably somewhat of a handicap. It\nworks out that the way development is done in Georgia is different than\nin other states; it&#8217;s just different.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nDifferent as in important decisions get made in numerous special called\nmeetings so there will be no public or video cameras?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to David Rodock in the VDT today: &#8230;a unanimous decision by board members to submit a formal offer to Andrea Schruijer for the position of executive director. Absent from the meeting was board member Roy Copeland. According to Steve Gupton, authority attorney, the three-year contract will include a salary of $100,000 per year. 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