Jim Blanda to Lead Camden County Improvement Authority
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2009
Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH (609) 472-8837

Directors of the Camden County Improvement Authority have promoted Jim Blanda to the position of executive director to oversee the county’s economic development efforts.

The Haddon Heights resident will succeed Frederic B. Weinstein of Cherry Hill, who announced plans to retire during the June 11 CCIA meeting, prior to unanimous adoption of a motion to promote Blanda from his present position as the authority’s deputy director and chief financial officer.

The change is effective on August 1.

Blanda earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in accounting from Rowan University in 1994 and an MBA from Rutgers University in 2005. He is active in his community as a member of the zoning board and as a coach with youth athletic activities. He joined the CCIA in 2004 after having served four years as chief financial officer of the Mercer County Improvement Authority in Trenton.

Weinstein, an attorney/businessman, served as the executive director for the past 18 months after having served as chairman of the five-member authority for the previous 10 years. He was first appointed to the authority by the Board of Freeholders in 1994.

“We appreciate Fred’s service both as executive director and chairman and we look forward to continued success under Jim Blanda’s leadership,” said Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. “The authority is a major force in economic development with a record of public and private bond financing of more than $1.5 billion. This investment has created thousands of jobs throughout Camden County.”

For more information on the CCIA, visit www.camdencounty.com and click onto the business banner at the top of the home page.

HEADSHOT OF JIM BLANDA: http://www.camdencounty.com/blanda.html

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