The president and CEO of the Longmont Economic Development Partnership is leaving the position and taking a job as director of business development at Sun Construction in Longmont.
Jessica Erickson announced her decision to leave the LEDP on Monday at the LEDP annual investors meeting, according to the online business magazine BizWest. Her last day is Nov. 23.
Stephanie Pitts-Noggle — currently LEDP’s business specialist — will serve as interim president while a search begins for Erickson’s replacement, BizWest states. Pitts-Noggle heads up the city’s startup incubator program Innovate Longmont.
Left Hand Brewing Co co-founder and LEDP Board Chair Eric Wallace told BizWest the organization has drafted a job description, determined a pay scale and has begun to identify candidates targeted for Erickson’s job. The LEDP hopes to have a successor by January, BizWest states.
Erickson told BizWest her departure is “bittersweet.” Erickson joined the LEDP in 2015 and after a stint working with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, BizWest said.
Erickson believes LEDP will be on solid footing as she departs. “It’s not very often that these positions are vacated” during periods of organizational strength, she told BIzWest. “Most times people leave a job like mine after some sort of fall from grace,” Erickson said.
During her nearly eight-year tenure, Erickson helped attract or expand more than 150 businesses, brought more than $1 billion in new capital investment and impacted the creation of more than 2,000 primary jobs, according to the LEDP.
