While it is still searching for a new CEO, the state’s primary business recruitment organization, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, has implemented a major reorganization plan.
VEDP’s restructuring includes reassignments of some key staffers and the departure of two longtime vice presidents, Liz Povar and Mike Lehmkuhler. Their jobs were eliminated when the restructuring integrated the divisions they headed into a new Business Investment Division that will be led by a yet-to-be-hired new vice president.
The shakeup of the VEDP’s internal operations has been in the making for “a good 18 months to two years,” said interim President and CEO Dan Gundersen, and is designed to keep Virginia competitive with other states.
