The board of directors for the Greater Belen Economic Development Corporation (GBEDC) today accepted the resignation of its executive director.

Claudette Riley is leaving the GBEDC to concentrate full-time on her husband’s business after several years with the private, nonprofit economic development group. Her resignation was effective March 1.

With Riley out, the GBEDC, a state-supported program of the New Mexico Certified Communities Initiative, is considering how to move forward.

Other than voting on several administrative measures, the board decided to make Andrew DiCamillo, the director of the City of Belen Planning and Zoning Department, the GBEDC’s acting director.

The GBEDC is one of three Belen-based economic organizations, a list that includes the Greater Belen Chamber of Commerce and the Belen MainStreet Partnership.

This page was published on March 9, 2010 at 8:25pm and is filed under Economy.