The Regional Growth Partnership (RGP), Northwest Ohio’s JobsOhio network partner, recently announced two new hires to support their activities, according to a press release from RGP. Brian Bilger, a former economic development manager with Lucas County who has more than 11 years of economic development experience, was hired to be a regional project manager. Kyle Dodd, a recent graduate of Ohio University who interned with RGP, was hired as a regional program coordinator.
Meanwhile, the Appalachian Partnership for Economic Growth (APEG) — a subsidiary of the Ohio Appalachian Business Council — hired Marty Walsh, the former business services manager at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, to be vice president of programs; Katy Farber, the former president of the Highland Chamber of Commerce, was selected to be a regional project manager; and Dorinda Byers, a former Appalachian Ohio regional sales manager for TechSolve in Cincinnati, was brought on as a project manager and program coordinator for the partnership’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, according to a press release from APEG. For more, read the RGP press release and the APEG press release.
