Victoria named to EDC head spot; Peggy takes over at ARC

That's Victoria with her girl Lily at the open house at the Marine Labs last May.

Just got this from the EDC, and thought you’d like to know:

San Juan County Economic Development Council Announces Staff Changes

The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) is pleased to announce the hiring of two new employees.

The EDC welcomes Victoria Compton as their new Executive Director.  Victoria has been an island resident since 1989, working as the advertising director of the Journal of the San Juan Islands, and as the founder of At Home Magazine. She has also worked in New York City as the marketing director of a giftware manufacturing company, as a PR agency owner, and as the director of Westcott Bay Institute on San Juan Island.  In years past, she served as the vice president of the San Juan Islands Chamber of Commerce board of directors and on the board of the San Juan Islands Business Association (now the Visitors’ Bureau).  Victoria starts with the EDC/ARC on December 1st, 2009.

The EDC, in partnership with the San Juan County Agricultural Resources Committee, welcomes Peggy Bill as the EDC’s new ARC Coordinator.  Peggy brings twenty years of professional experience advancing land conservation, natural resource management and innovative market approaches to conservation in the Puget Sound region.  Some of her work experience includes the Cascade Land Conservancy, King County, and the Washington Department of Ecology. Locally, she has served on the Agricultural Resources Committee, the Lopez Community Land Trust, and the San Juan County Land Bank. Peggy’s family has been involved in agriculture on Lopez Island for decades.  She starts with the EDC/ARC on December 1st, 2009.

Please join us in welcoming both Victoria and Peggy and lending them your support as they begin their new roles.  We also wish to thank Bill Watson and Eliza Buck for their outstanding contributions to the EDC and ARC respectively.  We wish them well as they begin their future endeavors.

The EDC and ARC will host an open house on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 from 3-5 PM. All are welcome to drop into the EDC/ARC office at 540 Guard Street, Suite 110 and say hello/good-bye. Refreshments will be served.

The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) advocates to diversify and strengthen the economy of San Juan County and to promote and preserve the overall quality of life of islanders.   The EDC is the county’s primary source for island business-related information. The EDC strives to enable business success by linking resources, rendering assistance, and improving conditions for local business.

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