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Purchase Area Development District Executive Director Retiring

Matt Markgraf
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WKMS

Purchase Area Development District Executive Director Jennifer Beck Walker is retiring. Walker announced this week that her last day will be December 1st.

Walker said in a letter announcing her retirement, "It has been my absolute pleasure and honor to work at the PADD over the last 3 decades and to serve as its executive director for the last 11 years.”

Walker joined the PADD in 1987 as a summer intern. Prior to becoming executive director, she worked in programs including summer youth employment, community development and human services.

The PADD’s Personnel and Finance Committee will conduct a search to choose the next executive director. 

Dalton York is a Morning Edition host and reporter for WKYU in Bowling Green. He is a graduate of Murray State University, where he majored in History with a minor in Nonprofit Leadership Studies. While attending Murray State, he worked as a student reporter at WKMS. A native of Marshall County, he is a proud product of his tight-knit community.