RiverLink Board of Directors has announced that Executive Director, Karen Cragnolin, will be stepping down from her current position and transitioning to a new role of Strategic Property Transition Consultant. RiverLink will begin its search for a new Executive Director immediately.
“I am proud of RiverLink’s
accomplishments these past 30 years,” said Cragnolin. “Recovering from recent
complications of surgery has provided me the opportunity to look back on what
we’ve accomplished and to realize it is time for me to step back a bit. I will
be taking on a new role with RiverLink, consulting on strategic property
transitions, and I look forward to our future accomplishments.”
Cragnolin started
RiverLink in 1986 after moving to Asheville from Dubai in the United Ara
Emirates where she headed the American Business Council, the first locally
licensed chamber of commerce in the Middle East. Having grown up in Boston and
watching the redevelopment of Boston’s waterfront, she had a vision for the redevelopment
of the French Broad River. Now 30 years later, the economic and environmental
revitalization of the French Broad River and its tributaries has locals and
visitors flocking to the greenways, parks and businesses. To learn more about
RiverLink’s accomplishments, visit http://riverlink.org/conserve/success-stories/.
“Karen had a vision and
brought it to fruition,” said Esther Cartwright, Chair, RiverLink Board of
Directors. “We are fortunate that after 30 years at the helm, she will be
staying on with us in this new role where her expertise will continue to
benefit Western North Carolina.”
To make a donation in
honor of Karen’s legacy, please visit http://riverlink.org/ and click on “Donate.” Your tax
deductible donation will help empower RiverLink to provide environmental
education to 5,000 K-12 students each year, provide 6 free live concerts in the
River Arts District, implement water quality projects, including stream
restorations, stormwater BMPs (Best Management Practices), and low impact
development, provide assistance to homeowners in understanding rainwater
management, and continue protecting land forever as an urban land trust and
conservation accredited agency.
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