CIDC to hold director finalist interviews

CLOVIS — The Clovis Industrial Development Corporation will hold finalist interviews this week to potentially fill its vacant executive director position.

Ernie Kos, executive director of the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, said the CIDC received about a dozen applications from the nationwide search that ran Oct. 22 through Nov. 30 and pared the field to two finalists.

Lee Malloy, president of the CIDC Board of Directors, told The News the board has worked around the idea of having somebody in the position to start the new year.

“It’s not a hard number,” Malloy said of a potential January start date, “but we want to get them started as soon as possible.”

That could happen if an offer is made and accepted, but Malloy and Kos said it’s also possible that no job offer is made and the vacancy is posted again.

The position has been vacant since the Aug. 31 death of Chase Gentry, who served in the position for 20 years.

Neither Malloy nor Kos would reveal the names of the finalists, but Kos confirmed that both finalists have some level of local ties.