POSITION SUMMARY: The Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED) Board of Directors is seeking a dynamic professional to elevate the organization’s role and impact within the Commonwealth. The President/CEO is responsible for the organization’s financial health and administrative efficacy. Further, the President/CEO will lead in the strategic operation development within a multi-platform portfolio and execution of deliverables thereof. The President/CEO will lead transparently, creatively, and collaboratively to represent the industry, grow the Association, serve and respond to membership, and positively effect economic development in the Commonwealth. The President/CEO will report to the KAED Board of Directors with direct oversight provided by the Board’s Chairperson.
ABOUT KAED: The Kentucky Association for Economic Development (KAED) is the Commonwealth’s forum for stakeholders dedicated to the enhancement of professional capacity and acceleration of economic development. The Association’s 900+ individual membership consists of representatives of economic development organizations, state agencies, local governments, utilities, chambers of commerce, universities, quasi-governmental entities, associations, and professional service firms. The Association organizes two major conferences annually, markets Kentucky as a business location, serves as the government relations voice of economic development practitioners, manages the Kentucky Economic Development Professional Certification Program, and houses special state-wide efforts including the Kentucky Economic Recovery and Resilience Project and the Kentucky Product Development Initiative. The Association partners strongly with the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development to satisfy and execute upon aligned internal and external goals. KAED manages the KAED
Foundation, which is responsible for professional education and relative
special projects. The KAED mission is to enhance professional capacity of
economic developers, to accelerate economic development in the Commonwealth,
and to collaborate among stakeholders to the benefit of the Commonwealth and
the citizens thereof.
KAED Executive
Management
Develop,
satisfy, and manage KAED and KAED Foundation budget.
Provide
transparent oversight and report monthly regarding status of seven KAED
financial accounts with assets above 3 million dollars.
Facilitate
and provide for consistent meetings of the KAED and KAED Foundation Boards of
Directors and affiliated Committees thereof.
Oversee
KAED and KAED Foundation staff, program contractors, and volunteers. KAED
President/CEO is responsible to set goals, deliverables, and feedback.
Assure
operational compliance with KAED and KAED Foundation Bylaws and established
procedures.
Assure
all matters specific to operating a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) businesses in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky are in compliance with legal and regulatory
requirements.
KAED Strategy
Provide
vision, leadership, and hands-on development of value-adding, educative, and
capacity building membership services.
Provide
vision, leadership, and hands-on development, in collaboration with appropriate
partners, of programming to drive economic development success in the
Commonwealth.
Within
Committee infrastructure, provide vision, leadership, and hands-on development
of strategy specific to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Assure
KAED strategy is informed by appropriate partners, market intelligence, and
comparative analytics.
KAED Member Engagement
Oversee
targeted and measured membership retention and development program to grow
professionals associated with KAED.
Oversee
targeted and measured investor and sponsor program to drive mutually beneficial
financial investment within KAED and KAED Foundation. President/CEO responsible
for investor compliance.
Oversee
targeted event engagement operation to drive participation at KAED and KAED
Foundation events.
Facilitate
opportunities, placement, and engagement for members within the slate of KAED
and KAED Foundation Committees.
KAED Events &
Programming
Provide
vision, leadership, hands-on development, and oversee execution of all
activities within KAED and KAED Foundation event portfolio.
Assure
KAED out-bound marketing, via KentuckyUnited, is professionally and
strategically managed and executed.
Assure
the Kentucky Product Development Initiative is compliant with Kentucky Product
Development Initiative Act of 2022 and is successfully executed.
Provide
meaningful data tools to be leveraged by KAED members.
Provide
for and update interface for professionals to track progress through Kentucky
Professional Certification Program curriculum housed within the KAED
Foundation.
KAED Government Affairs
Provide
vision, leadership, and hands-on development, leveraging all available data
sources and forums, in the creation of proactive policies and strategies to
drive economic development in the Commonwealth.
Under direction of the Board of Directors, serve as a liaison to legislative and executive branches to execute KAED’s strategies and satisfy deliverables.
Under
the direction of the KAED Board of Directors, serve as liaison and KAED
representative to all levels of Government and representatives thereof.
Develop
strategic and communicative relationships with leaders within all the branches
of state government.
KAED Public Affairs
Maintain
and further develop collaborative/strategic relationship with the Kentucky
Cabinet for Economic Development.
Assure
partnership-compliance and further develop key KAED and KAED Foundation
relationships.
Develop
new strategic partnerships with aligned entities to satisfy KAED mission,
strategies, and deliverables thereof.
Build-out
and operationalize KAED grassroots network.
KAED Communications
Serve
as liaison to all media outlets and external entities.
Serve
as chief communications officer, responsible for all strategic, sales, and
informative communications of KAED and the KAED Foundation.
Develop
strategic relationships within Kentucky media to advance KAED communications.
