This is a very interesting story:
And no one really wants to explain it, why?
The new Pres/CEO was called by one of the staff members to get her ass over to the chamber with her resume on the same day the Corey Skeates resigned and was told “she had the job”.
What was the process of hiring the new Pres/CEO entail? By resume only? Interviews? Did the selection committee even call references? No one will explain it, why? Or did the good old boys club have it already figured out.
But a board member (see his letter below) sent in his resume but was NEVER interviewed why??
Stacey Heacock Weeks the Chairperson of the Lakeland Chamber said there were 93 applications / resumes sent in for the job.
Weeks refuses to acknowledge the letter from Patrick Gogliardo above and refuses to supply the names of the applicants for Pres/CEO position, why? Was there really 93 applicants?
Stacey Heacock Weeks sent the following to the Lakeland Gazette by email; “The Lakeland Chamber Board of Directors is very excited about the selection of Amy Wiggins as our new President& CEO. The process that was followed by the Selection Committee was comprehensive and thorough. The committee ensured a confidential process out of respect for any applicant that was interested in the position and the integrity of that process remains. We are confident the best candidate was identified through this process.”
This whole process looks and smells tainted, the Lakeland Gazette believes that the Lakeland Chamber needs to be more transparent in things.
And we are hopefull that Amy Wiggins the new Pres/CEO will be transparent also.