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June 2, 2008
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Deputy director appointed for state economic development agency
Lynn Schoessler, a strong rural advocate and current section manager at Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, will help lead agency
SALEM, OR— Tim Mccabe, recently appointed acting director of the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department, announced today the hiring of Lynn Schoessler as his deputy director and second-in-command.
Schoessler officially steps into this role beginning Wednesday. Schoessler currently serves as the housing finance section manager for the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department.
"This is a great day for OECDD," stated McCabe, making the Schoessler announcement. "Lynn is a champion of rural Oregon and the department is exceedingly fortunate to have at hand a leader of Lynn's caliber, a leader who has deep roots in Oregon's rural communities, a leader who has Lynn’s extraordinary professional depth in finance and management."
Schoessler's early career positions include grass roots housing program administration and project development in rural Oregon. Schoessler was the housing programs director for a regional Community Action Agency in La Grande. He later was the executive director of the regional housing authority in La Grande that served Baker, Union, Wallowa and Grant Counties.
Schoessler joined the staff of the Oregon Housing Agency (the predecessor agency of the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department) in 1988. In 1990 Schoessler became the deputy director of Oregon Housing and Community Services Department and served three consecutive directors in that position.
Through the initiative and support of the Oregon housing and community development constituency, President Clinton named Schoessler the state director of Rural Development in 1999. (Rural Development is an agency in the US Dept. of Agriculture.) Schoessler transitioned to the Bush administration and continued as state director until April 2005.
In 2005, Schoessler then rejoined the Department of Housing and Community Services to advance the housing finance agenda of the agency.
Schoessler begins at the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department this Wednesday, June 4, in Salem.
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The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department provides economic, community and cultural enhancement throughout the state. Programs administered by the Department assist businesses, communities and people. Oregon's economic development system is designed to aid the state's changing economy, provide flexible resources for statewide and regional needs, and focus on funding economic and community development services for rural and distressed communities. Visit www.oregon4biz.com for more information on doing business in Oregon.
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