Longtime Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau trustee DeWitt Hicks is stepping down as board chairman at the end of this month.
Hicks announced his intent to step down as chairman, a position he’s held for about 10 years, during the CVB board’s monthly meeting Monday. He will remain on the board, on which he’s served for more than two decades.
“I’ve been chairman a long time,” Hicks told The Dispatch after the meeting. “Now is the time for some fresh leadership. I felt like I could still add something, but you need someone fresh in this role.”
CVB Executive Director Nancy Carpenter said Hicks will be hard to replace but she is glad he will still serve on the board. The CVB board will vote on its new chairman during its July 15 board meeting.
Carpenter added board members interested in taking on Hicks’ position will contact her and the board will take a vote.
“(Hicks) is irreplaceable,” she said. “He has been an amazing chairman. He truly has a servant’s heart for the people. We are very grateful to the city council for reappointing him to the board and we are glad he will still serve with the board.”
The nine-member board consists of four appointments by the city council, four by the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors and a joint appointment of Mayor Robert Smith and Supervisors President Harry Sanders.
City council appointments include Hicks, Whirllie Byrd, Liz Terry and CVB Vice Chairman Nadia Colom. County appointments are Rissa Lawrence, Brock Reynolds, Mark Castleberry and Steve Wallace. The joint appointment is Gen. Thomas “Tango” Moore.
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