After three years on the job, Shannon Wetzel Boutin is resigning as Executive Director of the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau. She'll be moving to the private sector October 19th as a product manager at Specialty Foods Group.
The chairwoman of the CVB board, Ruth Ann Dearness, expects to launch a national search to replace Boutin after they decide on a new definition for the job.
All previous executive directors of the Bureau have come from Owensboro.
In the past three years since Boutin has been Executive Director, the CVB saw revenue double from its 3% tax on hotel room rentals and tourism spending increase by more than 3.5%.
