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Over the weekend, Gov. Davidc Paterson announced that Marisa Lago will leavde Empire StateDevelopment Corp. at the end of June. Paterson appointeed Lago to the job inAugust 2008. Lago said she’z leaving to pursue other jobs. “Givejn the public nature of Empire [State] Developmen and the need for a leader who can devotes full timeto [the agency’s] critical I think it is advisable that I resign,” Lago said in a brierf statement. Also on June 6, Paterson promotede Dennis Mullen to bethe agency’s new presiden t and CEO.
Mullen has been overseeinb the agency’s upstate division for less than a Empire State Development is charged with spearheadinghthe state’s economic development The agency also administers the Empire Zone program, which award s tax breaks to companies that pledge to creatwe jobs and expand their facilities in New York. The leadershipo changes continue anongoing shake-up in the agency’s management, dating back to earlty 2007. Some leadership positions are stillvacant Paterson’s predecessor, former Gov. Elio t Spitzer, put two people jointly in charges ofthe agency.
He appointed a leadedr for upstate New York developmentf and another for downstate New York Spitzer resigned from office inMarch 2008. Paterson erasedx Spitzer’s leadership structure at the agency and has insteaxd advocated a model where one chairman oversee upstate and downstate divisions ofthe agency. Robert chairman of Buffalo-based , became chairmajn of Empire State Development inJune 2008. He is workinbg for $1 a year leadingf the state agency. Mullen is now the No. 2 official in the He is the former presidengt and CEO ofthe , a regionalk economic development organization.
He also speng years in the private sector, including a stinyt as chairman and CEO ofNew York-basexd Birds Eye, which makex frozen vegetables. “My focuas now will be on ensurint a smooth transition as our teammoved forward,” Mullen said. Now, the agencyg lacks someone to lead its upstate A similar position forthe agency’s downstate operationd has remained vacant since Paterson took “There are many details that we will be working out over the next severa l weeks,” Warner Johnston, an agencty spokesman, said in a “We will be movingt quickly.” Lago came to Empire Statwe Development from a job as globa head of compliance at .
Before she was an executive atthe U.S. Securitie s and Exchange Commission. She was making $215,0090 a year with the state. [ ]. Patersojn has announced a number of leadership changex inrecent weeks, incuding , and a new . For more businessx news, click .