{"id":33526,"date":"2020-08-14T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=33526"},"modified":"2020-08-14T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T18:00:39","slug":"jim-siplon-named-interim-edc-president-search-on-for-a-permanent-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/08\/jim-siplon-named-interim-edc-president-search-on-for-a-permanent-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim  Siplon Named Interim EDC President; Search On For A Permanent Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33527\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/08\/interim-edc-head-siplon-c-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/08\/interim-edc-head-siplon-c-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2020\/08\/interim-edc-head-siplon-c.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Siplon was selected as the interim president of EDC Warren County.<br \/>Courtesy EDC Warren County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The board of directors of EDC Warren County has named board member Jim Siplon as interim president following the unexpected death of Ed Bartholomew in July.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know we cannot fill Ed Bartholomew\u2019s shoes and his legacy will endure here at EDC forever,\u201d said board Chairman Matthew Fuller. \u201cWe also know that, if Ed were here, he would tell us to keep moving forward and get the work done. Jim Siplon will help our board ensure that the many critical economic development projects that Ed was spearheading continue to move forward. There is so much work to do, and we will do it together and in Ed\u2019s honor.\u2019\u2019<br \/>\nEDC will begin a search for a new president in the coming months.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a critical time for EDC and our community, especially as we seek to help local businesses and municipalities recover from the economic damage of COVID-19,\u2019\u2019 said Fuller. \u201cThat recovery mission was so important to Ed, and we are fortunate to have in Jim an experienced executive, board member and community leader who can step in to continue the business-support initiatives and assistance programs that Ed was leading.\u2019\u2019<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cJim Siplon is a very capable leader, and we look forward to helping him bring to fruition the many projects Ed was working on,\u201d said Glens Falls Mayor Dan Hall.<br \/>\nSiplon was chief operating officer of JUST Water, leading a successful effort to create in Glens Falls an environmentally sound alternative to bottled water: spring water drawn from the Adirondacks and served in 100 percent recyclable plant- and paper-based packaging.<br \/>\nHe forged JUST\u2019s first-of-its-kind fair trade water agreement with the City of Glens Falls and established the company\u2019s headquarters in the re-purposed St. Alphonsus Church on Broad Street. JUST Water now is produced in a new facility in Queensbury and is sold worldwide. Siplon completed his work at JUST earlier this year.<br \/>\nHe previously served as the managing director of FIJI Water, responsible for building its tropical-island production to its current world-class output. Upon leaving FIJI, he led large-scale water efforts in New Zealand, Africa and the United States.<br \/>\nHe is a former senior executive at MCI, GE, Roll International and Teleflora. Siplon also founded Rethinkh20, a consulting firm that helps large-scale water users reduce water consumption. Rethinkh20 helped Cedars Sinai Hospital in water-scarce Los Angeles conserve 20 million gallons of water annually.<br \/>\nHe served in the U.S. Air Force for eight years and holds an undergraduate degree in astrophysics from Utah State University and an MBA from Boston University. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Glens Falls.<br \/>\n\u201cI look forward to the challenge of continuing Ed\u2019s work, but no one will replace Ed. The best we can do is emulate him,\u201d said Siplon. \u201cEd knew more about economic development in New York state than anyone I know. I particularly admired his ability to get things done through intellect, his connections with people at every level of government, and sheer force of will. I look forward to working with EDC\u2019s great staff and my colleagues on the board.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cEd Bartholomew is irreplaceable, and we will feel his absence acutely in the coming weeks and months. But Warren County is very pleased that EDC is in the capable hands of Jim Siplon while its board of directors works on the next chapter of this accomplished organization,\u201d said Warren County Administrator Ryan Moore.<br \/>\nQueensbury Supervisor John Strough said he had come to appreciate Siplon\u2019s breadth of skills over the past five years through their interactions related to JUST and more recently EDC. \u201cAs town supervisor and EDC board director, I saw Jim work with the greater community to create and develop a very unique, now very successful business, called JUST Beverages. He will provide the type of leadership we need to bridge the EDC to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The board of directors of EDC Warren County has named board member Jim Siplon as interim president following the unexpected death of Ed Bartholomew in July. \u201cWe know we cannot fill Ed Bartholomew\u2019s shoes and his legacy will endure here at EDC forever,\u201d said board Chairman Matthew Fuller. \u201cWe also know that, if Ed were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":33527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Jim Siplon Named Interim EDC President; Search On For A Permanent Replacement - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2020\/08\/jim-siplon-named-interim-edc-president-search-on-for-a-permanent-replacement\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jim Siplon Named Interim EDC President; 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