Jobs Plus Hires New President

A former economic development official for the state of Idaho will lead the effort to expand and diversify Kootenai County’s economy and employment base. Gynii Abracosa Gilliam of Boise is the new president of Jobs Plus, Inc., the Coeur d’Alene area economic development corporation. Gilliam has over 20 years of experience in the field, from rural settings in central Idaho to urban centers as large as Detroit. She was chief economic development officer in the Idaho Department of Commerce from January 2012 to November 2013. After that she ran her own consulting firm to help elected officials and others champion economic development. Gilliam succeeds Steve Griffitts, who in January stepped down after 12 years leading the agency and now is a vice president at Mountain West Bank/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.