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NORWICH - The Chenango Arts Council has new leadership.
On June 30, Victoria Calvert Kappel, executive director, stepped down from her position after 15 years to explore new opportunities.
The Chenango Arts Council (CAC) has been a community anchor for participation, education, and quality of life in Chenango County for the last four decades, Kappel said in an interview with The Business Journal News Network before her departure.
Kappel attributes a lot of the success and stability of the organization to the long-term leadership it has had. For 34 of its 40 years, CAC has had only two executive directors, Kappel and Lucy Funke, who served for 19 years prior to Kappel. In addition to the steady management, Kappel also praises the work of a consistent, strong board of directors who "get the organization and have no hidden agendas."
Prior to moving to Norwich from Chicago in 1999, Kappel was already familiar with upstate New York from visiting her sister who lives in Greig in Lewis County. In fact, Kappel hied the area so much that she and her husband were married in Constableville, also in Lewis County. Then, when she was ready for a change from Chicago, upstate New York was on her list of places to peruse for a new career.
As much as the position was the right fit for her 15 years ago, Kappel knows that stepping down at this time is also the right move. Wanting the board to have enough time to find her replacement, at the January board meeting, Kappel announced her decision...