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One of the people who helped rescue the Facing Hunger Foodbank is leaving to take over a California-based business and move it to Cabell County.
Tiffany Tatum says she has resigned as the food bank's executive director and has bought ClergyTech and Churchpayroll.com, two businesses that help churches and nonprofits with bookkeeping and payroll functions.
Tatum joined what was then the Huntington Area Food Bank in October 2012 after its previous executive director resigned during an investigation into possible embezzlement. That person pleaded guilty last month to embezzling $32,000 from the organization.
In addition to that problem, the food bank was about to be cut off from a major source of food and funding. Debra Johnson-Tourigny was appointed to chair the group's board of directors, and Tatum was hired to put things back together.
"When I walked in, I found an organization that needed a lot of repair work, needed a...