2009.09.28
Planning district’s director to retire
David Rundgren, executive director of the New River Valley Planning District Commission, will be retiring effective Wednesday.
Rundgren has spent 25 years with the organization. Before coming to the New River Valley, he worked 12 years at the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission and served as its executive director for nine years, according to a news release from the organization.
Rundgren has also been as the director of Virginia’s First Regional Industrial Facility Authority, the New River Valley Development Corporation and the New River Valley Network Wireless Authority.
Rundgren plans to spend his time traveling to visit children and grandchildren and becoming a full-time farmer, the news release said.
On Thursday, Kevin Byrd will assume Rundgren’s duties, the news release said.
Byrd previously served the planning district commission for three years as a regional planner and is returning following a year of working for the Montgomery County planning department.
- Sharla Bardin
