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Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments gets new leader

Scott Dadson, the new executive director of the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments. (Courtesy/Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments)



Scott Dadson has been picked to lead a consortium of local governments in the mid-Willamette Valley following a nationwide search for a new executive director. On Thursday, the board of directors for the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments announced Dadson would replace Sean O’Day, who left the job last February.

Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments is a voluntary association of 43 local governments that includes Marion and Polk counties as well as Salem. It provides intergovernmental communication, studies of regional issues and other functions.

Before coming to the council, Dadson had extensive experience in city government in Virginia and the Carolinas. Most recently, he served as the executive director of the Isothermal Regional Commission, another regional government based in North Carolina.

“I am very honored to have been selected and to be joining the COG team in serving the Mid-Willamette Valley,” Dadson said in a statement. “I am passionate about public service and learning organizations. I am excited to have the opportunity to work with the Mid-Willamette Valley COG Board of Directors, its member governments and our regional partners in finding solutions to pressing issues and creating opportunities for success for all concerned. The Mid-Willamette Valley is a beautiful place and I am looking forward to working with everyone.”