Banker heads committee to find new Magnet chief

Monday, April 9, 2012

Cape Girardeau banker Danny Essner has been appointed to lead a search committee that will select a new executive director for the economic development organization Cape Girardeau Area Magnet. Essner was appointed by Magnet board president and Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger. Other members of the Magnet search committee are lawyer, city councilman and Magnet board member Mark Lanzotti, retired banker Moe Sandford, Jackson alderman and Magnet board member David Hitt, Jackson Mayor Barbara Lohr, County Commissioner Paul Koeper and former Cape Girardeau mayor Jay Knudtson.

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