Traci Blido, the current Director of Economic Development for Bedford County, has been selected to lead the regionâs workforce development efforts.
The Central Virginia Workforce Development Board voted last week to name Blido as its next Workforce Development Director, following a nationwide search that attracted more than 50 highly qualified applicants.
Blido has spent the last 10 years as Bedford Countyâs Economic Development Director and has served on the Central Virginia Workforce Development Board.
She said she was almost on the hiring committee but when she started reading the job description, she realized it would be perfect for her.
âI was like, I need to be doing this because I feel so passionate about developing our workforce, and itâs something that I was already doing as an economic developer but this is focused all in on workforce,â she said Friday. âSo I just decided to give it a shot. It wasnât that I was looking, I love Bedford