The Juvenile Welfare Board is restarting its search for a permanent CEO after months of internal deadlock and scrutiny surrounding the organization’s previous finalists.
During their May 21 meeting, the board voted to relaunch the process through an executive search firm while appointing longtime JWB executive Karen Boggess as interim CEO to maintain continuity during the transition.
Boggess currently serves as JWB’s chief operating officer and has spent more than two decades with the organization, helping oversee operations for one of Pinellas County’s largest child welfare agencies. JWB oversees a more than $132 million impact budget and funds programs serving nearly 80,000 children and families annually across the county…