CITY NAMES NEW DEPUTY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

BYLINE: The Morning Call

BETHLEHEM

Kathy Vossough, who most recently was the executive manager of community projects at Rutgers University, has been selected as Bethlehem's next deputy director of economic development.

Vossough will replace Laura Burtner, who stepped down earlier this year after serving a year and a half in the position.

As the new deputy director, Vossough will direct and coordinate planning, organizing and implementing projects and programs to attract businesses and keep them in the city. The division oversees a $251,000 budget, not including the money for programs funded by Community Development Block Grants.

Vossough is expected to start in the middle of this month, and her salary is budgeted for about $65,000 next year, according to city officials.

Mayor John Callahan noted in a prepared statement that Vossough has more than a decade of experience in city and regional planning in the public and private sector.

Vossough graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in environmental planning and design and a master's degree in city and regional planning.

Highlights from Vossough's resume include work for New Jersey Transit in Newark; Louis Berger & Associates in East Orange, N.J.; the Center for Urban Policy and Research in New Brunswick, and PARS Environmental Consultants in Robbinsville, N.J.