PORT TOWNSEND — Geoff Crump, executive director of Olympic Community Action Programs, will resign in the next 60 days to 90 days to join a King County agency.
“We will never find another Geoff,” said Rich Ciccarone, OlyCAP board president, who announced Crump’s decision Tuesday.
“He was one of the best managers who has ever worked for me, and he was also a great leader who was right in there with everyone on the staff.”
Crump’s greatest accomplishment, Ciccarone said, was balancing the budget from $200,000 in the red to “just about even, which is where a nonprofit should be.”
Crump, who has led OlyCAP since December 2012, is credited with consolidating operations to bring the organization financial stability and sustainability, and foster “a healthy and positive corporate culture,” Ciccarone said.
Crump, 37, will become chief operating officer of Hope Line, a community action program in King County that performs many of the same functions as OlyCAP but on a larger scale, Ciccarone said.
Crump was earning an annual salary in the mid-$90,000 range, Ciccarone said, but money had nothing to do with the move.
Rather, it had to do with a desire to be closer to family, Ciccarone explained.
Crump was not available for comment Tuesday.
“He brought us out of difficult financial shape,” said board member Bob Gray.
“We are sorry to be losing him.”
Ciccarone said Crump, who told the board of his plans last week, offered to stay on the job for 60 to 90 days to give the organization time to find and train a replacement.
“The OlyCAP board has currently embarked on an extensive campaign to find Mr. Crump’s replacement,” Ciccarone said in a news release.
A job notice has been distributed to several sources in the region and across the country, Gray said. It was not listed on the OlyCAP website as of Tuesday.
The job notice does not include a salary range.
Among other qualifications, the job requires a Master of Business Administration or Master of Public Administration; 10 years of professional experience, preferably with a nonprofit; and five years of management experience.
Ciccarone said Crump’s belt-tightening consisted of consolidation of programs and real estate, resulting in significant savings.
“When Geoff came, we were spread out in three buildings in Port Townsend,” Ciccarone said.
“He consolidated operations into one building, and we were able to rent out the other two.”
OlyCAP’s main office is in Port Townsend, with offices in Port Angeles and Forks.
It offers assistance in a number of social service areas including crisis management, food and shelter, rent assistance, health services, child care resources, veterans services and legal aid.
OlyCAP’s mission statement, according to its website: “OlyCAP partners to lead and engage the community to promote self-reliance on behalf of those we serve while embracing innovation and collaboration with the determination and commitment to build a healthier community.”
It also administers the Peninsula Daily News’ Peninsula Home Fund, which last year raised a record $271,981.
For more information, go to www.olycap.org.
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Jefferson County Editor Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or cbermant@peninsuladailynews.com.