A new director of parks and recreation will take over early next month in Moline. Today the park board approved the hiring of Bernita Reese.
Most recently, Reese served as district manager with the Parks and Recreation Division in DeKalb County Georgia. And she has experience in recreation, athletics, management of facilities, personnel, budgeting, and project management.
She earned a master's degree in Sport Management from Western Illinois University.
Reese will officially begin her new job in Moline on January 12th.
She replaces Laura Duran who resigned last summer to take a job in North Carolina.