Jody Moss, executive director of United Way of Clallam County since 2005, tendered her resignation on July 16.

“We will miss the positive energy Jody has brought to the United Way during her tenure as executive director,” Jo Johnston, United Way of Clallam County board president, said. “We are proud of her many accomplishments and her vision, and we will miss her.”

In her tenure at the United Way, Moss helped United Way of Clallam County raise more than $9.5 million through its annual campaigns — reaching the  $1 million goal in both 2006 and 2008 campaigns.

The United Way also received a number of donations to the Clallam Community Foundation, including a $1.2 million McCool fund, which has been applied to early learning grants, and received the Ninke fund that has helped low-income seniors with emergency needs.

In other community work, the United Way created and launched the Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics free clinic in Port Angeles and added three new agencies as United Way partners — simultaneously introducing partner agencies to outcomes-based work and funding them in a way to encourage this movement.

Moss participated in a number of boards, advocacy efforts and collective impact opportunities.

Moss will work with the United Way of Clallam County board on a transition plan, with her last day set for Aug. 31.

The board is searching for an interim leader for the United Way of Clallam County, as it develops a strategy to embrace national United Way-standard staffing arrangements and hire a full-time chief executive officer.

The United Way board is planning a farewell reception at a later date and will encourage partner agencies and community members to attend.

For more information about United Way of Clallam County, see www.unitedwayclallam.org or on Facebook.