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After a decade as executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Greater Santiam, Kris Latimer has stepped down.

She will remain as a consultant with the nonprofit until a new director is found. Operations Director Madison Yock will serve in her former capacity in the interim.

Latimer departed Jan. 4 to become director of the new Knife River Training Center in Albany, where she'll be responsible for partnering and management. This new role, she said, will allow her to pursue her passion: economic and workforce development.

She joined the Boys & Girls Club in 2012, following...