Welcome aboard DPG Executive Director Matt Weyandt. We look forward to working with you and Chair Jane Kidd.

In a 4-29-07 post I discussed the first meeting the Democratic Party of Georgia had following the January election of Jane Kidd as its Chair. That meeting was held on April 28. In that post I noted that all in attendance agreed that Jane was up to the task of leading our party forward.

Privately I shared with the Chair that I hoped she would disregard the unjustified moaning and groaning from the usual few about the amount of time it was taking to select a new Executive Director. Time was not our enemy, and she should take as much time as she needed to come up with the best she could find.

What exciting news to learn from our Chair this past week that she has found that person, and that the Executive Committee has approved the selection of Matt Weyandt as the party's new Executive Director in charge of overseeing our party staff and managing the day-to-day party operations.

Matt is a native Georgian and a graduate of the Atlanta Public Schools and Emory University. In 2001 he worked on the finance staff for Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin's first campaign, and just last year served as Finance Director and Deputy Campaign Manager on Jim Martin's campaign for Lieutenant Governor.

Welcome aboard Matt Weyandt! We look forward to working with you and Chair Jane Kidd.