CCS Names New Director
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Jim Coons, Syracuse, has been named executive director of Combined Community Services, replacing Marty Courtney.
The former Syracuse Dairy Queen owner has nothing but praise for Courtney, who headed the agency for nine years.
"I really am humbled about the legacy Marty is leaving," he said of his predecessor. "I'm tremendously impressed with her."
Courtney and Coons will work together until the middle of December when Courtney officially retires.
Coons has lived in Kosciusko County for six years, buying the Dairy Queen in 1993, and brings 30 years of corporate leadership experience to CCS, mostly in the nursing administration and the medical supply fields.
He and his wife, Nancy, who is director of nursing at Timbercrest Retirement Community, are members of Warsaw Community Church, where he is a Sunday school teacher and small group leader. The couple has twin sons, Jim Jr. and Bob, 26. Prior to moving to Indiana, the family lived in Lake Zurich, Ill. He is a native of Oregon.
"Continuous quantity and quality improvement is what I live for," Coons said. "Usually I've been hired to improve a business, at CCS there is a very high water mark. I'll be delighted if I do as well as Marty."
CCS has $1 million budget in 1999. As a United Way agency it acts as a referral service for other local agencies, churches and businesses.
He will be the third director in CCS's 15-year history. He plans to enhance the agency's educational services and provide a ministry.
He received a master's degree in Educational Ministry from Huntington College in 1995 and has a bachelor's degree in psychology from San Francisco State College.
CCS board president, John Ganyard, said the search committee is pleased with their decision and look forward to the skills Coons brings to the agency. He was selected over nine other applicants. [[In-content Ad]]
Jim Coons, Syracuse, has been named executive director of Combined Community Services, replacing Marty Courtney.
The former Syracuse Dairy Queen owner has nothing but praise for Courtney, who headed the agency for nine years.
"I really am humbled about the legacy Marty is leaving," he said of his predecessor. "I'm tremendously impressed with her."
Courtney and Coons will work together until the middle of December when Courtney officially retires.
Coons has lived in Kosciusko County for six years, buying the Dairy Queen in 1993, and brings 30 years of corporate leadership experience to CCS, mostly in the nursing administration and the medical supply fields.
He and his wife, Nancy, who is director of nursing at Timbercrest Retirement Community, are members of Warsaw Community Church, where he is a Sunday school teacher and small group leader. The couple has twin sons, Jim Jr. and Bob, 26. Prior to moving to Indiana, the family lived in Lake Zurich, Ill. He is a native of Oregon.
"Continuous quantity and quality improvement is what I live for," Coons said. "Usually I've been hired to improve a business, at CCS there is a very high water mark. I'll be delighted if I do as well as Marty."
CCS has $1 million budget in 1999. As a United Way agency it acts as a referral service for other local agencies, churches and businesses.
He will be the third director in CCS's 15-year history. He plans to enhance the agency's educational services and provide a ministry.
He received a master's degree in Educational Ministry from Huntington College in 1995 and has a bachelor's degree in psychology from San Francisco State College.
CCS board president, John Ganyard, said the search committee is pleased with their decision and look forward to the skills Coons brings to the agency. He was selected over nine other applicants. [[In-content Ad]]