Executive Director of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Pat Brown will resign from his position Wednesday.

Brown said that he is resigning from his position because he thinks the Board of Directors is going in a different direction than when he was originally hired.

When I was hired, I was hired to go in a specific direction, he said. They have reconsidered that direction they have detoured from it.

John Dosier, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said Brown was resigning from his position to do other things and the chamber will begin looking for a new person soon.

March 1 would have marked Brown’s third year in the position.

The executive director oversees administrative operations of the chamber and hiring and firing of all employees. The director also enforces the policies of the Board of Directors.

The Chamber of Commerce represents business, industrial and professional leadership in the community. The chamber, run by local business people, is dedicated to the improvement of Carbondale and Jackson County.

On Feb. 22, Brown said he met with Dosier and made the mutual decision for Brown to resign.

I didn’t feel comfortable going on as director, Brown said.

Letters were sent out Friday to all chamber members regarding Brown’s resignation.

Dosier would not comment on the current working status of the Chamber of Commerce.

Brown said the feedback the chamber has been getting shows that members are satisfied and the chamber is filling its goals.

Dosier said the Board of Directors will form a search committee by the end of the week

He said the committee will be searching for someone who knows Carbondale, will be able to recruit new members and will continue some of the work that Brown had been doing.