Trumbull Board of Elections director resigns for retirement

WARREN

The Trumbull County Board of Elections will be putting out a help-wanted advertisement in the coming weeks for director and/or deputy director following the resignation today of Director Kelly Pallante.

Pallante, who has held the position 10 years and has worked for the board 31 years, said she is retiring to spend more time with family, including two grandchildren and her parents, who live in central Ohio.

The board accepted with regret Pallante's resignation, with Mark Alberini, board chairman, describing Pallante's work as "phenomenal."

Alberini said the director and deputy director positions will both be advertised to give the board flexibility in the event that it gives the director's job to deputy director Jodi Fiorenzo Dibble or gives the position to someone new. Both positions pay the same.

Fiorenzo Dibble became deputy director in 2008.

Director and deputy director must be of opposite political parties, and the director and board chairman must also be of opposite parties.