Interim Metroparks finance director resigns less than a month into the job

By Jordyn Grzelewski | June 4, 2016 at 12:08a.m.

Interim director/treasurer appointed less than a month ago

CANFIELD

Less than a month after the resignation of Mill Creek MetroParks’ administrative director/treasurer, the staff member appointed to fill the role in an interim capacity also has resigned.

Mark Mrofchak, a staff accountant who the park board appointed at a May 16 meeting to the interim finance-director position, recently gave the MetroParks one-month notice of his resignation. His last day is June 17, MetroParks human-resources director Megan Millich told The Vindicator.

The board also recently accepted the resignation of secretary Marie Brickley, whose last day at the Canfield office was Friday.

Mrofchak, a certified public accountant who worked for 30 years at the state auditor’s office, has worked at the MetroParks since April 2014, according to information provided by the MetroParks. Brickley began working there in April 2012.

Both resignations are because the two employees “got excellent opportunities at other places,” Millich said. “We wish them the best,” she added.

Mrofchak currently is training a temporary employee hired through a staffing agency to take over his position until a permanent replacement is hired. Millich said the MetroParks is “actively recruiting” to find a new finance director.

Kevin Smith, former administrative director/treasurer, left that role last month, citing a new career opportunity as his reason for leaving the MetroParks. He worked at the MetroParks for 41/2 years.

Those resignations occurred in the wake of other recent staff and leadership changes. In February, the MetroParks implemented a staff restructuring that eliminated the positions of 13 employees and seven unfilled positions.

The MetroParks board also is undergoing some changes. Two board members resigned since the end of March, and Mahoning County Probate Judge Robert N. Rusu Jr. (who by state law is responsible for appointing park board members) currently is working to fill those two seats.