Freeze becomes Goodwill director

Staff report

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Jim Freeze has become executive director of Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries, succeeding Mike McBride, who retired last month after 35 years in that position.

Freeze, a Boardman native, is a West Point graduate who served six years in the Army and completed two tours in Iraq.

In Raleigh, N.C., he worked at a recruiting firm, helping military veterans find jobs.

He went on to help create Carroll’s Kitchen, a restaurant that employed women from various Raleigh area shelters.

Freeze, who resides in Boardman with his wife, Grace, and two sons, joined Goodwill on March 22, working alongside McBride to achieve a smooth leadership transition, the agency said.

Goodwill employs and provides vocational rehabilitation services to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.