David Eichenthal, who has led the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies for six years, is leaving the research organization and will set up the local office of a national financial and investment advisory firm.
Eichenthal’s resignation is effective Aug. 26, according to a news release from the Ochs Center.
Ellen Hays, chairwoman of the Ochs Center, said that former board chairmen Rae Bond, Tom Griscom and Grant Law Jr. will lead a search committee for a new president and chief executive.
“With the support of a great board and staff, David has created a strong foundation for the Ochs Center to build upon,” Hays said in the release. “The Ochs Center has become the source for independent research and analysis in our community.”
Under Eichenthal, the Ochs Center has produced three editions of the data-rich State of Chattanooga Region Report and provided research and analytical support to more than two dozen different local foundations, nonprofit agencies and local government agencies, the news release stated.