David Johnson, president of the Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise and Chattanooga Community Development Financial Institution.David Johnson will retire from Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise four years after taking the reins with the mandate to clean up an organization rocked by scandal.
“It has been an honor to serve as the president and CEO of CNE for the past four years,” Johnson said in a news release Friday.
Ric Ebersole, former CNE board chairman, will serve as interim president and CEO during a nationwide search for a new chief executive, the release stated.
Johnson’s tenure has had mixed results.
The organization has rehabbed homes and revitalized neighborhoods throughout the city, helped homeowners weatherize doors and windows and disbursed millions of dollars in federal aid.