After less than a year in the role, the newly appointed director of the Chattanooga Convention Center, Sam Voisin, is leaving for a job in Mississippi.
According to a press release, Voisin has been selected as the executive director of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. He will be its fourth director in its 48-year history. Voisin is a native of Louisiana, and the move will bring him closer to family.
“I wasn’t looking to leave,” Voisin said in a press release issued by the Chattanooga Convention Center. “Like so many who find their way to Chattanooga, I was immediately embraced and was enjoying my time in the city. With an aging parent and adult children making their own plans, this opportunity provided something I simply knew I had to do.”
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Voisin did not immediately respond to a voicemail. In a phone call, Hicks Armor, the chair of the Convention Center’s board, said Voisin serves as a key caregiver for his elderly mother, and he’s been making regular trips from Chattanooga to visit her.