LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Louisville Deputy Mayor Pat Mulloy will resign from his position leading the city’s economic development cabinet at the end of the month, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Wednesday.
Mulloy will remain as an unpaid, volunteer adviser to the mayor, Greenberg said, and will continue as the interim CEO of the newly formed Louisville Economic Development Alliance until it hires its first full-time executive.
“Pat has done a tremendous job for our administration,” Greenberg told reporters in Shively. “He's made an incredibly positive impact on our community.”
Greenberg noted Mulloy’s role in helping create the new entity known as LEDA, as well as his work in a monthslong effort last year to develop a new economic strategy with the input of top business and civic leaders.
Mulloy was named in an ethics complaint in June filed by a former city employee who claims that Greenberg and top city economic development officials are violating city ethics and personnel rules in establishing LEDA.
The ethics complaint played no role in his decision to leave his post, Mulloy told WDRB News, emphasizing that he approached Greenberg about wanting to move on before the complaint was filed.
An attorney by trade, Mulloy spent three years in the 1990s as Kentucky Finance Secretary in Gov. Brereton Jones' administration and is a former healthcare executive. He declined to collect a salary commensurate with the position and is being paid just over $4,000 this year.
Greenberg said Mulloy initially promised to stay on the job for six to 12 months.
LEDA held its first meeting last month. Mulloy said he met earlier this week with banks and other institutions about the new organization.
“I won't get my handprints off that,” he said, explaining his decision to continue as its interim CEO. “It means a lot to this community.”
Greenberg said there are no plans to replace Mulloy and that the cabinet will be led by its executive director, Jeff O’Brien.
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