Housing Authority adopts single-interview director search process
Webster Housing Authority streamlines its executive director selection process to a single-stage interview. The board, comprising Chair David DuPont, Commissioners Peter Luchina, Barbara Avery, and Sue Smichinski, adopted the streamlined approach that eliminates the pre-interview stage and proceeds
Housing Authority · Meeting of March 6, 2026
Webster Housing Authority streamlines its executive director selection process to a single-stage interview. The board, comprising Chair David DuPont, Commissioners Peter Luchina, Barbara Avery, and Sue Smichinski, adopted the streamlined approach that eliminates the pre-interview stage and proceeds directly to final board interviews. Commissioner Luchina championed the simplified process while Commissioner Smichinski expressed concerns about skipping the preliminary stage.
The board secured agreement to require advance submission of interview questions for approval, with resident committee members Beatrice Socha (Federal), Deborah Mitsakos (State), and Robert Green (Family) to participate in final interviews scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2026.
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Source: the Housing Authority meeting of March 6, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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