Three finalists to replace Lori Boyer as the Downtown Investment Authority CEO are scheduled for panel interviews June 9 with the DIA board.

The finalists are:

• Danny Chavez, former chief economic development officer for the city of Waco, Texas. He served from April 2024 to December 2024.

• Lara L. Fritts, division director of the Frederick County Department of Economic Opportunity in Maryland.

• Colin Tarbert, president and CEO of the Baltimore Development Corp.

Boyer is retiring effective June 30, 2025.

She was named DIA CEO in 2019 after serving as a Jacksonville City Council member and president. In her Council role, she helped create the legislation that founded the DIA in 2012.

The board interviews are scheduled for 10 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. and are scheduled for one hour a

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