Kate MacArthur, the executive director of the Zachary Chamber of Commerce, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Ascension Economic Development Corp.

She replaces Mike Eades, who left the AEDC in November after 7 years to take over as director of economic development for Lexington County, South Carolina.

MacArthur has been head of the Zachary chamber for four years. Before that, she spent five years as director of business intelligence for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber, recruiting and retaining businesses in the nine-parish metro area. MacArthur also has served as the director of marketing and existing industry for the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. in South Carolina and as a business analyst for the Area Development Partnership in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

MacArthur, who is from the Philadelphia area, earned a bachelors in East Asian studies with a specialty in International Affairs from Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and a masters in economic development from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.

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MacArthur leaving Zachary Chamber to head Ascension Economic Development Corp. - The Advocate