After 10+ years of dedicated service to Friends of the Mississippi River, Gabe Ormsby is moving on. Hired originally as its office manager in 1998 when the organization had just three employees, Gabe has played an integral role in FMR’s growth and success. Many FMR members and volunteers will recognize Gabe as the sender of this monthly e-newsletter — Mississippi Messages — and as the cheerful voice answering the phone and on the voicemail message for many years.

More recently Gabe has focused his talents on developing and maintaining FMR’s growing web site fmr.org and its cousin MississippiRiverChallenge.org. He has also been the brains behind the organization’s database and has supported now seventeen staff members’ computer and network needs.

Gabe’s next career chapter leads him to the University of Minnesota (on the banks of the Mississippi) where he’ll pursue his passion doing web development on a full-time basis. We’re going to miss Gabe, but we’ve noticed he’s already signed-up for several volunteer projects and so we know he won’t stray too far. Good luck and thanks for everything Gabe! Read more…