Local Habitat nonprofit begins search for new CEO

BRADENTON — After 11 years, Manatee County Habitat for Humanity’s CEO announced she was stepping down. 

Diana Shoemaker, credited in the news release for leading the way through uncharted waters during the pandemic, made the announcement last month that she would be leaving to join a national advocacy organization. Manatee Habitat has used MBJ Group Inc. to lead the search process. 

“During my tenure with Manatee County Habitat for Humanity, I have had the great privilege of working alongside passionate and committed staff, board members and volunteers,” Shoemaker says in a release. “Together we have grown an organization that has earned the praise of community leaders, businesses, civic and faith organizations while we have continued to tangibly address the critical need for affordable housing in Manatee County.”