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Princeton Chamber CEO takes position at NYU Medical Center

By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer
   Karen Colimore has resigned as president and CEO of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce to take a position at New York University Langone Medical Center as senior director of development working at the Cancer Institute.
   Ms. Colimore worked at New York University Medical Center prior to becoming president of the Princeton chamber in September 2006. At that point she held the position of senior director of major gifts.
   ”She has done a great job for us,” said PRCC Board Chairman Larry Krampf, president and CEO of Princeton Communications Group. “We are going to miss her but we are glad she set up such a strong organization,” Mr. Krampf said.
   Adam Perle, current PRCC vice president, will serve as interim president of the organization, Mr. Krampf said. He said the depth and strength of the chamber’s staff, built under Ms. Colimore’s tenure, will ensure that there will be no reduction in its service to its members with Ms. Colimore’s departure. “We are in very good shape as a chamber and we are looking for Adam to step up,” he said.
   Mr. Krampf said he will be meeting with members of the chamber executive committee over Ms. Colimore’s departure, and will work with them as a search committee for her replacement.
   Ms. Colimore said the decision to leave the Princeton chamber was a difficult one for her but that she continued to have a desire to work at the cancer institute raising funds for cancer research and patient care.
   The NYU medical center “decided to rehire me because they are embarking on a new $2.1 billion capital campaign,” Ms. Colimore said. She will be returning to NYU medical center at a more senior post and “they are very excited to have me on board,” she said.
   Ms. Colimore said she will remain at the Princeton chamber until the end of next week, but “will make myself available to the (PRCC) board till the end of the year.”
   Asked what accomplishments she took most pride in during her tenure at the helm of the Princeton chamber, Ms. Colimore replied, “I think we’ve just really been able to strengthen all of the programs that were in place.”