Feb. 26-Martinsville-Kim Adkins has resigned from her job as executive director of the West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board.

Adkins to resign from WIB board Plant to start own consulting firm Tuesday, February 26, 2013 By MICKEY POWELL - Bulletin Staff Writer Martinsville Mayor Kim Adkins has resigned her job as executive director of the West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board (WIB) to start a marketing and public relations business. Her resignation is effective June 30, the end of the WIB’s fiscal year. She said she may stay longer if her successor is not able to start work by then. The WIB now is advertising the position. “It has been a dream of mine for several years to take this leap of faith to launch my own business,” Adkins said, noting that she received support and encouragement from her family and friends. She said that having turned 50 recently, she decided that if she ever was going to make a career change, “it’s now or never.” Adkins is starting KEA Consulting Services. In addition to marketing and public relations, the firm will do communications work and fundraising, an announcement showed. KEA are her initials. Adkins has been the WIB’s executive director since 2007. The organization provides leadership and direction for workforce services in Martinsville-Henry County as well as Patrick and Pittsylvania counties and Danville, according to its website.