{"id":178,"date":"2009-05-08T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2024-12-30T07:32:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T12:32:49","slug":"david-rencher-named-chief-genealogical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/david-rencher-named-chief-genealogical.html","title":{"rendered":"David Rencher named Chief Genealogical Officer of Family History Department (Salt Lake City)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo:<\/a>The <\/span>Family History Department (Salt Lake City, UT) names David Rencher to new position – Chief Genealogical Officer.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Today’s announcement from Jay Verkler reads: <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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I am pleased to announce the creation of a new position in the Family History Department: Chief Genealogical Officer (CGO). This key role will be filled by David Rencher, a 28-year veteran in the department and the genealogical community. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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The position of Chief Genealogical Officer ensures that the genealogical integrity of FamilySearch is maintained at the highest levels. The CGO will make sure that a genealogical perspective is reflected in our operational and strategic direction and that the department\u2019s many efforts are connected to the genealogical community. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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David\u2019s responsibilities will focus on four major areas: <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Genealogical Soundness of the Organization <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Strengthening the genealogical focus of the department\u2019s products, services, and processes <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Providing input to the Strategy Team for genealogical issues <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Maintaining and growing genealogical expertise in partnership with the genealogical community <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Record Strategy <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Providing input on the overall record strategy for FamilySearch <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Using genealogical experience and contacts to help build an open FamilySearch environment<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Providing input on third-party affiliation opportunities <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Marketing <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Leveraging the genealogical community to assist FamilySearch goals <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Providing input regarding outbound marketing to the genealogical community \u00b7 Speaking at key genealogical conferences to share FamilySearch messages <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Public Outreach<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Providing a public face to the genealogical community for communication \u00b7 Interacting with the media to promote FamilySearch objectives <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Assisting with V.I.P. visits and tours <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00b7 Expanding the network of key genealogical contacts worldwide <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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In addition to his new role as the Chief Genealogical Officer, David will continue as director of the Planning and Coordination Division. David will continue to report to Russ Stay for Information Divisions-related issues and will report to Jay Verkler on CGO issues. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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We wish David well and ask for your support as he takes on these important new responsibilities. <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Jay L. Verkler<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Managing Director for FamilySearch<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Family History Department (Salt Lake City, UT) names David Rencher to new position – Chief Genealogical Officer.   Today’s announcement from Jay Verkler reads:   I am pleased to announce the creation of a new position in the Family History Department: Chief Genealogical Officer (CGO). This key role will be filled by David Rencher, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[721,718,5296,719,1129,1658,1143,2191,1674,1829,720,3074,3827,4663,1874,983,482,779],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-cgo","tag-chief-genealogical-officer","tag-conferences","tag-david-rencher","tag-family","tag-family-history-2","tag-familysearch","tag-history","tag-id","tag-in","tag-jay-verkler","tag-key","tag-lake","tag-marketing","tag-ms","tag-salt-lake","tag-salt-lake-city","tag-ut"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101447,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/101447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}