Brooke Jung, the executive director of the Hopkinsville-Christian County Convention and Visitors Bureau, has announced she will be leaving the job to accept a position in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“In a deeply flattering and unexpected turn of events, I was approached by Visit Albuquerque about a new position they’ve created on their team to create a master plan for their destination,” Jung wrote Tuesday afternoon in a post on her personal Facebook page.
Jung said she has accepted a new position as vice president of Destination Development and Community Engagement for Visit Albuquerque. The city’s population is approximately 562,000.
During her tenure with Visit Hopkinsville, Jung created and designed the concept that named Hopkinsville as the Batter Capital of the World. She was hired as the local tourism director in May 2018. Previously, she led efforts by Hopkinsville Parks and Recreation to market the community as Eclipseville for the August 2017 total solar eclipse, and she had worked for the Christian County Chamber of Commerce.
Jung did not say in her announcement when she will move to New Mexico. Her husband, Chris Jung, was recently named public information officer for the city of Hopkinsville.
Her resignation will be effective Nov. 17, according to a press release from Merry Beth Tomaszewski, chair of the visitors bureau board.
“While Brooke has been with Visit Hopkinsville, her accomplishments have been many,” the release states. “She and her team have won numerous awards, turned visionary concepts into creative art pieces, and honored the local farming heritage with the Batter Capital of the World brand, including the branding of a cast iron skillet that became the ‘it’ Christmas gift for Hopkinsville and Christian County residents.”
This story has been updated.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
