Nutter aide quits post as MOCS agency head

Wadell Ridley, Jr., executive director of the Mayor's Office of Community Service, has submitted his resignation, effective Friday.

He said in an interview this afternoon that he was leaving for a new job. "At this time I cannot disclose what it is. However, it is the best thing for my family and I," he said.

Hired 18 months ago at the start of the Nutter administration, Ridley earned $91,361. As executive director of MOCS, he oversaw 90 employees and a $12 million budget.

Ridley previously worked as a former assistant vice president of government relations for St. Joseph's University.

"It's our sense that even in a short period of time, he is leaving MOCS in a much better place than where he found it," Nutter spokesman Doug Oliver said.
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