The Elizabethtown-Hardin County Industrial Foundation is under new leadership, but it is a familiar face.
The foundation’s board of directors has announced the promotion of Vice President Andy Games to president and COO, which was finalized by a vote of the board Tuesday. Games has served as vice president since 2021.
Games said he is looking forward to continuing to push for new opportunities for the region with the foundation’s partners.
“It’s exciting, there’s a ton of growth,” Games said. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but we’ve got such a great group of city and county officials, and to be able to work alongside them every day is an honor, so it’s been a joy and it will be a joy to continue that.”
Games replaces his father Rick Games, who will now serve as vice president. Andy Games said it was an honor to work alongside his dad during a very busy time.
“To experience what he’s done for the last 23 years, you know, he’s done great things and expanded our parks,” Games said. “He’s led the foundation well, and he’s got big shoes and he’s left big shoes to fill.”
The vice president position was created in 2021 amid widespread growth in the area including the announcement of BlueOval SK. Games said he is happy to see those projects moving closer to the finish line.
“My biggest goal right now is all the construction that we currently have going on, assisting and helping them continue their path to opening the doors and creating all those new jobs that have already been announced, and those are getting closer,” Games said.
Games is also a board member for the Down Syndrome Association of the Heartland as well as Elizabethtown Community and Technical College.
