County hires new finance director

A native of Berrien County has been hired to replace Joni Smith as St. Joseph County’s finance director.
Ryan Post was hired in June and started the job July 10. Smith, who accepted a municipal job in South Carolina to be closer to her two children and grandchildren, worked with Post for a day before her final day in late June.
Post, a 35-year-old Mattawan resident, has 12 years of experience with Kalamazoo County and most recently worked at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Kalamazoo County.
He was hired at $85,000 a year.
A native of St. Joseph, Post is a graduate of Western Michigan University. He and his wife have two daughters and a son.