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Note: This story was updated on 4-15-12.

By Mary Walton and Charles Layton

The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association has not yet found anyone to serve as its chief administrator. But for now, CMA trustee Ralph delCampo will hold down that position.

This will allow Nancy Hoffman to move on, as planned, by the end of April.

DelCampo, in an interview, said he has stepped in temporarily as an unpaid volunteer. No timetable has been set for finding a permanent administrator. “As soon as possible, but we want to make sure that time is not driving us,” delCampo said. “[We want to] make sure the person selected is the best person.”

DelCampo, 60, was born in Cuba, came to the United States in 1962 at the age of 10, and grew up in Hudson County, NJ. He spent 38 years working as a chemical engineer in the pharmaceutical industry. He stepped down in October as principal executive officer and chief operating officer of Enzon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

He and his wife, Borja, recently sold their home in Hillsborough, NJ, in order to live full-time in their Ocean Grove home on Seaview Avenue. They attend St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.

“I love the Camp Meeting, I love the community, I love what it represents and we really enjoy it,” he said.

Nancy and Scott Hoffman had served as co-administrative officers of the CMA since 2007. Scott left in January for a job with the Billy Graham Training Center in North Carolina, and Nancy stayed on while a CMA search committee, headed by Dr. Dale Whilden, looks for the couple’s replacements.

William Bailey, formerly Neptune Township’s deputy police chief, joined the CMA on March 1 as director of operations, but the organization still needs to find a second replacement for the Hoffmans.