Downtown BRZ director terminated only months into job
By Al Beeber on May 12, 2021.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Tulene Steiestol has been terminated from her position as executive director of the Downtown Business Revitalization Zone.Steiestol was hired in January to replace Ted Stilson after he retired at the end of last year.
The BRZ on Tuesday afternoon released a statement to its members reading “On behalf of the Downtown BRZ board of directors, we would like to inform you that we have made the decision to release Tulene Steiestol of her duties as Executive Director effective May 6, 2021.
“After reviewing the best strategic direction for our membership we will begin a search to fill the position. Melissa Johnson, our long-standing Clean Sweep Program Manager, will be acting as Interim Executive Director.”
The letter was signed by Downtown BRZ chair Justin Tavernini.
When Steiestol was hired, then board chair Hunter Heggie said “Tulene’s energy enthusiasm and experience are exactly what is needed right now in our city. She is the perfect person to enhance and expand what Downtown Lethbridge has done in the past, as well as having the skill set to help lead us in a new direction, guiding us through these changing times into a bright future.”
Steiesol’s career, said a story in The Herald when she was hired, “primarily focused on serving the community in stakeholderdriven, not-for-profit tourism marketing and management organizations with world-class destination in the Alberta Rockies including Canmore and Jasper.”
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