A story published this month by the Tacoma News Tribune details an independent investigation, commissioned by the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health, into the health department’s director of public health, Chantell Harmon Reed. Reed was accused of creating a toxic work environment by some health department employees.
These allegations were brought forward by three unions representing health department employees. An official investigation was launched by the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health into her conduct, eventually concluding that Reed had not violated any laws or department policies.
She was ordered to take executive coaching. However, the Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health did not release the independent investigator’s report detailing their findings. Over the last year, Tacoma News Tribune reporter Becca Most has pursued these documents detailing the director’s harsh style that left some people in tears…