Parks Tacoma has a new interim executive director, the third person to lead the agency since the end of April.
At a meeting on May 11, Parks Tacoma board members voted unanimously to select Tony Piasecki, who served as the city manager for Des Moines for nearly 15 years, to do the job. Piasecki is replacing Gwen Voelpel, who served as Parks Tacoma’s interim executive director since April 29 after director Shon Sylvia resigned in the wake of concerns about the agency’s budget deficit.
Voelpel was promoted to the interim post after serving as director of business administration and planning since March, a job she was supposed to do in a part-time capacity starting May 8, The News Tribune reported. Voelpel, who has to attend to a family matter, will work for Parks Tacoma on a part-time basis to assist with Piasecki’s transition, according to a news release from the agency…