Dispatch July 2020[5]

July 30, 2020 In this ISSUE ISSUE Mike Stuhr retiring, Gabe Solmer appointed new Water Bureau director effective August 1st Page 1 When Gabe Solmer takes the helm next month, she’ll • Mike Stuhr retiring, Gabe Solmer write history as the bureau’s first... More

July 30, 2020 In this ISSUE ISSUE Mike Stuhr retiring, Gabe Solmer appointed new Water Bureau director effective August 1st Page 1 When Gabe Solmer takes the helm next month, she’ll • Mike Stuhr retiring, Gabe Solmer write history as the bureau’s first woman director. appointed new WB director While leading a bureau of six hundred staff members during a global pandemic. Page 2–3 • Bull Run Filtration Project To speak with her, though, you would think it was just overcomes challenges another day at the office. “The great work underway has already helped make Page 4 this a seamless transition,” said Solmer. “What we’ve • Call Center wait times down accomplished together, and the momentum I see when as staff works from home I talk with staff, makes me excited about what’s possible as your next director.” Page 5 Just five years ago, Gabe left the beaches of San Diego Mike Stuhr • Staff changes: New hires to come to Portland, where she started as the bureau’s Communications Director. A year Less