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SJ Today Exec Resigns Post

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Just shy of one full year in the post, the leader of St. Joseph's merchant promotion team is stepping away from that job to find other opportunities going forward. 

St. Joseph Today Executive Director Whitney Behnke has tendered her resignation to the organization’s board of directors, preparatory to her search for a new career more compatible with her family situation.  The 29-year old Behnke has an increasingly active toddler and has found that the demands of a job with many night time and weekend event responsibilities has become somewhat cumbersome.

Behnke’s approaching one-year anniversary with the non-profit organization focused on event planning, lodging and merchant promotion and visitor attraction proved to be the ideal time to search out new opportunities, so she has resigned her role.

Staff member and Event Coordinator Brian Smith, who has acted in an interim director role on several occasions in the past, will assume that position again while the St. Joseph Today Board of Directors formulates a plan for Behnke’s successor.

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The board voted Wednesday to accept the resignation and they wish Behnke well in her next venture. As a succession plan is developed, the Board will share recruitment plans with the community-at-large for the next Executive Director of St. Joseph Today.

Behnke had joined the organization on November 16th last year, taking the place of Jill Stone who was headed to Santa Cruz, California where her husband had taken a new job in the workforce development arena. Stone had served as Executive Director for three years, coming to the organization from Perry Ballard, Incorporated. 

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