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Former Executive Director Joe Ellis has a birthday on Sat.

I had a chance to get together for lunch with Joe Ellis, former Executive Director at the Mission, and learned that he has a birthday this Saturday.  I think it would be great if a few of you who know Joe would send him an email to let him know how much we appreciate his work here in Tacoma.  For those of you who may not know, Joe was the director when Jefferson and Colonial Sq. were put together and was the mind behind the Challenge Learning Center and a lot of the programs we currently enjoy.  He was also the genius who hired Bob Killmer and Kathy Austin.  His email is jellis@hackergroup.comHe is a successful businessman in Seattle working for the Hacker Group, a direct mail services company.  Happy Birthday Joe.David 

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One Response to “Former Executive Director Joe Ellis has a birthday on Sat.”

  1. Kathy Austin says:
    July 30, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    I worked with Joe from 1988 until 1990 and learned so many things…
    Valuable lessons on leadership, kindness, compassion, and tough love, and always have fun at whatever you do. There weren’t many of us in the early days, and often you did double and sometimes triple duty, just to get the job done. Joe was tireless and was gifted. I’m grateful for his leadership and training. God bless him!