Temple Lentz, a community activist, marketing professional and nonprofit agency consultant, has been hired as the new executive director of the Parks Foundation of Clark County. She’ll begin her new job on June 8.
Lentz, who celebrated her 40th birthday in May, is perhaps best known lately as a co-creator and host of the live “Hello Vancouver!” talk show presented at the Kiggins Theatre every month; she also managed Tim Leavitt’s first campaign for mayor of Vancouver in 2009 and served as a freeholder during the 2014 campaign to rewrite and pass a new county charter. And she wrote the sharply satirical local blog “The Daily Couve” for years.
On Wednesday, Lentz said she’ll step into a part-time role at High Five Media, the local marketing firm she recently helped to launch, and she’ll step completely away from political work at High Five. But there’s no way she’s stepping away from Hello Vancouver!, she said, and the Parks Foundation board of directors was fine with that.
“We are extremely happy to bring Temple onto the Parks Foundation team,” said board president Megan Strand. “She is deeply involved in and connected to this community.”
