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Kara Wright to retire; Jordan Gackle named successor pending commissioners' approval

6433197 · October 22, 2025
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County staff announced HR director Kara Wright will retire Oct. 31; Jordan Gackle is slated to be appointed HR director/coordinator, pending formal approval by the commissioners next week or in November.

County staff announced that HR director Kara Wright will retire effective Oct. 31 and that Jordan Gackle is slated to be appointed as the county's HR director/coordinator, subject to formal approval by the commissioners.

A county official told the commission Wright will be honored Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the commissioners' conference room. The speaker said commissioners expect to formally approve the appointment of Jordan Gackle either next week or in November.

The speaker praised Wright’s service and said Gackle has worked in the department for about two-and-a-half to three years. No formal motion or vote on the appointment was recorded in the meeting transcript; the announcement was part of administrative business.

Commissioners expressed thanks to Wright and support for Gackle’s pending appointment.