On Tuesday, the Brentwood City Council honored Sukari Beshears, human resources director, as it was her last meeting with the city.
According to the city website, Beshears has served over 30 years in the public sector. Sukari has worked for cities, counties, and a special district. She holds an MBA from St. Mary’s College. Her professional certificates include: SHRM-SCP, Diversity and Inclusion for Human Resources, ICMA High Performance Leadership, and ICMA Leading on Purpose. As an accomplished leader and HR practitioner, Sukari is a life-long learner and believes in fostering a continuous learning environment where employees can grow and thrive as public servants.
During Tuesday’s council meeting, Vice Mayor Pa’Tanisha Pierson began the recognition with the announce Beshears was leaving the city.
“We appreciate you for all your hard work, your diligence, your expertise, your class, your professionalism, and just how wonderful you executed the duties of the human resources department,” said Pierson. “Thank you. You are amazing and it’s been a pleasure to serve with you.”
Councilmember Jovita Mendoza also thanked Beshears.
“I actually had a few words with you when we got here and I again I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you and everything you’ve done for me. This is a hard role and you have always been a rock for me. So, thank you. When times have been tough, you are somewhere I could call and you would step out of your office and have conversations with me. So, I appreciate you,” said Mendoza.
Mayor Susannah Meyer recalled first meeting Beshears.
“When I first met you, Sakari, it was it was a very scary day for me because I had just been elected and was thinking, “What on earth did I just do?” and you sat us down, Jovita and I came in at the same time and you sat us down and walked us through a lot of the parts that were just really confusing and we needed to understand moving forward the this other part of being on city council which had nothing to do with being up here. So that was really helpful and since then I have been able to reach out to you many times and ask for your confidentiality on issues I needed some support with and some guidance on and you always give it and you always give it with class and we’re going to miss you very much,” said Meyer.
She continued.
“You’ve been an incredible, classy, beautiful professional, just an example of leadership for our city. And so, we wish you the absolute best and we will miss you,” said Meyer.
Councilmembers Faye Maloney and Tony Oerlemans also thanked her for her service noting the stable support and availability to contact her for a variety of items.
“There’s been so many times where I just contact you and I could just go into your office and tell you anything confidentially and you completely just supported me in any way. And I’ve seen you do that for employees. I’ve seen you do that for other council members. I think the common theme here is class. You’re beyond such a classy person inside and out and I beyond appreciate you and I hope you go shopping with me,” stated Maloney.
Oerlemans added.
“When I first came on council it was a very scary process. Pat Tanisha and I had a million one questions for you. The majority of my experience working with you here at the city of Brentwood is your support for the city of Brentwood. We truly appreciate everything you’ve done for every single employee within this city,” said Oerlemans.
Beshears thanked the city for embracing her during her time at the city of Brentwood.
“Okay, let me just I’m gonna keep it short. I just want to say thank you. Thank you for the opportunity. Thank you for embracing me. Thank you for just being open. These entire nine years that I’ve had here at the city of Brentwood, I always I was told by one of my mentors, when you leave an organization, if you leave it better than what you found it, then you’ve done a good job,” said Beshears. “So, I believe that I have I am leaving this in a better place than which I found it, and I’m so grateful. Thank you.”
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