Visit Tucson hires Bechtol
Visit Tucson has hired Vanessa Bechtol as director of community partnerships.
Bechtol, who will manage community relations, public outreach and education activities, most recently worked as executive director of the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Alliance, where she led efforts to obtain congressional designation of Arizona’s Santa Cruz Valley as a National Heritage Area.
She was a major contributor to Tucson’s successful application for designation as the first United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) City of Gastronomy in the United States in 2015, Visit Tucson said in a news release.