Thanks to a tip via the Ogle Mole Network, we’ve learned the State has quietly settled one of the lawsuits accusing current Oklahoma Tourism Director Shelley Zumwalt of engaging in age discrimination.
The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by Jo Stainsby – the former Communications Director for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority – and was settled on April 18th.
In court filings, Stainsby claimed that Zumwalt – just weeks after being named the donut-distributing Director of the agency – promptly fired her for being old in 2019.
Here are details of the settlement via… uhm… well… no one.
Yep, even though she’s a fast-rising, shining star of the Stitt administration – and leading one of our state’s largest and most visible agencies – not one legitimate for-profit or non-profit local media outlet has covered any of the age discrimination claims levied against Zumwalt.