CareerSource Pinellas appointed Jennifer Brackney as CEO in November 2018 to guide the organization through a series of self-imposed adversities; Friday morning, the board of directors formally accepted her resignation following whistleblower complaints.
Chair Barclay Harless called the special meeting Friday to officially accept Brackney’s resignation and approve her severance agreement. Brackney will receive six weeks of severance pay totaling $21,747.14, along with $31,651.16 for 349 hours of unused paid time off. Per the agreement, CareerSource will provide Brackney a neutral employment reference that only includes her name, dates of employment and position.
Brackney’s resignation follows an investigation into a whistleblower complaint Harless received on Dec. 21, 2021. The complaint stated that on Oct. 22, Brackney asked an employee to remove a Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) compensation form from the CareerSource website – a violation of state statute.
“I just wanted to make note that it (the form removal) was really for clarification between the total compensation and the (IRS form) 990 – I felt that those should have been consistent,” Brackney said to the board.
“I just want to make clear that my salary was always posted on the website.”
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