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Monday, April 27, 2026

CPP Editor in Chief mistakenly contacted during whistleblower investigation - The Poly Post

On Nov. 19, 2021, I was contacted through email by Kimberly Gretchen Allain, Cal Poly Pomona’s Senior Associate Vice President for Employee and Organizational Development and Advancement. Upon first seeing the message, I was confused on the intent, as it seemed to insinuate me as being involved in a whistleblower claim on campus.

Through the email, Allain put me into contact with Jordan Gropack, an attorney at Solomon Law. Gropack continued with another email, stating that he was an independent investigator looking into concerns from the campus PD.

Upon inquiring more on the matter, Gropack stated, “I am not able to share specifics on exactly what I am investigating, but there are both whistleblower and retaliation claims at Cal Poly. You are not accused of any wrongdoing in the investigation, but your name came up as a person who might have knowledge of facts relevant to the issues at hand.”

This struck me as odd- nothing came to my mind that I could know about a possible whistleblower case. I had kept mostly within the Communications department and did not involve myself with the wider campus that often. I racked my brain trying to think of something, anything that could explain this. Confused and nervous, I organized a Zoom meeting with Gropack on Dec. 22 at 10am.

The meeting did not last long. Upon entering the meeting, Gropack asked me if I was Mike Yu, CPP’s Director of Parking & Transportation Services. Once I answered that I was not, and that I was just a...



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