After Public Promises Not to Retaliate, Young Fires Long-Serving Staff; MDC Calls for CEO, Board Chair Resignation; National Trust Condemns Foundation’s Action
It is now plain to all that Montpelier will not recover with Roy Young or Board Chairman Gene Hickok at the helm. MDC calls on them to step down before the damage they are doing is irreparable.”
ORANGE , VIRGINIA, USA, April 18, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- This morning Roy Young, CEO of The Montpelier Foundation, began firing long-time staff members who questioned the Foundation’s retraction of its much-publicized and praised promise to share governance of President James Madison’s estate with the Montpelier Descendants Committee, the organization representing descendants of the families whom Madison enslaved.
After making repeated public statements that the Foundation would not retaliate against staff for opposing the Board’s abandonment of its commitment, Young has reneged. Thus far today Young has terminated via email Elizabeth Chew, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Curator, Matthew Reeves, Ph.D., Director of Archaeology and Landscaping Restoration, and Christy Moriarty, Director of Communications. He fired Alex Walsh, Events Manager, last week. Young today also suspended Christopher Pasch, Archaeology Field Director, and Mary Furlong Minkoff, Ph.D., Director of Archaeology and Curator of Archaeological Collections.
The targeted employees collectively have more than 50 years of service to Montpelier and...
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